Where to get your free period products

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AMMAN VALLEY AREA

  • Ammanford Food Bank, Y Llusern
  • Betws Family Centre
  • Cwmaman Community Centre
  • Cwmaman Food Bank
  • Cwmaman Youth Club, Glanamman
  • Garnant Family Centre
  • Dyfed and Glamorgan Army Cadet Force, Ammanford
  • Homestart Cymru, Ammanford
  • Hwb, Ammanford Town Centre
  • Llandybie Youth Club
  • Streets Youth Project, Ammanford
  • Tycroes Youth Club

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CARMARTHEN AREA

  • Bancyfelin Post Office, Bancyfelin
  • Carmarthenshire Water Safety Partnership, The Quay Centre, Carmarthen
  • Dr M’z Youth Project, Carmarthen Town
  • Dyfed and Glamorgan Army Cadet Force, Town
  • Dyfed and Glamorgan Army Cadet Force, St Clears
  • Evans Pharmacy, St.Clears (both stores)
  • Hwb, Town Centre
  • Love Your Body, Town Centre
  • Meidrim Public Toilets
  • The Bodyshop, Carmarthen Town Centre
  • Tŷ Hapus Family Centre, Park Hall
  • Tŷ Ni Family Centre
  • Whitland Food Bank
  • Xcel Bowl, Johnstown
  • Yr Atom, Carmarthen Town Centre

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GWENDRAETH AREA

  • Bobol Bach, Trimsaran
  • Dyfed and Glamorgan Army Cadet Force, Cross Hands
  • Dyfed and Glamorgan Army Cadet Force, Trimsaran
  • Kidwelly Foodbank
  • Princess Gwenllian Centre, Kidwelly
  • Tumble Family Centre
  • Trimsaran Youth Club

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LLANELLI

  • Burry Port Family Centre*
  • Burry Port Youth Club
  • Bwlch Youth Project, Morfa
  • CASM, Llanelli*
  • CYCA Llanelli
  • Dyfed and Glamorgan Army Cadet Force, Burry Port
  • Dyfed and Glamorgan Army Cadet Force, Town
  • Felinfoel Children’s Centre
  • Flying Start, Morfa*
  • Hwb (Llanelli Town Centre)
  • Llangennech Youth Club
  • Llanelli Rural Council
  • Llwynhendy Children’s Centre
  • Morfa Family Centre
  • Stebonheath Community Shop
  • The Wallich Supported Housing*  
  • The Wallich Community Outreach Project*
  • Tŷ Enfys, Llwynhendy  

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TOWY VALLEY

  • Llandelio Food Hub, Primary School
  • Llandovery Youth and Community Centre
  • Trap Village Hall, Trap
  • The Hangout, Llandeilo
  • Y Pantri Glas, Llandeilo

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TEIFI VALLEY

  • Caffi Emly/Teifi Chips, Newcastle Emlyn
  • Llandysul Paddlers
  • Llanybydder Old School Community Centre

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FREE products are also available from ALL:
❤ Carmarthenshire County Council Youth Support Services Staff (Youth Workers)
❤ Carmarthenshire Leaving Care Team (Personal Advisors)
❤ Primary, Secondary and Special Schools in Carmarthenshire
❤ Coleg Sir Gâr and University of Wales Trinity Saint David Campuses in Carmarthenshire


*FOR MEMBERS OR AFFILIATES ONLY
SOME PROJECTS/LOCATIONS MAY BE CLOSED OR HAVE LIMITED ACCESS DUE TO COVID-19

Young People’s Management Group

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Young People's Managements Group Logo. Image of megaphone with the text NEW Young People's Management Group. Having a say on your education in Carmarthenshire.

Youth Workers from Carmarthenshire Youth Support Services are setting up a new group for young people who have something to say about education and learning.
The group, will act as a Young Peoples Management Group with its main purpose being to work with managers and decision makers from Carmarthenshire County Councils Education and Childrens Services Department to represent the views of young people.

BE HAPPY, SAFE AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL
With support and training from Youth Workers, members of the Management Group will be able to have a say on education, the opportunities available to all learns in Carmarthenshire. We want to explore what can be done to help learners be happy, safe and fulfil their personal, social and learning potential.

THE DECISON MAKERS
Carmarthenshire’s Education and Children’s Services Department have been actively working towards putting Children and Young People at the centre of everything they do with a lot of their work being underpinned by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. They are strengthening their commitment to listening to the voice of Young People by developing this new group, who will give feedback, evaluate, and influence the work of the Department.

The Department have clear priorities focused around four key themes:
★ Ambitious, capable learners, ready to learn throughout their lives
★ Healthy, confident individuals, ready to lead fulfilling lives as valued members of society
★ Enterprising, creative contributors, ready to play a full part in life and work
★ Ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the world

MEETING UP
We hope to hold the first meeting in September 2022. The project we will have mixture of face-to-face and online meetings including a residential (staying overnight) stay to get to know each other, learn about the project, get training, have fun and get involved in team building activities.

