THE founder of a children’s gaming company has been honoured by BAFTA for his mentoring work of young people.

Adam Syrop, programme leader at Impact Games CIC, received the Mentoring Award at the BAFTA Young Game Designers awards held in London this month.

He recieved the award after being nominated by the public for educating young game designers.

Impact Gamers was set up as an after school club in 2016, and became an organisation working with youth organisations teaching practical computer programming skills to children at risk of being excluded from school in deprived areas of the city.

Mr Syrop, a computer animation graduate from the University of Bradford, said: “Bradford is a fantastic city but there is deprivation and unemployment and children often have low aspirations.

“At Impact Gamers we work with young people who want to try something different and learn to make games.

“We also work with parents who are concerned about children’s physical and mental health – gaming is a perfect bridge for our group. Kids from all backgrounds game in a nice environment with gaming as common ground.”