Aged 19+, unemployed or working 16 hours or less

Free training opportunities are available through Bridges into work. Free training opportunities in
Health and Safety OCN
Customer Services Skills OCN
All wales manual handling
Telephone Skills OCN
Bread and Baking OCN
Hospitality taster OCN
BIIAB personal license certificate
Introduction to running a cafe OCN
Customer Service Skills OCN
Dietary and Nutrition OCN
Level 2 ILM Team Leader
First Aid Level 2 and 3
BIIAB Alcohol Awareness
Level 2 and 3 Award in Food Safety and Catering

For more information, speak to Kelly or Eve at Bridges into work on 01685 726101 or call into Communities First office

Wales Biodiversity Week (5th - 13th June)

There are a number of events being run in Merthyr as part of Wales Biodiversity Week.

Bat Detecting and Moth trapping Session at Cyfarthfa Park - friday 11th June at 8.30pm meeting at the castle car park

Poetry and Music Open Mic Night - Thursday 17th June 7.30pm at the Imperial Hotel merthyr Tydfil with guest peter Finch

Woodland and Wildlife Day at Cyfarthfa Park Wildlife Garden Sunday 13th June - come and celebrate Wales Biodiversity week. Free activities are running all day. 10am Guided Wildlife Walk through Taff fechan Nature reserve. From 11am onwards come and try bushcraft skills, wood turning, birdbox making, live birds of prey, wildlife identification, pyrography.

Fore more information please contact the Biodiversity officer Carys Soloman on 01685 726251

Heads of the Valleys Spring Clean 2010

Local residents and volunteers have been busy taking part in the Heads of the Valleys Spring Clean to help clear an area of land in Trefechan which has suffered from flytipping. A skip full of rubbish was removed and two van loads of green waste from the site.

We would like to thank all the volunteers who took part in the event. The project was funded by Trefechan Communities First Partnership and was carried out in partnership with Keep Wales Tidy, Groundwork Merthyr and RCT, Community Wardens from Safer Merthyr Tydfil and Merthyr Valley Homes.

Global Village Workshops

Thanks to funding from the Global Village Committee (funded by Arts Council for Wales, Welsh Assembly Government, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and the National Lottery) Trefechan Communities First ran a series of workshops in the community in the run up to the Global Village. We would like to thank all residents who attended the events which included belly dancing, indian beauty and bhangra dance.

Adult Learners Week

Thanks to funding from the Adult Learning Festival Committee Trefechan has benefitted from a Wii to Fitness Session on the 19th May 2010. The event was held as part of a series of free workshop which is held during adult learning week to give local residents the opportunity to try something new.

We would like to thank the Trefechan Wednesday Group for the loan of their Wii Fit Equipment which enabled us to run this workshop in the community.

Trip to the Opera

Trip to Welsh national Opera at Cardiff Millenium Centre to see "Rigoletto" Tuesday 22nd June 2010 - £4 per person
Bus leave Trefechan Communities First Office at 10am returning for 6.45pm.

To book your place, please call into the Communities First office, The Flats, The Green in Trefechan. Please note that money must be paid when booking places and is non refundable.