Birmingham youth sports academy celebrated its 21 year that has been supporting & impacting the youth of Birmingham via football, mentoring, tutoring, employment/apprenticeship and vocational trips for the last 21 years. On Friday 9th June 2023 over 500 people got together @Aston Villa FC (holte suite) in Birmingham to celebrate the milestone and the incredible achievements of BYSA.

The respect, love & support was in abundance for @anwar and what he has achieved, his passion & drive is commendable. The Chairman Professor Paul Cadman announced the future vision of the academy and developments he congratulated all the volunteers, sponsors, ambassadors, supporters that have been apart of this journey and in attendance on the night an amazing milestone to be truly proud of.

The event consisted of headline, platinum, diamond and table partners who made the event a success. We had the best entertainment, food, live sporting Memrobilia auction, BYSA Awards and raffle items on the night to celebrate the 21 years. 

The BYSA like to thank to all involved in making this happen and special thanks to the following:

• Headline sponsors: Bootcamp Media, Steps to Work, Starting Point Recruitment.

• Platinum sponsors: PHTA (precision Health Technologies Accelerator), Motor serv-uk, ISA support service. 

• Diamond sponsors: In touch with, Blackfriars Law, Shakur investment group.

• special guests speakers Andy street mayor of West Midlands (video), CEO mark lawrie from street games, CEO Mike chamberlain from sports Birmingham. 

• Ifraz & Anita being our event management from B Events Media which took us to the next level – to find out more visit: www.beventsmedia.co.uk. 

• Ed James our compère who added magic to the evenings proceeds with his energetic hosting.

• Edwin Ladd our official bysa photographer who always does a great job and catches the special moments.

• Balbir Singh our long standing ambassador and auctioneer for the bysa his advice, support and presence has been amazing. 

• Manj from Purple Sqaure AV for the big screens, sound, lighting, sparklers, music and putting on a show and setting the scenes.

• Khaljit from Johals Catering for the amazing food, drinks, waiter service and presentation.

• Kane brown and Tez ilyas for the comedian acts.

congratulations to the award winners of the BYSA chairman’s awards & special recognition award which was throughly deserved for there voluntary work and leadership and making a difference:

– chairman’s award goes to councillor Ian Ward from Birmingham city council;

– special recognition award goes to Guy Rippon Aston Villa foundation. 

Finally like to thank all our table and media partners for attending showing your support and playing your part in making the event. 

On behalf of the entire BYSA team we thank you for coming and getting involved bigger and better next year look forward to seeing you #BYSA 2024.