Aberystwyth Penparcau Communities First

Community Learning Representative……are you interested?

To find out more, please download a poster (English)

To find out more, please download a poster (Welsh)

FREE Level 2 Award in Food Hygiene/Safety – free buffet lunch included.

For more information download a poster (Welsh & English)

St John Aberystwyth is providing FREE first aid training for the local community.

Download a poster for further details (Welsh)



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Download National Survey for Wales information (English)

Download National Survey for Wales information (Welsh)

Download a Race for Life information pack.

Download  Soup Lunch Poster.

Download Gareth Owen Exhibition poster.

Download “Leading Ladies” International Women’s Day Poster.

Download Aberystwyth University International Women’s Day poster.

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Free English Lessons for speakers of other languages.

If interested, please download a poster for details.

For Penparcau Community Education Centre opening times, please download a poster.

Want to learn Welsh?

 For more information download a poster (Welsh & English)





It is worth checking out this video on YouTube. It is the promotional St John Cymru Wales video showing the wonderful things that we do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFWio_PoSIE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Also please visit our Facebook page :

http://www.facebook.com/pages/St-John-Ambulance-Aberystwyth-Town/128870780482905 

 please ‘like’ us!

Download Railway Station Improvements Wales Information Leaflet

Download Enfys Dance Company Timetable, January 2012

Download Enfys Dance Company Timetable January 2012 (Welsh)

Download Enfys Dance Company Information Booklet

Download Aberystwyth Regeneration Area – Promenade Public Consultation poster (English)

Download Aberystwyth Regeneration Area – Promenade Public Consultation poster (Welsh)

Download Penparcau Christmas fayre poster (English)

Download Penparcau Chrismas fayre poster (Welsh)

Download a Keep well this Winter information Poster (English)

 Download a keep well This Winter information poster (Welsh)

Download Cynnal Y Cardi – Local Action Group Poster

Download Enfys Dance Information Booklet 

Download Enfys Dance Timetable (Adult and Children Classes)

Download Enfys Dance Class descriptions

Download a poster

Genesis 2 Postive Path Programme.

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Epilepsy Action Cymru invites you to

Table Top Sale!

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Cwrs Cymraeg i deuluoedd â phlant bach

families with small children / babies

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Playworker Training Course

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Adult Xtra Art Course 2011

Download a poster for more details (Welsh & English)

Creative Writing Course 2011

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CredCer Credit Union

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Ceredigion Learning Fair.

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Free First Aid Course

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Please note – if you are unable to reach anyone on the telephone provided on the poster, then alternatively please try the following telephone number: 01970 624818 and ask to speak to Linda James.

Genesis 2 Positive Path Programme.

Download a poster for more details (Welsh & English)

Sign up for the Level 2 Award in Food Hygiene/Safety Course.

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Sign up for English for Speakers of Other Languages Course.

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The Future of Communities First

From April 2012 Communities First will run as a Community Focussed Programme supporting the Welsh Government’s Anti-Poverty Agenda. It will support the most disadvantaged people in our most deprived areas with the aim of contributing to alleviating persistent poverty. Focussed on community-supported actions, it will work alongside other programmes to narrow the education, skills, economic and health gaps between the most deprived and more affluent areas of Wales. In relation to education and skills, the focus will be on supporting work that will ultimately improve the employability of individuals.

How to comment on the proposals

We want to hear your views on the proposals. We welcome responses from individuals, community groups, organisations, or just anyone with an interest.

Where to send your responses

The closing date for comments on the consultation is 26 September 2011.

We would prefer responses to be made online via the Consultation area of the Welsh Government website – www.gov.uk/consultations Communities First – The future and an online response form can be found under “housing and community”, we will also accept written responses to this consultation.

Please respond to:

By e-mail to: Communities.first@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Or, in writing to: Communities First Unit, 2nd Floor, Welsh Government Office, Rhydycar, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1UZ

Please note that your response may be published. If you would prefer them not to be, please state this in your response.

Consultation Document, Communities First - The Future (English)

Download Consultation Document – Communities First The Future (English)   

Download Consultation Document – Communities First The Future (Welsh)

Dogfen Ymgynghori, Cymunedau yn Gyntaf – Y Dyfodol (Cymraeg)

Consultation Guide (English)

Eich Canllaw Byr i’r Ymgynghoriad (Cymraeg)

The Summer activity programme for young people from Ceredigion County Council Youth Service has just arrived. Many activities on offer for all, over the Summer months. Please click poster below for details.

