Ammanford multicultural event a success

More than 200 people attended a multicultural event in Ammanford.
People from a number of diverse minority groups within the Amman area attended with nationalities including Welsh, English, French, Turkish, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Greek, Chinese, Italian, Bangladeshi and Philippino.
The event, which was held at the Amman Centre, was organised by Ammanford Neighbourhood Policing Team and funded by the Carmarthenshire Community Safety Partnership.
The aim of the day was to bring people from different strands of diversity together to improve community engagement and cohesion.
Members of the community also had an opportunity to speak to local neighbourhood policing officers and influence policing priorities in their areas.
In total 232 people went along and took part in a range of different activities. It included cooking demonstrations, food sampling, Cor Meibion Dyffryn Amman, Amman Valley School of Dance Glee Club, Carmarthen Twirlers, dancing from the Philippines, a general knowledge quiz as well as a neighbourhood policing presentation.
Ammanford NPT Sergeant Teresa Ross said: “This is the second year we have organised the event and we were overwhelmed by the number of people that attended, it was a great success and a really enjoyable day with lots going on.
“We are constantly aiming to improve confidence and contact with the police especially with the local Neighbourhood Policing Teams. This event allowed people from a wide range of diverse groups to meet their local officers and to socialise with other minority groups.”
Evaluation sheets were completed at the event and included the following statements:
“This event embraces the spirit of getting together to cement the best possible relationship between communities.”
“Ammanford police should be very proud of themselves for such a successful event, well done.”
“An enjoyable afternoon for everyone, nice to get together, looking forward to next time.”