Internet and Email 8 week course to learn how to find things on the internet, to satisfy your curiosity or to save money, and use email fully. Include material from the internet in your word documents and send documents attachments to your email. Use the internet to shop or book holidays. Two classes starting on Monday 14th January (9:30 – 12:00) and Tuesday 22nd January (12:30 – 3:00) in the Action Resource Centre (ARC) 45 Broughton Avenue, Portmead.

Personnel module of the HE certificate of Business Studies 7 weeks course commencing 11th January 9:30 – 12:30 at the Action Resource Centre, 45 Broughton Avenue, Portmead. This FREE module provides an introductory study of personnel management matters that affect the way in which organizations operate. It offers basic insight into areas students will need to appreciate with regards to a business environment, although they may not always be directly involved. It will illustrate how personnel and employment matters impact on the operating environment of individuals within business.

ESOL – English for Speakers of other languages – come along to the Action Resource Centre (ARC) to learn how to speak and write English, learn grammar and citizenship FREE for all those who don’t have English as their first language. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 14th January 08.

PC Surgery – A FREE service for all who are having computer problems, whether it is hardware, software, anti virus problems and much, much more. Every Wednesday 1:30 – 4:30 at the Action Resource Centre, 45 Broughton Avenue with our system support technicians and trained volunteers.

Pre GCSE Maths and English available to all adults to brush up on Maths and Literacy. It is FREE and is great if you want to help your children with homework, brush up on skills you have forgotten since you left school, ideal for gaining more skills to find a job. Every Monday 1:00 – 3;00 at the Action Resource Centre, 45 Broughton Avenue, Portmead from January 14th 08.

Back up and Burn is an 8 week course available at the Action Resource Centre, 45 Broughton Avenue, Portmead. Come along and learn how to put your text, photos, music and video to disc. How to store all your important information safely. Commencing 22 January at 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Café ARC is a lovely community café, situated in the heart of the Portmead community on Broughton Avenue, which provides a wide range of tasty food including healthy options, breakfasts, baguettes, snacks, hot and cold drinks plus a delivery service and buffet service available. Call in for cuppa and find out more. Open Monday – Friday 9:30 – 3;00. Volunteering opportunities available.

This year faith and Light have been challenged to pack 200 shoeboxes for the samaritans purse shoebox appeal. If anyone has any shoeboxes (or items to go in them) please give them to Jean or Anne. Each shoebox will be filled with soap and flannel, toothpaste and toothbrush, hat, gloves and scarf, pens pencils and paper, sweets and toys. The shoeboxes are delivered to children all over the world who otherwise would not recieve anything at Christmas.
We are lucky this year to have storage for the shoeboxes, so we can start collecting earlier then usual.

Faith and Light

Faith and Light is an International Christian (all faiths )organisation for people with learning disabilities their family and friends.

We meet on the second Sunday of each month at 2.30 pm in the church for a time of sharing, prayer, singing, mime and craft.
We also have a lot of activities throughout the year on the 21st of July we are off to Pembrey Country Park and on the 22nd of August we go to Oxwich Bay, both these events end in a BBQ.

September we have a celebration weekend this year it is at Hebron Hall in Dinas Powys.

On the 12th December we go to the Barn Inn in Morriston for a Christmas Celebration Dinner.

There will be a full new programme of events for 2008.

We would like to invite anyone with a learning disability their carers or friends to any of the events or to join us in October for our Autumn meeting at 2.30 pm.

Green Fingers at the Drop In Centre, Blaenymaes

Green Fingers is based at the New Drop In Centre, Blaen y Maes.

Our aim is to teach local people how to grow plants and vegatables, also raise awareness of enviromental issues.
We have a large poly tunnel, raised beds and an area ready to cultivate. We are seeking volunteers to help in the garden, fund raise and join our committee.

Any interested parties please contact Sharon on 580905 or e-mail shazrodda@hotmail.co.uk


Thanks very much

Sharon

Teilo's Workforce

Due to the very heavy rain our scheduled gardeneing time had to be called off on Saturday. However, we will assemble this Saturday at 11am to continue with the work.

Spreading the Word

Where Padraig spreads the word of the Lord, I spread the word of education. The ARC is hosting some summer taster sessions suitable for aboslute beginners to learn about word processing, business letters, CV writing and much much more. It begins on Monday 16th July form 1230 - 3 and every Monday and Tuesday at this time every week after, for 7 weeks.

Also we have our enrolment day for the new term in September on August 15th from 10 - 2 - meet the tutors, see displays of work and sign up for something new - you're never to old to learn!! Contact Debbie Jones, Education Officer 578632 at the ARC, 45 Broughton Avenue. www.blaenymaes-trust.ik.com

Sustainability Training

I wish to invite all readers to the Sustainability Training Session at the ARC, 45 Broughton Avenue on Tuesday 31st July from 9:30 - 12:00. It will benefit all individuals and organisations to learn about recycling, the environment and sustainability. For further infomation contact Debbie Jones - 578632.

Technical Glitch

Hi folks.
Just when things seem to be going well with our blogging, all of a sudden, a technical glitch has thrown a spanner in the works. It is good that we can still use a metaphor from the industrial revolution to describe the breakdowns in the world of IT! Anyway, the problem is that those of us who publish blogs via ftp to our own web sites are getting strange messages and the blogs to not upload. From reading the comments of others, this seems to be a growing problem.

Fear not, friends of Teilo's Parish Ponderings, for I have taken another route and created a new blog site for us within Blogger.com itself. Some of you will be getting emails from me shortly to ask you to sign into this account so as to be able to publish messages and share information with us.

Padraig