Meeting the Farming Community Network in Powys

Mark Suthern, Chairman of the Farming Community Network Earlier this autumn Freda Lacey (Senior Officer Health & Wellbeing team) and I j...

Powys Befrienders - knitting for wellbeing

When I have time, especially in the winter, I like to knit and listen to the radio. I find it very therapeutic. Its rhythmic and repetitive ...

Therapeutic gardening in Machynlleth

At the start of a new gardening year we talk to Kate Doubleday, Garden Volunteer Co-ordinator at Gerddi Bro Dyfi Gardens   in North Powys. K...

Ponthafren: out of hours, full of ideas

Chinese Night at Ponthafren Association Barbara Perkins has been working at Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations (PAVO) for three y...

Festivals and the wellbeing scene

courtesy Shambala Festival by guest author Philip Moisson During this blog I'd like to talk about the Powys Five Ways to Wellbeing and ...

Second Chances, New Horizons

Matt Clark (second from left), retiring Reserve Warden, Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust This week's guest post was first published in the...

Powys Befrienders - it’s given me back my life!

“Individuals who are socially isolated are between two and five times more likely than those who have strong social links to die prematurely...

From London Zoo to Brecon & District Mind - introducing Matt

Matt Sowerby  (right front above) recently joined the team at Brecon & District Mind as the new Volunteer Co-ordinator. His work involv...