£60,000 worth of donations help communities

We have recently totted up the amount of donations made to our local communities in the last year, a fantastic £60,000 worth of goods and services.

The amount is a combination of grant funding, fundraising efforts and donations from staff and contributions from contractors as part of our community benefits programme. We have upgraded community facilities, carried out biodiversity projects, made monthly food bank donations, and funded cookery and first aid courses.

Donating funds and goods to local community groups and charities and giving employment opportunities to local people have also made a difference.

Things that stood out included donating 350 nutritious lunches to children talking part in NPT Pass sports camps, and our Community Challenge initiative saw Glynneath Training Centre and Blaenbaglan Primary School benefit from improvements.

But the biggest project of the last year was £17,000 worth of improvements made to Graig Trebanos Community Hub & Garden in Pontardawe.

Using money from the Welsh Procurement Fund, we called on the help of our contractors ASW Property Services to bring the centre up to date. Among the changes were a new kitchen to cater for coffee mornings and events, new electrics, lighting, a hot water system and fencing around the community garden.

The team have a busy summer ahead with Community Challenges taking place, donations arranged for local groups, extra deliveries for foodbanks and support with back-to-school supplies.