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The Leader of Carmarthenshire County Council has visited a clinic recruiting for the Army Reserve. Cllr Kevin Madge called in at the new Monday morning clinic at Ammanford Jobcentre Plus. Sergeant Mark Rees and Lance Corporal Clayton Gibbons of 224 Squadron Pembroke Yeomanry based in Carmarthen are holding the weekly clinics from 9.30am-12.30pm. Sergeant Rees explained that unemployed people could spend up to 16 hours a week as Reservists without losing entitlement to benefit and would have the opportunity to learn useful skills. He said: “We have set up the clinic so that we are reaching out to the community. We are recruiting for the Reserves, the rebranded Territorial Army, from 18 to 42 years of age. “We can offer the chance to be paid to do your car, lorry or fork lift driving licence.” Jobcentre Plus Armed Forces Liaison Officer for the South West Wales District Chris Clark said: “Jobcentre Plus works closely with the armed forces recruitment officers to help our local ...

Healing The Wounds, the Welsh charity which helps treat PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), has just completed its first ‘treatment mission’ in North Wales. The charity’s treatment practitioners went on the road to treat two veterans of the 1 Royal Welsh and 1 Rifles regiments. “It’s the first time we’ve been able to extend our ground-breaking treatment programme into North Wales,” said charity founder and executive director Kevin Richards. “In recent weeks, there has been a huge amount of publicity about PTSD and the need for successful treatment programmes such as the ones we run. “We have a waiting list of people queuing up for treatment and we were glad of the opportunity to take our programme into North Wales. “It’s the first time we’ve been able to run a treatment course in North Wales, but it won’t be the last. We are a Welsh charity providing treatment services in Wales and that means delivering our services to all four corners of Wales whenever possible. “In an ideal wor...