Summer of Fun!

Over the summer, we ran a range of activities to improve resident’s engagement and community wellbeing at Pengwern, Llangollen. We delivered the programme in partnership with Pengwern Hub, South Denbighshire Community Partnership, Active play, Active Communities, Denbighshire Youth Service, Grŵp Cynefin, Citizens Advise Denbighshire and other local organisations.

All those involved helped 80 Adults and over 200 children to access activities over the summer. These included:

• Bike workshops
• Active play and sport sessions
• Family Foraging
• Knit & Natter
• Macramé workshop
• Nature & Wildlife workshop
• School Uniform pop-up session
• Family story telling
• Citizens Advice Attend anywhere support drop in sessions
• Giving out children’s free snack packs, thanks to donations from local companies.

We have had some great feedback from residents, that these activities improved access for residents to the Hub, and helped them feel more connected with their community.

One resident said, “We attended a foraging and bread making event in the woods. It was fantastic to explore local woods and really appreciate assets we have on the doorstep. It was also lovely to meet neighbours we haven't met before. The staff were knowledgeable and had so much patience with all of the mixed ages and abilities during the session & the bonus was a campfire bread we made to eat together.

Another resident said, “We attended a multi-sport event at Pengwern park, my son loved the variety of sports and the mix of children who he wouldn't have a chance to meet as he is in another school. The staff were wonderful and remembered his name from one we had attended before. We were given a snack pack to leave with and this was a great addition”

Pengwern’s Coordinator is planning more activities, with partners, to include:

• A competition with local schools to design a logo for the Pengwern Community Hub
• Events for Halloween and Christmas.

In addition to this, every Monday, 10am-12noon, at Pengwern Hub, there is a drop in session for Citizens Advice support. You can attend anywhere using a virtual platform. If you would like to find out more about how to access or to arrange an appointment, please contact office@sdcp.org or 01490 266004 where a friendly member of the team will be on hand to assist.

We hope that Pengwern Community Project will help a longer-term change to engage, enable and empower residents to end the cycle of generational poverty, and improve life chances.

We are providing the match funding and have worked closely with South Denbighshire Community Partnership, Friends of Pengwern and Severn Wye on the development of this project.