Llanelli celebrates Lottery award
Glanymor and Tyisha Communities First are celebrating a Lottery award which will help tackle domestic debt in the area.
The Communities First team, one of four run locally by Carmarthenshire County Council, has been awarded £4,868 from the Awards For All Wales funding pool for its work on a Debt and Benefit Volunteering Project.
The project, which is run by Communities First staff and local volunteers, has already made huge strides in the area.
Since it began in April 2009, volunteers and project staff have supported clients in the Llanelli area to tackle £358,199 of domestic debt, and have increased benefit income by £3,402 per month.
Bryony Wiffen, of the Llanelli Communities First Debt and Benefit Volunteering Project, said: “Work with clients is an ongoing process and the project links in with other support services in the area to try and help people get the most appropriate support.
“We are delighted that our bid for £4,868 of Lottery funding has been successful. This funding will help us to continue this good work, and to meet increasing demand. Our debt and benefit project staff are planning targeted recruitment events in the coming months in order to reach those who are most in need.”
The Debt and Benefit Volunteering Project is open to people living in Bigyn, Llwynhendy, Felinfoel, Glanymor and Tyisha areas – each of them Communities First wards.
It works closely with community groups and voluntary and statutory service providers to create a network of support for those suffering with debt problems, helping them to access benefits and providing them with opportunities to train for new skills.
It was funded by Carmarthenshire County Council and the Welsh Assembly Outcomes Fund.
Volunteer opportunities are available with free training to offer support to those struggling with debt, and also to give volunteers added skills and better chances of gaining long-term employment in the future.
Executive board member for regeneration, Cllr Clive Scourfield, said: “It is vitally important that we help people living in these areas to overcome debt problems and to help them gain new skills which will help them find meaningful employment so that they can provide for their own futures.”
Anyone interested in getting further information about the project, call Bryony or Christine on 01554 777850 or pop into the Glanymor and Tyisha office, Inkerman Street, Llanelli.
Glanymor and Tyisha Communities First volunteers Rejimn Joseph, Brian Kelly, Mair Bartlett, Mary Myall and Helen Edmunds, with and project staff members Bryony Wiffen with Chris Hern. Pic Jeff Connell
The Communities First team, one of four run locally by Carmarthenshire County Council, has been awarded £4,868 from the Awards For All Wales funding pool for its work on a Debt and Benefit Volunteering Project.
The project, which is run by Communities First staff and local volunteers, has already made huge strides in the area.
Since it began in April 2009, volunteers and project staff have supported clients in the Llanelli area to tackle £358,199 of domestic debt, and have increased benefit income by £3,402 per month.
Bryony Wiffen, of the Llanelli Communities First Debt and Benefit Volunteering Project, said: “Work with clients is an ongoing process and the project links in with other support services in the area to try and help people get the most appropriate support.
“We are delighted that our bid for £4,868 of Lottery funding has been successful. This funding will help us to continue this good work, and to meet increasing demand. Our debt and benefit project staff are planning targeted recruitment events in the coming months in order to reach those who are most in need.”
The Debt and Benefit Volunteering Project is open to people living in Bigyn, Llwynhendy, Felinfoel, Glanymor and Tyisha areas – each of them Communities First wards.
It works closely with community groups and voluntary and statutory service providers to create a network of support for those suffering with debt problems, helping them to access benefits and providing them with opportunities to train for new skills.
It was funded by Carmarthenshire County Council and the Welsh Assembly Outcomes Fund.
Volunteer opportunities are available with free training to offer support to those struggling with debt, and also to give volunteers added skills and better chances of gaining long-term employment in the future.
Executive board member for regeneration, Cllr Clive Scourfield, said: “It is vitally important that we help people living in these areas to overcome debt problems and to help them gain new skills which will help them find meaningful employment so that they can provide for their own futures.”
Anyone interested in getting further information about the project, call Bryony or Christine on 01554 777850 or pop into the Glanymor and Tyisha office, Inkerman Street, Llanelli.
Glanymor and Tyisha Communities First volunteers Rejimn Joseph, Brian Kelly, Mair Bartlett, Mary Myall and Helen Edmunds, with and project staff members Bryony Wiffen with Chris Hern. Pic Jeff Connell
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