There will be two meetings with decisions makers (managers who make decisions about Education in Carmarthenshire) which will take place during half term and one during School time. Click here to see a draft Programme of when we could be meeting up.

We will cover all costs (e.g food, overnight stay, meetings, activities etc all excluding transport) to run the project so you wont need to pay for anything that’s needed.

GROUP MEMBERS
We are looking for young people aged 14, 15 and 16 years old (School Years 9,10 and 11) who attend school in Carmarthenshire and want to make a difference.

All members of the group will;
★ be able to represent the voice and opinions of young people to improve services
★ get support from Youth Workers during the project
★ gain new skills and experiences
★ get opportunities to meet and work alongside decisions makers
★ take part in fun, team building and residential activities
★ have your views listened to and will help influence the decisions being made on education and learning in Carmarthenshire.
★ have the chance to achieve a national volunteering certificate
★ get a gift voucher as a thank you for your time, hard work and commitment

MEET THE STAFF
There are two members of Carmarthenshire Youth Support Services Staff leading on this Project, they are Sarah and Heulwen

Profile photograph of Sarah Powell, Carmarthenshire Youth Support Services
Sarah Powell
Profile photograph of Heulwen O'Callaghan, Carmarthenshire Youth Support Services
Heulwen O’Callaghan

MORE INFORMATION
For more information or to get involved please contact Sarah, Senior Participation and Childrens Rights Officer on:
Email: SJPowell@carmarthenshire.gov.uk
Tel or Whatsapp: 07748 154 672
Messenger: www.facebook.com

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You’re Hired!… My experience of being on an interview Panel

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I found out about the interviewing for staff for the Participation Support Worker through the Carmarthenshire Youth Council and I decided I would like to be a part of it. I asked to become a part of the interviewing panel and was invited to Ammanford offices where the interviews were going to be done. I felt extremely excited to be given such an amazing opportunity as well as a bit nervous as I have never done something like this before.

 I came up with a few questions and then picked out which questions were the best suited for this interview and role. During the interview I made notes about each person I interviewed to make sure they are perfectly suited for this role.

The best part about being involved in this interview is the experience I have received from doing it. Interviewing is a very important factor in life; however, we are not taught about interviews and the process of them in schools. This should be something we are taught about in school as everyone should be able to get the opportunity to do this. I am now prepared to get interviewed in the future as I know what the interview process looks like and I also am now able to interview other people which could help me in the future.

For this interview, I prepared by familiarising myself with the job and the qualities that are needed for this job and I made notes about what I should look for when interviewing.

The advice I would give to young people interviewing others for a job is to be prepared and be confident. You will need to learn about the job that you are interviewing for as well as making some notes on what the most important things are that you are looking for during the interview. Being prepared is also important for a young person getting ready to be interviewed.

I found that it is much harder interviewing through Teams as it is not really the same experience as a usual interview. It is much harder to see what the person is really like and how confident they are speaking in front of people under pressure.

I was included in the whole interview process. After the interviews I looked over any notes that I had taken during the interviews and chose which person was best suited for this role.

I wanted to be a part of the interview process as I wanted to gain some experience on interviews as well as see what an interview looked like. I think being a part of the interview panel was very interesting as well as helpful for my future and I would recommend anyone that gets the opportunity to do this.

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Olivia

UK YOUTH PARLIAMENT… WHAT NEXT!

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Arwen, Carmarthenshire’s Member of UK Youth Parliament (MYP’s) met all other MYP’s to discuss going forward with their national campaigns which are:
● Plastic pollution
● Reducing Uni fees
● Mental Health and Wellbeing

At the end of March, the MYP’s attended a full nations event called ‘Making a Bigger Mark’ to hear from Friends of the Earth, National Union of Students and Young Minds, in light of the 3 national campaigns.

The top 3 Local issues for young people in Carmarthenshire from the Make Your Mark Ballot are:
● Eradicate homelessness
● Access to training and jobs
● End domestic violence

OUR PRIORITIES

We have discussed the national and local issues in our monthly meeting, and we voted to work on and focus on;

➜ NATIONAL – End plastic pollution

All the issues this year are incredibly important in their own right. This year we hope to take steps for all of them. Plastic pollution is one of the biggest factors for affect us all for the future. Microplastics are everywhere from Everest to the Tywi river”

➜ LOCAL – End domestic violence

End domestic violence is a topic that is close to home. It has effects on the people involved for the rest of our lives, having been in that situation and leaving it behind is something I’m still overcoming. I have big hopes for this year and to see the change we need.

We will update you once we have decided on what work we will be doing to tackle these issues. If you would like to get involved, then please contact us or if you would like us to know your opinion on any of these issues then please leave a comment below or get in touch on any of our Socials Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.