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NEWSLETTER FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN GWYNEDD Issue 34 September 2006 Planning FORFOR REALREAL s a community or CONTENTS Avoluntary group, have you heard about the consultation method News 2 called 'Planning for Real'? Gwynedd During the last few months, tion for the consultation. information gained, an Volunteer 4 the Talysarn and Nantlle Action Plan will be created The next step involved the Community First Partnership for the area. This will set out Bureau inhabitants of Talysarn and have been planning to hold the aspirations of the wider Nantlle. The model was this type of activity, and over community, identifying the Health, Social erected and set up in a cen- the coming months a consul- issues of concern and priori- Care and Well- 5 tral location where the vil- tation will be carried out. tising any actions the com- lagers had the opportunity being munity wishes to take for- Work on the project started to state their views and make ward to address these prob- back in March when a num- suggestions as to what Training and lems. 6 ber of the partnership mem- improvements they would Events bers attended a course on like to see in their communi- Therefore if you live in either how to conduct a consulta- ty. They did this by using the Talysarn or Nantlle, be pre- Grants 7 tion using the 'Planning for small suggestion cards pared to take part. An open Real' method. Three sub received and placing them meeting will be held in your groups were formed to on the model. area in the coming months Communities organise and plan the work. and if you want to influence At the end of the consulta- 8 They have been meeting on any development this is your First tion meeting, the cards will a regular basis and feeding opportunity. be sorted under different back to a Steering Group. headings ready for the next A leaflet will be distributed The first step involved build- step. This involves a number around the villages inform- ing a 1:500 scale model of of the people who attended ing you of when and where the consultation area, i.e. the the consultation meetings the consultation will take villages of Talysarn and being invited back to priori- place - watch out for these. Nantlle. This was done by tise the suggestions and rec- children from the local junior ommendations made. schools. There was also a need to translate some of The next stage, following the the material received from consultation period and the 'Planning for Real' in prepara- process of prioritising the Mantell Gwynedd Offices Registered Office: 24-26 High Street • CAERNARFON • LL55 1RH. : 01286 672626 • : 01286 678430 Registered Office:The Old Police Station • Lombard St. • DOLGELLAU • LL40 1SB. : 01341 422575 • : 01341 422147 E-mail: [email protected] • Website: www.mantellgwynedd.com PROJECT PART-FINANCED BY THE EURO- PEAN UNION Registered Charity: 1068851 • Company Limited by Guarantee: 3420271 • Registered in Wales European Regional Development Fund MANTELL is published by Mantell Gwynedd.The opinions expressed in Mantell are not necessarily those of Mantell Gwynedd. We reserve the right to edit before publication. News MANTELL GWYNEDD Centre Staff A Note from the Chief Officer CAERNARFON We welcome a new member of staff and say goodbye to CHIEF OFFICER: Bethan Russell Owen another in this edition of Mantell. Ann Jones who had been a Training and Development Officer at Mantell for the past four SERVICES TEAM years left us to take up a post with Cymdeithas Tai Clwyd. We SUPPORT SERVICES’SENIOR OFFICER: Meinir Jones wish her well and thank her for her friendship and hard work during her period with us at Mantell. Lindsey Ellis has taken COMMUNITIES FIRST SUPPORT OFFICER: Carys Williams over from Ann and, like Ann , Lindsey will be based at our HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE FACILITATOR: Sioned Llwyd Larsen Dolgellau Office. Lindsey originates from the Cerrygydrudion area but now lives in Llanuwchlyn. She had been working with Menter Iaith Dinbych INFORMATION OFFICER: Ann Vaughan Jones since 2004. Welcome to Mantell Lindsey, we wish you well and offer you every support! GRANTS AND SUPPORT OFFICER: Delyth Vaughan The work of Mapping the Voluntary Sector in Gwynedd is almost at a conclusion now. FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TEAM You will recall we commissioned the work in January of this year and look forward now to launching the final version in September. It has been a truly mammoth task as the sec- FINANCE AND OPERATIONS MANAGER: Ceren Williams tor is so large and so very diverse in nature throughout Gwynedd. We had an almost ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER: Bronwen Rowlands 18% response to the questionnaire and I thank all of you most sincerely for your co-oper- ation and support with this work. At a time when we are inundated with questionnaires ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Tracy