Supporting Communities

01/06/2020

We have made available one bus to be at the disposal of Help Llandysul, a group that has been set up in response to the challenges posed by Covid-19 to assist individuals or families that have to shield or need support in accessing shopping or to the hospital.
HELP! Llandysul and area was formed in order to help the community and a network of over 30 volunteers was created in the first few weeks.

Matt commented that the minibus “has been very useful when it was not possible for people to share a vehicle in the usual way.  We have been collecting people living outside Llandysul to take them to the surgery.  We have arranged to collect people who need to go to hospital in Carmarthen for treatment.  We have distributed food, children’s clothing, and other household goods to people on behalf of Llandysul Food Bank and a new organisation ‘Plantos’. One pensioner was not able to get to the post office, to receive his pension or pay his rent. We were able to collect him every two weeks which enabled him to do these essential things.
 
In addition, we used the minibus to help a young homeless family move to an emergency hostel in Aberystwyth. Without the minibus this would not have been possible, this has all been done by local volunteers and is testament to the close-knit community we have in Llandysul”.

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HELP! Llandysul - Pont Tyweli a'r ardal / and area
Banc Bwyd Llandysul Food Bank
 
Image of Matt Adams using the loaned Dolen Teifi minibus to “Help Llandysul a’r Ardal” with support of his children responding to the needs of Llandysul and hinterland communities.