Download consent form

Download Booking form

Download the poster to see the programme.

Following the successful three-day ‘Bag Packing’ charity event at Morrison’s Supermarket during April, Councillor Paul James, a member of Mid and West Wales Fire Authority, is doing a charity three-in-a-row bungee jump to raise further money for CCTV cameras for the Llanbadarn Fawr path in Aberystwyth.

Councillor James, who is also a Member of Ceredigion County Council, will be doing the three consecutive bungee jumps on 28 August 2011 at Windsor Bray, Windsor. The Councillor will be jumping off the highest bungee platform in the UK, which measures in at a massive 100 metres in height.

The funds will go to installing cameras along the Aberystywth cycle and footpath following a number of knife attacks along the route between September and November last year. Fire crews have also attended grass and undergrowth fires near the path.

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service has already worked closely  with Dyfed Powys Police, Ceredigion County Council, Aberystwyth Town Council, Llanbadarn Fawr Community Council, Ceredigion Community First, Morrison’s Supermarket and Crisp and Clear CCTV Solutions to raise funds for the CCTV scheme. During a succesful three-day sponsored ‘bag pack’ at Morrison’s  Supermarket in Aberystwyth, fundraisers raised a phenomenal £4,922.47 with the help of groups from within the local community.

Any support through sponsorship would be greatly appreciated. Fire Service personnel and an Officer from Ceredigion County Council will be joining Councillor James for this once-in-a-lifetime experience.

For further detail contact Cllr Paul James on: 07719 022913

Young people from Penparcau,pleased to be by the side of Bala Lake.

During half term,10 young people attented a “Water Mania session” held at The Flash in Welshpool.

The cancelled Quilt making Course scheduled for the Easter break is to go ahead on the 14th and 15th June at the Community Education Centre in Penparcau between 9.30am and 2.30pm.

Tai Ceredigion secures EU funding to deliver new services

Local housing association Tai Ceredigion has won a bid for £125,000 of European funding to deliver new services for their tenants. The services will include estate caretaking, ensuring that communal areas are kept clean and tidy, as well as a handyperson scheme for older and vulnerable tenants assisting them with non landlord maintenance such as gardening or minor improvements around the home.

The new services will be branded as ‘Gwasanaethau Medra Services’ and will mean cleaner, healthier environments and more help for elderly and vulnerable tenants. Tai Ceredigion will be creating up to seven new full time jobs and up to eight new training places through the scheme.

The new services are being developed with support from the Ceredigion Social Enterprise Growth Fund, a fund administered by Ceredigion County Council on behalf of the Adfywio Ceredigion Regeneration Partnership and supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Welsh Assembly Government.

Steve Jones, Tai Ceredigion’s Chief Executive welcomed the introduction of these new services and said “Tai Ceredigion is very pleased to have secured additional, external European Union funding to help realise our ambitions.  This, together with efficiency savings made over the last 12 months, means that Tai Ceredigion will be able to deliver these important new services for our tenants earlier than originally planned. Advertisements for the new jobs being created will be placed on our website and in the local press shortly.” 

The two services were initially outlined to tenants in the Ceredigion County Council’s formal offer document – the basis on which tenants voted for their homes to transfer to Tai Ceredigion. They will also deliver Tai Ceredigion’s wider economic commitment to create new jobs and training opportunities, particularly for those that are furthest away from the labour market.  Trainee placements under the supervision of qualified tradesmen will enable people to have work experience that could enable them to secure long term employment.

Sat 21st May – Aber is Green 2011 kicks off at the Bandstand on the Prom with loads to see and do for all the family.

Join us on the 26th May at IBERS, Gogerddan to celebrate the success of Local Community Projects. The open day is an opportunity for you to visit and see the ‘Farm Reasearch Trials’  undertaken by Aberystwyth University.

In addition, you can learn how to access current Rural Development Plan Funding and other sources of community based funding. 

Celebrating the Rural Development Plan the Poster to see the programme of the day 

As part of Adult Learners’ Week the Ceredigion Learning Festival has a number of events for you to sample . The events will take place between the 14th – 21st May at various venues across Ceredigion including Penparcau.

Download the poster to see the full Programme

Aberystwyth Tax Enquiry Centre moves

HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) public enquiry centre in Aberystwyth has moved to a new location.  The EC is now located with Aberystwyth Town Council, Communities First and Want 2 Work at the town’s Ceredigion Business Centre in Baker Street.

