Gwalia & Me
Project Focus: Glanafon Our Work as Volunteers
As part of the Glanafon project we support the clients in finding work, education or voluntary placements that can benefit them and help them to gain the knowledge and skills to move on.
The clients came to live at Glanafon in October 2009 to gain more freedom and live as independently as possible. The clients have been volunteering for charitable organisations for a while now.
Ffion, 23 has been working in a café called “ismooth” for just under a year. She found this placement with the help of Shaw Trust and Coastal. The café is a social enterprise that has been set up to provide real work experience for people with learning disabilities.
Natalie found her placement through the Shaw Trust Paws Project and Coastal.
With support from the Glanafon project staff, Natalie catches a bus from Ammanford to Penllegaer and makes her way to the RSPCA.
I enjoy working at ismooth because I like meeting new people and making new friends. I like helping the chef to make some of the food and also having more skills to help me do new things.
Ffion
With the support of the project staff, Ffion works at “ismooth” 4 hours a week, in which time she helps run the café by cleaning, attending tables and cooking some of the dishes. Ffion had to complete training to be able to work at the café, including Health and safety in the workplace, Working as a team, Identifying cleaning products and cleaning procedures, Time keeping, Dress code and Behaviour in the workplace.
Natalie, 25 volunteers with Ffion at the RSPCA in Penllegaer once a week.
She takes part in dog walking, cat socialising and also completes some cleaning tasks. Natalie has had to complete dog walking and cat socialising training, which means that she can
go up any time and can volunteer without support from the Paws project staff.
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I enjoy working in the RSPCA, especially with the dogs because I like animals and like
to care for them. Natalie
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