WREXHAM VOLUNTEERS, with experience of substance misuse and poor mental health, are giving back to the community and helping others in need. Volunteers have been working alongside the non-profit furniture reuse organisation New 2 You to clean, fix and organise donated furniture. Household items are then re-sold at a low cost to local community members, or donated in the form of ‘start-up packages’ to the [.....]
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Residents benefit from new veg plot thanks to green-fingered volunteers
Residents at a Wrexham sheltered housing complex are enjoying a new fruit and vegetable garden thanks to the efforts of Cyfle Cymru volunteers. The group worked in scorching sunshine to dig and sow a new vegetable plot for residents of the Springfield Sheltered Housing Unit in Rhosddu. Tenants are hoping for a bumper harvest after the group lifted turf, dug over topsoil and planted crops in the new [.....]
Cyfle Cymru volunteers maintain The Globe!
FLINTSHIRE RANGERS team up with Cyfle Cymru volunteers to help Buckley bloom. Twice a month, Cyfle Cymru and Kaleidoscope North Wales volunteers unite to complete garden and maintenance tasks at a former industrial site on Globe Way in Buckley. Participants have helped to create pedestrian footpaths leading to the pond, cleared weeded areas to sew wild flowers in their places, and levelled out grass [.....]
Celebrating recovery and success at Bryn y Wal
MORE THAN A HUNDRED people celebrated recovery and the success of the Cyfle Cymru peer mentoring programme at a special fun day and barbeque. Dozens of participants from across North Wales joined residents and staff of the Bryn y Wal supported housing project in Rhuddlan to enjoy a day of food, music, sport and activities. Together members of the group were able to enjoy far-reaching views of the Vale of Clwyd [.....]
Volunteers from Cyfle Cymru team up with The National Trust
VOLUNTEERS FROM Cyfle Cymru have gone out on a limb to cut back forest overgrowth at Erddig near Wrexham. Just a few short months ago, National Trust rangers couldn’t see the wood for the trees – but, with the help of participants from the peer mentoring project, flora and fauna are now being given new light and new room to grow. Twice a month, Cyfle Cymru volunteers join the team at Erddig to help with the [.....]
Cyfle Cymru volunteers prepare Welsh Mountain Zoo for half-term break
VOLUNTEERS FROM Cyfle Cymru dug deep to help the Welsh Mountain Zoo prepare their playgrounds for the half-term rush. Participants from the recovery and employability programme shovelled barrowlands of bark to ensure a soft landing for children at the Colwyn Bay attraction's play areas ahead of the school holidays. Each fortnight, a team of Cyfle Cymru volunteers join Welsh Mountain Zoo staff to complete [.....]
Do not go gentle… Older adults who misuse substances
How do we work with older adults with substance misuse? Alongside an ageing population we are seeing an increase in alcohol consumption in the over-50s age group, coupled with the use of prescribed medication and illicit drug use. Older adults who have substance misuse problems do not receive the same attention as younger substance misusers, and generic services are increasingly having to deal with individuals [.....]
DACW members agree action plan on fentanyls
MEMBERS OF THE Developing a caring Wales (DACW) consortium have agreed an action plan to help combat the potential risk posed by the fentanyl family of synthetic opioids. The group – which brings together a number of high-profile voluntary sector agencies from across the country – has agreed six priorities to help tackle use of the substances, which are many times more potent than heroin. While evidence does [.....]
Volunteers pick up Recovery Month rewards for hard graft in beauty spots
VOLUNTEERS WHO have given hundreds of hours of their own time to help keep two of Wales’ prettiest beauty spots spick and span have been handed awards for their achievements. Participants in the Cyfle Cymru peer mentoring and Affinity programmes collected certificates to mark their efforts at Erddig Hall and Wepre Park at a special graduation ceremony. The schemes help people who have experience of [.....]
Recovering volunteers’ work to make Bangor more beautiful
VOLUNTEERS WITH experience of substance misuse and mental health issues are celebrating their recoveries by helping to make Bangor more beautiful this summer. The team, from the EU-funded Cyfle Cymru project, have cleaned graffiti and unwanted posters from vacant shops in the High Street and begun to clear the city centre’s landmark Bible Gardens of leaves, litter and weeds. Backed by Bangor Business [.....]
