Important Update From Llanelli Community Partnership

Dear Partners, Colleagues and Friends.

Needless to say, we are living in times the like of which we have never seen before in most of our lifetimes with unprecedented challenges facing us all.

I would like to take this opportunity to update you with the news of our response at Llanelli Community Partnership.

• We recently made a donation to the Farm 29 Makerspace project. This project is working with organisations and businesses that have 3D printers. These printers are now being used to make Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Visors etc.) for front line medical staff at Prince Phillip Hospital (PPH) and local GPs. The donation will fund the much-needed raw materials for the printers

Further donations can be made at https://www.gofundme.com/f/1ypsl074qo?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

• Today we sent off an application to the Welsh Government Coronavirus Resilience Fund.

If successful, the Partnership will be able to support local initiatives supporting vulnerable people in Llanelli with supplies and also PPE for front line staff and volunteers

https://communityfoundationwales.org.uk/grants/wales-coronavirus-resilience-fund/

·         We are currently looking at another project, “Masks for frontline workers” and seeing how we can support people in our community to make

these essential masks

https://www.gofundme.com/f/2dzdh6-masks-for-frontline-workers?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet

• The Llanelli Community Partnership currently has over 2000 followers on our social media platforms, with 1900 on Facebook alone.

We are sharing daily updates to the community, with important information, gathered from verified and trusted sources, such as Carmarthenshire County Council, Dyfed Powys Police, NHS Wales, CAVS, Llanelli Town and Rural Councils and other support organisations. We have seen a huge increase in the number of people following our posts and sharing vital information with others.

We are happy to share YOUR updates through these channels, please email me directly or inbox us at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005157739273  …Any pictures should be in JPEG format please.

Finally I would like to offer my personal thanks to all those in our community who are working tirelessly at this difficult time; the front line medical teams, the support staff, the people working in the care sector, the emergency and essential services and all the unsung heroes, the cleaners, delivery drivers, shop workers, people working for the utility services, and particularly for the people working for charities and community groups, many many of them giving their time as volunteers. The community has come together at this time and shown that we in Llanelli are a caring, supportive, strong and generous community.

Thank you all for your continued support

With kindest Best Wishes

Take care…Stay Safe

Paolo
Chair, Llanelli Community Partnership