First aid charity’s Carmarthen Division to hold series of community events

Over the next few weeks St John Ambulance Cymru’s Carmarthen Division will be holding a series of events to support local people and help raise funds to carry on its work in the community.

Saturday 26^th October will see the first Winter Warm Hub of the year held from 9am-4pm at the Division’s recently renovated building, which is located on Barn Road, at the top of the John Street Car Park.

There will be free breakfast from 9am, homemade soup and traditional puddings from 11.30am, as well as hot and cold drinks throughout. People will also be able to take part in free activities and swamp unwanted items at free book and warm clothing exchanges.

This follows on from the successful series of Breakfast Hub’s run by the Division during the summer holidays that served hundreds of people on weekends and special events.

There will also be a chance to come together at the building following the Remembrance Day Parade in Carmarthen on Sunday 10^th November from 12pm-4pm. As well as giving people a chance to warm up with free refreshments, there will also be a quiet room for those who wish to have a moment of reflection.

There will be further Winter Warm Hubs over the coming months with further dates to be confirmed soon. For more information contact Sion Llewellyn-Betts: sion.betts1@carmarthen.sjaw.org.uk.

Sion Llewellyn-Betts, who volunteers with St John Ambulance Cymru’s Carmarthen Division, said: “We are once again opening our doors to the community to provide a warm safe space and everyone is welcome. We would like to thank all the businesses and groups in the local community for their support.”

The Carmarthen Division will also be holding a special darts competition on Saturday November 2nd at Towy Sports Bar, Bridge Wharf on Station Approach to help raise money to support the charity’s work.

There will be prizes and a trophy for the winners, plus a raffle and a ‘Name the Teddy’ game. Registration opens at 12pm with the event starting at 1.30pm. Entry is £4 while there will be food and drink will be available from the bar. All levels of player are welcome, as well as spectators and supporters. For more information contact Adam Crawley via adam.crawley@carmarthen.sjaw.org.uk.

To keep up to date with upcoming events at the Carmarthen Division follow the Facebook page via https://www.facebook.com/SJACCarmarthen/.