Cash boost for Llanelli teen venue
Llanelli’s first under-18s music venue and coffee bar has received almost £4,500 from the Carmarthenshire Community Safety Partnership (CSP). The Vestry in Cowell Street is an alcohol free, live music venue for 11 to 18 year-olds giving them somewhere safe to hang out. Run by a group of volunteers, the project has been funded by the Presbyterian Church of Wales, Carmarthenshire County Council’s Community Fund and County Collaboration Fund and CAVS Community Development Fund. The CSP grant will now be used to improve security at the venue, for example, the installation of CCTV, and will allow it to open on Saturday evenings as well as Saturday afternoons. Susan Hughes, Chair of the Presby and Children Youth Scene (PCYS), said: “We are very grateful to the Community Safety Partnership for this grant as it will help us to improve security and pay for a doorman to be employed on Saturday evenings. We have received a lot of support from the police and they advised us to have a doorman if...