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Free Taster Courses

Intro to:

Sign Language
Welsh
Beginners Art
Salon Treatments
Massage Treatments
Family History

For mor information please phone the Centre on 01639 721 772

THE RHEOLA WALLED GARDEN PROJECT

Our existing allotments have now been developed to reach their full potential and to progress further we need more land locally. In addition, the rules of the allotment society prohibit the sale of anything we produce. We desperately need to take our Centre closer to complete sustainability. We have demonstrated over the past 6 years that there is a need for community growing and the business opportunities this project holds will strengthen our organisation still further.

A Feasibility study funded by the Welsh Assembly Government looked at all possibilities for expansion in the area and concluded that the Rheola Estate offered us all that we required.

Thanks to our Local Authority and Estate owner, Howard Rees, we have been given a 10 year lease on the walled garden area of the estate, which includes a large pond, a gardener’s cottage, old greenhouses and potting sheds. In order to fund the renovations and horticultural development of the walled garden, we applied to the Welsh Assembly Government and were successful.

From these pictures you can get an idea of the enormity of the task ahead, as much of the wall needs total renovation. After talking to experts from CADW it became obvious that the site has significant historical value and as such should be sympathetically renovated using traditional methods and lime mortar. We have many ideas for the use of the buildings including converting the gardener’s cottage into a small museum for the site.

This has turned into an even more exciting project than we first anticipated and increases the tourism potential of the whole site, because of the interest it will attract, not only the wall and buildings but because of the rare and exotic plants that have previously grown there.

Our vision is to provide, eventually, a total package which will appeal to local people and visitors alike. As well as the walled garden we intend to develop:

 

This project will have the potential to:

 

Rheola Project Trainees News

It is pleasing to note that two of the Stonework trainees working on our Rheola Walled Garden project have now secured full time employment.

One of the trainees has a stonework apprenticeship, working on the restoration of the stone buildings of the Rhondda Heritage Park near Pontypridd with local building firms, whilst another has been taken on as an apprentice with a local builder

 

Local Businesses!




Advertise on this site!

You will have your own web page within this site but you can customise it to suit your business and we will do all that work for you.

Glynneath businesses will be charged at a low preferential rate.

Average rates are £10 per month.

Phone 01639 721772 for details.

 

Introduction to Childcare for 10 weeks Tuesdays 1-3 pm leads to NVQ Level 2 in Childcare.

Ring the Centre for details, 721772

OUR COURSES!

Art
AutoCAD
Cameras
Computers
Languages
General
Fane Art Centre
Rompers Nursery Services

OUR COURSES!

Art
AutoCAD
Cameras
Computers
Languages
General
Fane Art Centre
Rompers Nursery Services

 

Revive Charity Shop Re-opening.

Low cost quality items for sale from the Glynneath Training Centre’s reuse/recycle shop on the High Street.

Thanks to funding from the Welsh Assembly Government the Revive Charity Shop has been expanded to offer an even wider range of quality re-used items. The shop will re-open on Tuesday March 23rd by our local celebrity Ruth Madoc.

All proceeds will be used to maintain services and staff at the Glynneath Training Centre — a registered charity—charity no 518523

Interested in volunteering to work in the shop? Please contact the Centre on 01639 721772 or click to

 

The Glynneath Training Centre (GTC) is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status, (charity registration number 518523). The company also has a trading arm - The Java Bean Cafe. All profits made by the cafe are gifted back into the charity, which the charity uses to run its activities for the benefit of the whole community

Launch of the of the Citizens Advice Bureau service at the Centre.

Call 01639 721772 for details.

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