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The Golden Boys – Men’s Shed Llandod

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Tony White and Sean Tohill “Somewhere for men to meet new friends, work on group or individual projects, learn new skills or just chill out and relax, to help prevent social isolation, frustration and boredom.” The ‘Shed’ movement is slowly but surely spreading throughout the UK. One of its aims is to tackle loneliness and social isolation by creating community spaces where men can feel at home and work on projects in a safe and friendly venue. Their local Shed is a great space to share skills and socialise with other men from the neighbourhood. Ultimately the men may regain a sense of purpose and find that their general wellbeing improves. At the time of writing there are two Men's Sheds in Powys, one in Knighton and another near Llandrindod Wells. The Llandod Shed is based at Ashfield Community Enterprise in Howey, just a couple of miles south of the town. It was officially opened on 10 June 2017 by Assembly Member Kirsty Williams. Members Nigel Frankland, Sean Tohill and Tony ...

Welcoming Syrian families to start new lives in North Powys

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Megan Bowler (second from the left) is a Family Support Worker at Ethnic Youth Support Team and has played a key role in resettling refugee Syrian families in Newtown, North Powys with her colleague Hamed Hassoun. Ethnic Youth Support Team was set up in 2005 by a group of ethnic minority young people in Swansea. It aimed to fill a gap in provision for young Black & Minority Ethnic people aged 11-25 by providing a “targeted, culturally sensitive and holistic support service to meet their needs.” It now has a team of 15 staff across Wales, mainly in the South. I caught up with Megan at The Siawns Teg Hub in Newtown to find out more. How did your involvement start? A few years ago I was browsing the Powys County Council Facebook page and first found out that there was a plan to resettle Syrian refugees in the county. I followed it out of interest, and then soon later two jobs popped up on the Jobcentre Plus site. These were with EYST – the organisation had just moved into Mid Wales...

5 Uchafbwynt digwyddiad Iechyd a Lles Machynlleth / Top 5 Highlights from Machynlleth Health & Wellbeing event

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Helen Roberts, Cathy O'Dwyer a Sioned Jones Pritchard Ddydd Llun es i draw i’r digwyddiad hwn yn Llyfrgell Machynlleth. Sioned Jones Pritchard, un o’m cydweithwyr yn y tîm Cysylltwyr Cymunedol gyda PAVO drefnodd y digwyddiad, ar y cyd gyda thîm Ymwelwyr Iechyd Bwrdd Iechyd Addysgu Powys . Mae digwyddiadau fel hyn yn rhagorol i staff rwydweithio a darparu gwybodpaeth ar wasanaethau i’r cyhoedd sy’n ymweld â’r digwyddiad. Byddaf wastad yn dod o hyd i rywbeth newydd i rannu gydag eraill fel rhan o’r Gwasanaeth Gwybodaeth Iechyd Meddwl. Felly i’r rhai fethodd y cyfle i fynd i’r digwyddiad, dyma fy 5 uchafbwynt i o’r sesiwn. On Monday I went along to this event at Machynlleth Library. It had been organised by Sioned Jones Pritchard, a PAVO colleague from the Community Connectors’ team , in conjunction with the health visiting team of Powys Teaching Health Board . Events like these are great for staff networking and providing information about services to members of the visiting public....