Individual Projects
Cyrenians Supported Employment and Trainng Project
Our Services
Projects
Our Projects
Nothing shows the depth of our commitment to the community than the variety and scope of services offered by our numerous innovative projects both under our traditional accomodation and tenancy projects and those under the wing of Cyrenians Employment and Training Ltd.
Please note that, to comply with our funders' requirements, Cyrenians Cymru and Cyrenians Employment and Training Ltd will require certain proofs of eligibility from individuals who wish to access our services. For more information please contact us (see details below).
Projects at a glance
- Dragon Arts and Learning
- Arts, IT and Vocational Training and learning
- Cyrenians Community Resource Centre
- One stop health & wealth advice, activities and help shop
- ResaRec Recycling and Resettlement Project
- Furniture recycling and resettlement scheme
- Tenancy Support
- Help for those moving on from sheltered accommodation
- Celfi gallery and Shop
- Retail outlet for work produced at Dragon Arts and Learning, and ResaRec and Retail Training Centre
- Supported Accommodation
- Accommodation and sheltered housing for all ages.
- Ty Betty Williams
- Paxton Street
- St Matthews Court
- Cyrenians Outdoors
- Extra Mural and out door, cross-project activities and events
Benefits
Social Inclusion Through Arts and Learning
Supported by the Welsh European Funding Office
The Dragon Arts Centre provides free arts and training classes and opportunities to anyone who has experienced homelessness or social exclusion and who may have difficulty accessing mainstream education. We do this through a wide range of activities and events both on and off-site.
The informal welcoming atmosphere of our centre encourages people to take part in arts and learning activities at a time and pace that suits them.
Workshops are tailored to the skill levels of the participants. Members can work towards qualifications at their own pace in a creative and welcoming environment. Not only can they try as many or as few courses as they wish, they are also able to participate in the planning and development of the project as a whole.
A casual interest in one activity
often leads to a committed
involvement in several.
Dragon Arts is an approved
provider of National Open
College Network modules, a fact
that has enabled many members
to gain the first accredited
qualifications of their lives.
Members
have regular opportunities to see
their work on public display in city
galleries.
For more information please visit our web-site.
Cyrenians Community Resource Centre
Supported by the Welsh European Funding Office
The Cyrenians Community Centre is an award-winning project that offers health support, subsidised food, advice and training to disadvantaged people by day, and a venue for community groups in the evenings.
Funded by the European Social Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund, primary health care is provided through a partnership between the Cyrenians and the Swansea Local Health Board. A specialist nurse is on site every morning, and the centre is linked to a local GPs practice through an enhanced service.
Subsidised healthy food is available each weekday at the Owl and Parrot café, and a range of activities and training is on offer. The thriving Nine Carrots food cooperative operates from the centre each week.
The centre has already established itself as a key resource for Swansea, with its emphasis on healthy living and community involvement. The long-term health benefits to a section of the community that hasn’t always been able to access mainstream services will be profound.
The centre web site is now live. You can also contact the centre through the following means.
Cyrenians Community
Resource Centre
C/O Cyrenians Cymru,
124 Walter Rd
Swansea
SA1 5RG
Phone - 01792 470127
Email - admin.ccc@cyrenians.co.uk
* The Centre has won an AFAL (Awards For Food Action Locally ) award for their work on improving
healthy eating in Swansea’s community!
The Food Standard Agency Wales runs the annual AFAL (Awards
for Food Action Locally) scheme to recognize an individual or team contribution to local nutrition initiatives that have made a
positive impact on the diet or eating habits of residents in the communities where they work.
Follow this link for more information on the AFAL Award.
Cyrenians Community Resource Centre
Resettlement and Recycling
Every year thousands of pieces of perfectly good furniture end up being needlessly thrown away. RESaREC (Resettlement and Recycling) aims to put it to good use. The scheme collects donated furniture from the local community, restores it where necessary in its workshop, and passes it on to people who are homeless or on very low income to help them set up home. It is a simple idea that works well by helping hundreds of people, involving the local community and benefiting the environment.
Supported by the Local Regeneration Fund and the Community Fund ,
RESaREC also offers training in furniture restoration and courses for
volunteers.
RESaREC is currently developing training schemes for volunteers; these are held in the wood workshop, where trainees learn how to create funky furniture out of old scrapped items.
Celfi Gallery and Shop
Crafts in the Community
Supported by the Welsh European Funding Office
This unique and exciting project exists to assist service users from our Dragon Arts & Learning Centre to exhibit their work for sale and commission; and to promote Res A Rec, who’s aim it is to make high quality crafts from 100% recycled waste materials.
The Celfi Gallery & Gift Shop is run with the help of volunteers from both projects and will work in partnership with other organisations also keen on getting people back into employment, training and further education such as SCVS, The WISE Project, The Genesis Project, A4E Project, Cwmbwla Day Centre and Swansea College to name but a few.
The project also offers our volunteers a chance to gain recognised NOCN qualifications in Retail, Communication Skills, Mentoring, Customer Service, Positive Volunteering and Confidence Building; whilst providing a high standard of training, support and supervision – helping our volunteer’s progress into employment and further education.
Celfi Gallery & Shop,
Llys Glas,
Retail Unit 1 ,
Alexandra Road,
Swansea,
SA1 5AL
Telephone / Ffôn: 01792 477707
E-mail: clairemillar@cyrenians.co.uk
Cyrenians Community Resource Centre
The Tenancy Support team works in partnership with the local authority to assist tenants in maintaining their own tenancies. The team supports both younger and older people with a wide variety of support needs.
Young People
Many of our younger clients are housed by the City and County of Swansea under the Supporting People initiative. They can expect support to make a success of their tenancies and also help to set up training/education opportunities, and social, sports and cultural activities. There is now a drop in service at the Cyrenians Community Resource Centre.
A number also stay at our Paxton Street Hostel
Older People
In addition to supporting older council tenants who are referred to the service, we also run a supported living project for older people who have suffered homelessness. Also see the section on Ty Betty Williams.
Cyrenians Cymru,
Head Office, 124, Walter Rd,
Swansea SA1 5RG
Phone - 01792 467926
Fax: 01792 464978
cyrenians@cyrenians.co.uk
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