The Aberystwyth Enquiry Centre (EC) provides free help and advice to local people and businesses on a whole range of services including income tax, national insurance, tax credits, child benefit, VAT, the Business Payment Support Service and more.  It also offers support to those needing help with completing forms or using HMRC’s online services.

 Martin McDonnell, HMRC said:

“We look forward to welcoming new and existing customers to our Enquiry Centre.  Our opening times are 10am to 3pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.”

 To avoid disappointment, HMRC recommends that appointments at the Aberystwyth EC be booked in advance using HMRC’s Taxes Helpline on 0845 300 0627.  A telephone operator will book an appointment if your enquiry cannot be dealt with over the phone.

 Other services include:

• Welsh speaking advisors – please request when booking
• Crystal listening devices/ Bellman audio
• Textphones
• Big button phones with amplifiers
• Telephone lines direct to HMRC contact centres

Mae Canolfan Ymholiadau Aberystwyth yn symud

Mae canolfan ymholiadau Cyllid a Thollau EM (CThEM) i’r cyhoedd yn Aberystwyth wedi symud i leoliad newydd. Mae’r Ganolfan Ymholiadau bellach wedi ei lleoli gyda Chyngor Tref Aberystwyth, Cymunedau yn Gyntaf ac Yn Awyddus i Weithio yng Nghanolfan Fusnes Ceredigion yn Stryd y Popty.

Mae Canolfan Ymholiadau Aberystwyth yn cynnig help a chyngor yn rhad ac am ddim i bobl a busnesau lleol ar ystod eang o wasanaethau gan gynnwys treth incwm, yswiriant gwladol, credydau treth, budd-dal plant, TAW, y Gwasanaeth Cynorthwyo Taliadau Busnes a mwy. Cynigir cymorth hefyd i’r rheini sydd angen help i gwblhau ffurflenni neu ddefnyddio gwasanaethau ar-lein CThEM.

 Dywedodd Martin McDonnell o CThEM:

“Edrychwn ymlaen at groesawu cwsmeriaid hen a newydd i’n Canolfan Ymholiadau. Byddwn ar agor ar Ddydd Llun a Dydd Mercher o 10am tan 3pm .”

 I osgoi cael eich siomi, mae CThEM yn argymell eich bod yn trefnu apwyntiad dros y ffôn o flaen llaw ar gyfer Canolfan Ymholiadau Aberystwyth. Gallwch wneud hyn drwy ffonio’r Llinell Gyswllt Gymraeg ar 0845 302 1489.  Gall cynghorydd drefnu apwyntiad i chi os na allwn ddelio â’ch ymholiad dros y ffôn.

 Mae gwasanaethau eraill yn cynnwys: 

• Cynghorwyr sy’n siarad Cymraeg – holwch wrth i chi drefnu apwyntiad
• Dyfeisiadau gwrano Crystal/ Bellman audio
• Ffonau testun
• Ffonau â botymau mawr gyda mwyhawyr sain
• Llinellau ffôn yn uniongyrchol i ganolfannau cyswllt CThEM

The Jubilee Storehouse project was launched recently. Contact Andy Herrick at St. Anne’s Church for more details – Tel. 01970 617819

Download the Jubilee Storehouse leaflet

Cllr. Paul James and Geoff Davies of Communities First with the target board designed and produced by Penglais School.

A big Communities First thank you to all who helped at the three day Bag Pack at Morrison’s this weekend to raise funds towards the purchase of two CCTV Cameras for the Rheidol to Aberystwyth cycle/foot path. 

It was a great community-led event which showed partnership working at its best. A big thank you to Jenny Clarke (manager) and all her staff at Morrison’s Aberystwyth for all their support. 

Pictured above, Frank Hogg, Jenny Clarke and Lynda Edwards-Riley

Cllr Paul James said “We finished on a final total of £4,922.47, a great achievement by all who gave up their time to attend. Well done to all who donated and many thanks to those involved.”

We will all be working to obtain additional funding towards the total raised.

The Easter activity programme for young people from Ceredigion County Council Youth Service has just arrived.

Download the poster to see the programme.

Visit the Communities First Youth projects pages

All are welcome to our day in Penparcau Woods, Saturday April 16th 2011.

Meet at 10:30 AM at Llwyn Yr Eos school.

Food will be provided by Ymlaen Ceredigion, Iachus Gyda’n Gilydd.

Activities: Finding Fairies, woodcraft, music and much more……….