Cardiff Volunteer Awards: Kurdish Community Champion Awara Rasul Wins

Awara Rasul, who arrived in Wales from Kurdistan in 2004 as a refugee, won the Outstanding Community Volunteer award at the Cardiff Volunteer Awards 2025.

Over 21 years he founded and managed the inclusive Kurdish Cymru Football Club, helped run a community cafe offering food and advice to the homeless and new arrivals, and volunteered at a Kurdish school.

He said: "I was helped when I came to Wales, I just want to give back." (C3SC / Cardiff Third Sector Council)