Upper Amman Valley Health & Well-being Event

A Health and Well-being Event was held on Saturday at Gwaun Cae Gurwen Community Centre. This was the last of a three day programme of events that were The Summer Experience, organised by Upper Amman Valley Communities First.

Juliana, Ffion and Laura from Communities First welcomed event attendees.

There were a variety of organisations at the event with information for attendees on how to lead a healthy lifestyle.

Some of Gwaun Cae Gurwen Happy Wanderers promoting their walking group. The group meet twice a week. Click on the GCG Happy Wanders label in the category menu to see photos from some of the group's walks.

Neath Port Talbot Youth Service with plenty of goodies.

Safer Neath Port Talbot Community Safety Partnership.

Neath Port Talbot Carers Service, part of Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Service (http://www.nptcvs.org.uk/)

Kathryn from Keep Wales Tidy (http://www.keepwalestidy.org/) demonstrates a poop scoop as part of the campaign to encourage dog owners to clear up after their pets, so children can play safely and healthily in public spaces.

Keep Wales Tidy has also launched the Red Elastic Band Challenge. The challenge invites young people from across Wales to collect and record the red elastic bands that are discarded by postal workers. Beaver Scouts in Port Talbot recently collected 1000 in two weeks. Winners of the challenge will receive £50 in Premium Bonds. Read this KWT press release to find out more.

Shaw Trust (http://www.shaw-trust.org.uk/)

Diabetes UK (http://www.diabetes.org.uk/)

St John Ambulance (http://www.sja.org.uk/)

Carmarthenshire Connect Field Officer Ran having his blood pressure checked, courtesy of St John Ambulance.

Organised Kaos was at the event, holding circus workshops.

Dorothy from GCG Happy Wanders tries out kangaroo stilts with the help of Nicola.

Martyn from Organised Kaos and Peri from Mess Up The Mess using diablos.

Playing with the hula hoops

Laura from Communities First on the kangaroo stilts.

A video of Ffion, from Communities First, learning how to walk on (and fall from!) the kangaroo stilts.

Brynaman Swimming Pool Association was promoting the Brynaman open air swimming pool and painting face and body art.

Cllr. Lynda Williams having her arm painted by Tracy Davies from Brynaman Swimming Pool Association.

Dorothy and Georgina from GCG Happy Wanderers with their painted arms. Dorothy (left) has a butterfly and Georgina (right) has a dolphin.

Peri Thomas from Mess Up The Mess ran physical theatre workshops at the event. The games played were called 'Zip Zap Boing', 'Splat', and 'Look Down, Look Up'.

Playing 'Splat'. Martyn (in the middle) is the Splat Master!

Congratulations to Pearce (middle right) on winning Splat and Look Down, Look Up.

At the event, there was also free complementary therapy workshops, including Indian head massage, a buffet lunch with plenty of healthy fruit and a raffle.

Brynaman Swimming Pool

NOW OPEN!

Following the the swimming pools voluntary clean up earlier this year (which can be found under the Brynaman Swimming Pool Association category on this website), we are pleased to announce that the pool is fully filled and ready for a dive!

If you fancy going for a swim over the next six weeks then please have a look below at the opening times.

OPENING TIMES:

Monday - Friday : 11am - 3pm and 4pm - 7pm

Saturday : 11am - 2pm and 3pm - 6pm

Sunday : 11am - 2pm

Bryanaman Swimming Pool Clean Up

Brynaman Swimming Pool Association (BSPA) held this year's first big clean up of Brynaman open air swimming pool in preparation for opening this summer. The swimming pool will be open for the six weeks during the school summer holiday. It takes two weeks to fill the pool and condition the water.

The voluntary clean up team includes members of local groups ASBO, BASE and Mess Up The Mess. Many of the team are dedicated pool users in the summer.

The clean up team inside the pool.

Watch the video below to hear Bronwen Price explain more about the pool and what it means to the local community. Filmed by Pauline Thomas, Vice Chair of BSPA.

Bronwen's dad diving into the pool in 1948.

Bronwen discusses the day's plan with the team.

Clearing the weeds that had grown through the paving slabs...

...and bagging them up.

Time for lunch.

Brynaman Swimming Pool Association

Carmarthenshire Connect met up with Jackie Bird and Tracy Davies of the Brynaman Swimming Pool Association at the Upper Amman Valley Christmas Experience on Thursday.

Tracy Davies and Jackie Bird

Brynaman’s open-air pool was first opened in 1934, built and paid for by the local miners. It is now the only surviving lido in Wales. The Brynaman Swimming Pool Association was started to ensure the survival of the pool. They have set up a shop and a games room for the children, and organise a volunteer clean up of the facility before it opens each summer. Their work in ensuring the survival and popularity of the pool is much appreciated by the local community.