🏢 About the local organisation
Tai Calon is the largest landlord in Blaenau Gwent with over 6100 homes, and a key partner in regenerating communities. Launched in 2010 as Community mutual housing association with 819 members and 290 staff most of whom deliver services directly to tenants and communities. The project will be supporting our Communities department, and will focus on Community department and regeneration activities.
💼 What the programme involves
While at the project all volunteers will be based and volunteer/work within the community of Tredegar.
Volunteers will be supporting and working on Community Regeneration and development activities within 3 different communities throughout the programme. There will be the main themes of work/volunteering that include environmental works and community development activities.
Environmental work – This will include supporting an environmental project which will support local volunteers in working on the gardening around a community house, where cleaning, making new paths, and general landscaping work will be need (along with possible internal works that would include painting and decorating the Community house). Also volunteers will/could support a big environmental works around one of our main housing estates, this will include new fencing, general physical environmental work, and possibly supporting community members of all ages to develop a green space for a local identified community need.
Community Development activities – An example of activities could include, family fun days, play days, community clean ups, youth projects, art projects, and coffee mornings. Project will be delivered and supported with children, young people and adults of all ages.
There will be free time available for all volunteers throughout the project to enjoy and to experience the local communities and lovely mountain and country park walks.