Builders help plant seeds for projects at schools

The Kidwelly-based construction firm Dyfrig Dalziel Ltd has helped plant the seeds for an innovative project which will help children at two West Wales schools.
The project has helped build vegetable plots at Carway Primary School in the Gwendraeth Valley and Swiss Valley Primary School in Llanelli.
And it has also been designed to give important health and safety messages to the schoolchildren.
“We’ve managed to come up with some very practical ideas which will help the children’s education,” said Dyfrig Dalziel, Managing Director of Dyfrig Dalziel Ltd.
“There are several strands to the project, which means that we can help promote healthy eating, messages about the environment and recycling and information about health and safety and the need to be aware of potential dangers on construction sites.
“On the health and safety side, we are able to engage with the children through ‘Ivor Goodsite’, a character from Considerate Constructor, the body which promotes jobs in the construction industry and construction site safety. ‘Ivor’ helps the children through interactive games and other competitions.
“The aim is for the children to have fun, but in enjoying themselves they are also picking up key messages which are part of the school curriculum.”
At Carway School, Dyfrig Dalziel Ltd has been working in partnership with building supplies firm Travis Perkins and Carmarthen Garden Centre.
They all teamed-up after the Carway pupils sent letters to local businesses asking for donations to enable them to plan and build vegetable plots within their school grounds.
Workers from Dyfrig Dalziel Ltd constructed three raised vegetable plots after Travis Perkins donated the soil and Carmarthen Garden Centre donated seeds.
The pupils will benefit from the vegetable plots by learning about healthy eating as part of their curriculum. They will be donating their vegetables to the school canteen for school dinners. The pupils will also recycle left-over fruit from the school fruit shop into a compost bin.
At Swiss Valley, Dyfrig Dalziel Ltd, teamed-up with Swiss Valley Garden Centre to plan and build three raised vegetable plots in the school grounds.
The Swiss Valley project also involves an innovative ‘Knowledge Bank’ with pupils agreeing to teach IT computer skills to their parents and grandparents in exchange for their gardening knowledge.
Mr Dalziel added: “I am extremely happy to be able to offer the company’s assistance to Carway and Swiss Valley schools.
“At both schools, the pupils have worked extremely hard to achieve their objectives.
“It was our great pleasure to work with children from our community and to be able to pass on our knowledge and experience of the environment and health and safety issues. We are looking forward to working with more schools from our community next year.”
A poster competition at Carway School was won by Saffi Elder and Harley Rooke.
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Dyfrig Dalziel Ltd is a family run construction and maintenance company which was first established in 1981 and became a limited company in 1999. Over the past 20 years the company’s commitment to providing a high quality and professional service has allowed to company to develop into a successful business which now has a workforce of more than 30 employees. Quality of work, strong work ethics and excellent customer care, along with a good reputation for meeting deadlines have allowed the company to build strong and successful partnerships with its clients.