Families who attend Lampeter Family Centre joined together with Cylch Meithrin Carreg Hirfaen and with residents and service users of Hafan Deg Residential Home and Day Centre to create a colourful mural at Hafan Deg Residential Home and Day Centre, Lampeter for residents and visitors to enjoy.
The Lampeter Family Centre visit the residents at Hafan Deg and the Day Centre on a regular basis to keep a the link between young and older strong in the community.
Rachael Jones, Manager of Hafan Deg said: “Thank you to the staff and families at Lampeter Family Centre for helping produce such a lovely mural here at Hafan Deg and Lampeter Day Centre – the residents and service users had lots of fun joining in and getting creative! Our residents, Service users and staff always look forward to visits from the families of Lampeter Family Centre - they bring lots of joy and happiness with them which is a tonic for our residents and service users.”
The mural is a depiction of the town of Lampeter.
Councillor Catherine Hughes is the Cabinet member responsible for Children Services and Culture. She said, “It was great to see a mix of ages taking part in this project. It is important that we maintain the link between young people and older people in communities in Ceredigion, and Lampeter Family Centre does exactly that.”
Elin Vaughan-Miles, Lampeter Family Centre Coordinator said, “It’s been a fantastic experience for the families to be given this enriching experience, thank you to the staff and residents at Hafan Deg for being so willing to let us loose on their walls! The children really enjoyed getting stuck in and we’re all happy with the mural.”
Lampeter Family Centre is open five days a week to all families with children under the age of 11 years old. It is a free, open access environment which provides a service to families in a welcoming and non-judgemental environment.
The centre offer a variety of sessions through the week including baby group, lunch club, language and play sessions for parents and toddlers. They also offer free play sessions, craft activities and ‘Out and About’ sessions which promotes the services on offer in the community
Lampeter Family Centre is situated at the new location: Church House, High Street, Lampeter. For more information, phone 01570 423847 or email lampeterfamilycentre@gmail.com.
02/10/2019