Thank you to Noah from Victim Support for delivering Hate Crime Training to our members yesterday. They found the training easy to understand and really enjoyed taking part in the session.
Hate crimes are crimes targeted at a person because of hostility or prejudice towards that person’s disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or transgender identity.
You can report a Hate Crime to the police or contact Victim Support for help and advice.
Here is the latest edition of the Caerphilly People First newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading about the activities of our members.
On Wednesday 26th July Ffion Poole delivered her relationship course to people from Jackie Hughes’ Person to Person group. The topic she spoke about was friendships and relationships, and the next session will be about understanding your body and giving consent. This will be held on Wednesday 23rd August.
The following was written by Morgan, one of our volunteers:
Hello, my name is Morgan Llwyd Jones and I’m a volunteer at Caerphilly People First. This morning at TARAGGAN Educational Gardens & Nursery allotments me and the other volunteers spent most of the morning digging out all the weeds. Once it was time for us to put the tools away in the shed I stored them nice and neatly so that John didn’t have to tidy up after me or the group.
Just before we all left, me, Christy Taylor, Sam Evans, Gethin Chamberlain & Rees Powell picked some produce from our allotment plots, including onions, broad beans and courgettes, and took it to the YMCA for the vegetables to be shared out between everyone.
Thanks to Cheryl Smith and Zoe from the Parent Network Community Forum for a fun afternoon of crafts last week. Our members and volunteers made personalised bags that can be used for stationery, make-up etc. Our next session with Cheryl is on Tuesday July 18th at 12.30, so please get in touch if you would like to join us.
Here is the latest edition of the Caerphilly People First newsletter. We hope you enjoy reading about our activities.
Natalie and Ffion, in their roles as members of TRAC, recently visited the University of South Wales where they trained student nurses by playing the role of a patient.
Natalie King played the role of a member of the community who had an epileptic seizure on the street and was taken to hospital, and Ffion Poole played the part of a patient with a suspected broken ankle who was waiting in A&E. The students did a great job, as did Ffion and Natalie in their acting roles.
Over the last couple of weeks Ffion Poole has been delivering relationship courses in Church Village alongside Lisa French from Innovate Trust. During the sessions they have discussed Friendship (how to make friends, how to deal with fallouts, and what makes a good friend and bad friend), and have also covered the same issues in terms of boyfriends and girlfriends. In addition they have talked about understanding your body and consent. If you feel you, or anyone else you know would benefit from this course please contact Ffion on 07488350518 or ffion@caerphillypeoplefirst.org.
Yesterday, at TARAGGAN Educational Gardens and Nursery, our volunteers built a wigwam support and planted runner beans. They also planted courgettes and French beans. Thanks to John for all his help and for showing us the best way to utilise all the space on our plot. The carrots, onions and broadbeans are slowly starting to sprout and the fruit trees are all looking really good.
Our volunteers sowed the courgette seeds by planting them individually on their sides and spaced them out to give them room to grow. They have also been covered to encourage growth and to stop the slugs and snails snacking on them. The French beans have been sown outside as there is no longer a risk of frost. They have been planted directly in the ground and should be ready to harvest in around forty-five days’ time.
Members recently took part in an Independent Living Skills session run by Autistic Minds. This session was all about mental wellbeing, finding what makes you happy and gaining confidence. We will continue to take part in more independent living skills courses on different topics.
