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Virtual Archaeology Day a Big Success DECEMBER 2020 e-newslettere-newsletter PASSIONATE ABOUT SUPPORTING PEOPLE & IDEAS THAT CHANGE COMMUNITIES Photograph by Sophie Jenkins by Photograph Virtual Archaeology Day A Big Success On Saturday 7 November, the 18th annual Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Archaeology Day took place in a virtual format: read full article inside PAGE 2 and the ability to drive and deliver delivered. The recent meetings we A WORD further innovative solutions. as PLANED have had with both the Secretary of State for Wales, and Friday 13th Proves Lucky For Some FROM OUR Being present in a meeting recently Ministers from Welsh Government, with a number of partners to discuss have enabled us to have a wider CEO and evaluate the considerable success audience to promote the needs of of a recent collaborative event, one communities here in West Wales, the riday 13 November 2020 saw us carry Please follow the link below to watch the draw which has engaged hundreds of work delivered in partnership with out the Asedion lottery draw for our happening on YouTube: people, was a positive and welcome others, and the innovative solutions F October members. Jason Retter and Cllr experience. The discussion clearly delivered by the team here in response https://www.youtube.com demonstrated what can be achieved to emerging challenges. Cris Tomos were in the PLANED offices in watch?v=e8dxrxdQa4c&feature=youtu.be by working equally as partners Narberth and the helper for the draw was despite the considerable challenges Ben Davies who also works for PLANED. faced due to COVID. Therefore, we look forward to 2021, building on the positives that we That draw It was heartening to hear the have identified and delivered upon proved very lucky In Other News… feedback from attendees online: they in 2020, to continue to promote our for Julie Davies felt the event was now more open values within PLANED of supporting of Pembroke We have been talking with Clebran Papur Bro’r and inclusive rather than closed and people, communities, and partners, of Dock who took Preseli who were very interested in hearing about exclusive; they would appreciate remaining resilient, forward looking, home the first the work that we have been doing at Asedion. going forward with a mix of digital and innovative. Please look out for some of our literature in their Iwan Thomas online materials alongside ‘in-person’ prize of £100.00. Julie is PLANED’s next publication. It will be fantastic to welcome delivered content; and for the We will continue to develop our some new members from across the Preseli. opportunity to make the whole event site here in Narberth as part of our HR and Finance more mobile and transparent. investment programme, and having Officer so her A new Facebook group called Sparkle s 2020 draws to a close, completed yet another key phase photograph Awe now all find ourselves While there is always that one sad with new tenants now secured and was taken Pembrokeshire has been created by the team in different situations and voice within any discussion who moved in, we will turn our attention straight after at PLANED, and Asedion have volunteered to help scenarios, which nobody could is afraid of change, and promotes to our final phase of capital works in the event. To spread some Christmas joy during the holiday have forecast and predicted at simply reverting back to the old tried 2021, and the opportunity to create say Julie was happy to have won would be an season. Sparkle Pembrokeshire has come up and tested blanket approach of a now further new accommodation for local this time a year ago. understatement especially as Christmas is only with a range of online Christmas competitions outdated environment, the positives and regional enterprises who need just around the corner. Julie’s charity of choice was and Asedion have offered to assist with one of the We have seen our communities are the majority around the table who smaller spaces than they may have categories. be challenged, and deliver know that communities, projects, and currently, or the ideal space for new The Sunderland Trust, Pembroke Dock. partners deserve better. entrepreneurs to have their first solutions and outcomes through We are on the hunt for pictures of your Christmas an amazing resilience and business premises. decorations in the weirdest locations that you can innovation that we can all learn Future activities should be blended, The second prize went to from and admire. forward thinking, and respond to what Rhian White of Llangynin. think of. It could be a fairy on a famous Welsh the majority, and not the minority, need Rhian is on a bit of a lucky landmark, or a Christmas star strapped to the Throughout my monthly columns to and require, to sustain the continued With huge thanks to our team, winning streak as she bonnet of a car. If you consider it unusual, then we date, I