Here are the activities for this week. As you can see, our music and cookery sessions are restarting this week, so please come and join us if you can.
Weekly Activities
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Gardening
Yesterday, our amazing Caerphilly People First Volunteers visted TARAGGAN Educational Gardens & Nursery. We had a fantastic time getting our hands dirty, doing some weeding, and transferring lettuce from pot to plot. It was a great opportunity to connect with nature and support our local community garden. Big thanks to everyone who joined in!
Weekly Activities
Here is a rundown of what we’re up to this week. If you can join us we’d love to see you.
Parent Network Planet Event
Thank you to The Parent Network Community Forum for inviting us to your Planet Event yesterday! It was great to exchange information with so many individuals and organizations and to see so many children have fun! Thanks to Gethin Chamberlain and Ffion Poole for volunteering; you did an amazing job, as always!
GAVO One Beat Event
The GAVO Caerphilly One Beat Event is an opportunity for organisations to come together, and publicise the work they do, while offering support and advice for anyone who is interested. The Spring 2024 edition was held in Blackwood Rugby Club, and Caerphilly People First were there along with other organisations including Caerphilly Parent Network, Petra Publishing, Llais, Disability Can Do, Platfform, Citizen’s Advice, Person to Person, and many others.
There were also live demonstrations for people to enjoy on the day, including first-aid, tae kwon do, yoga, and Welsh folk music. In addition, there were activities for people to get involved in, including an Easter egg hunt and various craft activities. It was great to see so many people there we already know, and also to meet new people and learn about the great work being done by so many organisations.
Gardening at TARAGGAN
Head Gardener Morgan Jones:
When I had a look at the weather forecast for Tuesday, I was disappointed to see that rain was forecast for the majority of the day. When Christy said “we’re going up the allotments now” I was pretty surprised because at the time it was hammering down outside. When we got to TARAGGAN allotments me, Gethin, Rees, Anthony and Chris went inside the bottle shed to plant broccoli seeds, courgette seeds, and parsley seeds into tubs. This was much better than being outside and getting drenched like drowned rats. In a few weeks when we go back up to TARAGGAN me and everyone else are hoping to see progress with the seeds. Fingers crossed each of the seeds will have some growth.
Platfform Wellbeing Event
Caerphilly People First recently attended the Platfform well-being event at Bargoed Community centre. It was a chance for us to promote our projects and give out information leaflets, which Ffion and Natalie did a great job with.
Summer 2023 Newsletter
Here is the latest edition of the Caerphilly People First newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading about our activities.
Independent Living Skills
During yesterday’s Independent Living Skills course run by Austistic Minds we talked about coping techniques and creating a coping skills toolbox. This is a place for you to keep things that calm you down in periods of distress. The group learned about various coping techniques such as self-soothing (comforting yourself using different techniques), distraction (taking your mind off things by doing something that makes you happy), keeping a diary to express your feelings, and meditation. Next week we will be learning more about personal hygiene, including shaving.
Focus Group Art Session
Yesterday we enjoyed our third session with Elizabeth from the Islwyn Arts Art and Wellbeing project. The group drew and coloured animals and insects – including butterflies, hedgehogs, wasps and bees – for our nature canvas. We also painted the two canvas backgrounds which we will transfer the animals and insects onto at a later session. #communityempowerment