Lynne Roberts and paperwork requiring a response I think we did extremely well to achieve such a VOLUNTEER BUREAU TEAM high percentage response. The findings are most interesting and this will be a tool from which Mantell will be able to plan support for the sector in Gwynedd for the future. One VOLUNTEER CO-ORDINATOR: Rhianon Jones of the main purposes of the work was to identify strengths and weaknesses within the VOLUNTEERING OFFICER: Iola Till sector in Gwynedd and identifying these gaps will enable Mantell to better support the sector. It is an extremely valuable piece of work and what has become apparent is that DOLGELLAU the policy/political climate is extremely favourable for the sector in Wales. Strategic docu- SERVICES TEAM ments such as the ‘Social Enterprise Strategy 2005, ‘Wales: A Better Country’, ‘Wales: A Vibrant Economy’ and ‘Making The Connections’ - all recognise the role and value of the COMMUNITIES FIRST SUPPORT OFFICER: Mair Huws Third Sector in Wales. This is positive news for us all working within the sector in Wales. SUPPORT AND TRAINING OFFICER: Lindsey Ellis Once again, we are approaching Annual General Meeting time at Mantell. This year we will be meeting at the foot of the Rivals in the wonderful Nant Gwrtheyrn. I extend a FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TEAM warm welcome to you to join us at Nant Gwrtheyrn. It is a magical location, steeped in ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Beryl Norgrove history and I can only hope that the spirit of Gwrtheyrn will be looking over us for a worthwhile meeting. I look forward to seeing you. VOLUNTEER BUREAU TEAM Until Next Time… VOLUNTEERING OFFICER: Ann Angharad Fleming Bethan Russell Owen There's a golden empower opportunity in Empower, Support for the Voluntary Sector is arranging Porthmadog to fundraising training and advice from a professional fundrais- do some ball- er across Wales throughout the Autumn. We are looking for room dancing suitable community venues from which we could host the with Colleen event. Our minimum requirement is: Dobbins (who used to work in the Fred Astaire Dance Training space for up to 30 people with rooms for break Studio in Seattle) at the Glaslyn Leisure out groups. Centre, Porthmadog every Wednesday Full disabled access, parking and a power point. between 1:00pm and 3:00pm for 6 Space for us to provide lunch. weeks starting September 13th. Dawns i Bawb, the community dance organisation In line with our commitment to develop sustainability in the is responsible for setting up the sessions voluntary and community sector we are keen to pay a fair fee and are encouraging 50+ age groups to to a community group for the use of their venue. join. Enjoyment and fitness rolled into We would need the venue for a full day and the event is like- one! ly to run on either a weekday or a Saturday. For further information contact Dawns i If you have a venue that is suitable please contact Bev on Bawb, Galeri, Caernarfon on: 01874 730067 or email [email protected] 01286 685220 or e-mail: post@dawn- sibawb.org 2 Mantell Gwynedd News Barnardo’s arnardo's Amser Ni Service is Parry, Volunteer Co-ordinator at Blooking for volunteers across our office in 14 High Street, Gwynedd to support disabled Caernarfon on 01286 675847 children and young people and or phone 07810 570616 for their families to attend leisure more information. activities and local groups. We are holding an Information SNAP Cymru is the leading Parent We are also looking for helpers Session in the Barnardo's Shop Partnership service in Wales providing for our Clebran group, which in Caernarfon on Saturday information, advice and practical sup- meets every month enabling 28th October between 11.00 - port related to additional needs and / disabled children and young 3.00. It will be an opportunity or disability and / or exclusions. people to have their say about for you to meet staff and get We offer courses in SEN Induction, the services they receive. more information regarding vol- Basic Information Technology and So if you have a few spare unteering opportunities in Telephone Helpline Skills (all funded by the ESF). hours a week contact Frances Gwynedd. SNAP Cymru are launching a new Telephone Helpline in September 2006 daily between 10.00am and 4.00pm Meeting Of The Voluntary Sector and between 10.00am and 8.00pm on Partnership Council Wednesdays and Thursdays.The num- ber will be: The Voluntary Sector Partnership Council, which is established under the 0845 120 37 30 Assembly's Voluntary Sector Scheme, met on Monday 12 June to discuss issues We are currently looking for volun- affecting the sector in Wales. teers to help us ensure that this new At the meeting, the Minister for Social Justice and Regeneration, Edwina Hart, development is a success by answering informed the sector that the new Disadvantaged Groups Development Fund will the telephone in our office during the be delayed and will be consulted upon over the summer.