have highlighted the amazing evolution of the programme at hand, our partners and all those we was our first prize winner would love to see it. We look forward to passing and the forward looking support for have been fortunate to work work of the team we now have here only last month, making on your photos to Sparkle Pembrokeshire, at PLANED, a team that has raised the the wider sector of focus. with in 2020, I wish you all the £130.00 in total in just two and if you would like to visit their Facebook page bar in terms of outputs, and one which very best for the festive season simply search Sparkle Pembrokeshire. has all the appropriate qualifications Although 2020 has been a ahead, and despite the inevitable months. Rhian’s charity of challenging year for us all, challenges to come, for the choice was the Canolfan and experience to think outwardly, If you would like to send in your weird photos innovatively, and with care. organisationally within PLANED, hope and positive opportunities Hermon Hall. then please attach them in an email and send to: it has also been an extremely we trust 2021 will bring us all However, whilst 2020 has been a year positive one in that we have working together for change. Well done to all the [email protected] where we have all had to be reactive embraced new ways of working, winners and, as always, to factors outside of our control, we created new outputs and Asedion would like to look forward to 2021 with hope, and solutions, raised the profile of thank everyone who continues to support the Thank you to all of our members, followers and our great team, and found new an aspiration to be able to deliver Iwan Thomas scheme and donate to their local good causes. readers who continue to support the principles of proactively. outlets for our work with national the Asedion scheme. We really couldn’t do what and regional partners. we do without your support. Collectively, the current team within Indeed, a real highlight was having Please help spread the word as the larger the PLANED are creative and outward We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a thinking by default, which certainly our ideas and outputs promoted number of people participating will result in a Happy New Year. makes it a far more pleasant and recently on BBC Radio Wales’ Country bigger prize pot and, of course, a greater range of vibrant group to be a part of, but also Focus programme, and represented beneficiaries prospering. allows us to look forward to the next the collective work by colleagues here Please stay safe and let’s look forward 12 months with excitement, positivity, both in what they have achieved and to a more prosperous 2021. Funds from the project have also been used National Museum of Wales DATRIS: 2020 ROUND UP to purchase IT equipment for HaverHub, a social enterprise within Haverfordwest, which he COVID-19 restrictions have had We strongly believe that the best way to In 2019 the DATRIS Project worked with supports and promotes community groups Amgueddfa Cymru, the National Museum Ta huge impact on projects this year. develop something new is to go ahead and from around Pembrokeshire. Through advice Normally the DATRIS team would be try it, therefore, we contacted a number of of Wales, alongside young people from and the provision of much needed equipment, Pembrokeshire College to create a film about travelling to various halls and venues organisations who have previously worked with the DATRIS Project has helped HaverHub to to support rural communities with IT PLANED. Guests from HaverHub, The Prince’s the excavation and conservation of an Iron establish itself. It is hoped the two projects will Age Chariot found in South Pembrokeshire. projects. Not only have workplaces been Trust, POINT, Narberth Community Fridge, Ateb, continue to work together in the future. in lockdown at various times of the year Narberth Museum, Haverfordwest Town Council The National Museum provided Heritage but the community spaces themselves and the Solva artist Raul Speek all took part in In additional to this, funding from the DigiBus have been seriously affected, and many our podcasts. When the March lockdown began, Lottery Funding to carry out the excavation Project has been used to purchase equipment while also engaging with local community of these spaces are still not open in we adapted our podcasts by recording the and provide IT training for those who wouldn’t December. sessions over the phone. These podcasts have groups. The original plan was to complete otherwise have had access to it. Thanks to the engagement part of the project by provided a great opportunity for organisations the support of the WEFO project, DATRIS However, the DATRIS project has simply adapted to promote themselves during lockdown, as commissioning a drama to be written and will continue to provide facilities and deliver performed by a local theatre group.
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