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Carmarthenshire County Council has launched its first ever award scheme to celebrate the difference tenants make in their communities. The 2016 Tenant 2 Tenant Awards, in association with Spice , will be an opportunity for tenants to nominate neighbours, friends and community volunteers for an award, a chance for them to say thank you for the efforts they make to go the extra mile to make other people’s lives better. There are 16 categories up for grabs, ranging from Pride In Your Patch project of the year, to volunteer of the year; fuel club of the year to young tenant of the year. There’s also best kept garden, and best room makeover, as well as recycling champion and Welsh language champion awards. An awards ceremony will be held in September, but before then, tenants have until June 30 to nominate worthy winners in each award category. A judging panel, led by Cllr Linda Evans, Executive Board Member for Housing, will choose from the nominations submitted. “This is exciting news -...

The first Tenant 2 Tenant of 2016 will be hitting doormats across the county this month. The Spring edition is jam packed with news and handy information for Carmarthenshire County Council tenants, including the exclusive launch of the new Tenant 2 Tenant Awards, which will take place later this year. The bilingual magazine is produced and written by council tenant volunteers, supported by the Housing Services community engagement team, time banking organisation Spice and staff from Communities First. And now for the first time, it will even be delivered by volunteers adding an extra personal touch to the publication. In return, volunteers will earn Time Credits for their efforts and will also have a healthy activity to kick-start the New Year. Tenants can look forward to reading a variety of stories, from how Ken Warnes, a tenant from Llanelli, paid for his honeymoon using Time Credits, to how Lucy Parker, of Five Roads, has hit the road as a volunteer minibus driver. There’s a fe...

The editorial group of a Carmarthenshire County Council tenants’ magazine are looking for people to be the eyes and ears of their communities. Tenant 2 Tenant is produced twice a year by a group of volunteers who want to spread good news, useful information, money savings tips and more to their friends and neighbours. Supported by officers from the council’s housing and communications teams, the tenants have complete control over the magazine, from the content to the pictures. Now, in strengthening their editorial group, they want to sign up as many ‘community correspondents’ as they can, so that the magazine covers news from all over the county. They are also looking for people to take it in turns to have specific roles in each edition, including editors responsible for news, features, events, money, health and wellbeing, children’s page and pictures. Janet Griffiths, part of the council’s Community Engagement Team, said: “Tenant 2 Tenant has been going now for over a year, and the ...