Solas collects Pat Chown Award 2010
Solas were delighted to pick up the Capturing Creativity, Pat Chown Award 2010 for its Homeless to Help (H2H) project, at the recent Community Housing Cymru Conference dinner. Set up in 2000, the award is in memory of the late pat Chown who dedicated a huge part of her life helping to meet people’s housing needs in [...]
Japanese Researchers from Hokkaido University visit Seren
Seren Group were delighted to welcome three members of a research team from Hokkaido University, Japan, to South Wales for a two day visit. The research team, funded through the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, visited some of the Group’s projects based in Newport to learn how successful employment and supporting independence initiatives [...]
What matters
We all have something or someone that really matters to us – that has meaning and significance in our lives. Understanding what matters to us supports our sense of identity and connection with our world, our own true experience. At Solas we believe in the power of experience and of aspirations. Everyone has skills, talents [...]
Street Football Wales – Tackling Social Exclusion
Solas staff and residents attended the Street Football Wales AGM at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea on the 22nd July. Street Football Wales aim is to increase social exclusion for people facing homelessness, substance misuse and mental ill health. The positive impact for people on their chances of moving on to independent living, education and [...]
Solas sailing adventure
Following their success of being one of our Big 5 winners last year, Solas received a call from The Cirdan Sailing Trust asking if they fancied another sailing voyage! Thanks to successful fundraising and generous donations, Solas secured ‘Faramir’, a 15 berth vessel, for three nights. Alison Webb, Beth Gill and Jacquie Laurie, along with [...]
Solas wins TPAS award
Solas has recently been awarded 1st place in the TPAS Cymru (Tenant Participation Advisory Service) Annual participation awards ceremony held at The All Nations Centre in Cardiff. Solas won the category of ‘Empowering People to Improve Services – Tenants and Residents in Action’, and faced steep competition with 15 other nominations in the same category. [...]
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step
Solas resident, Ian Whitehill from Newport, won the Community Learner of the Year award at the NIACE Inspire Adult Learner awards, organised by NIACE Dysgu Cymru which, in 2010, celebrated 25 years of promoting learning in Wales. The awards recognise learners whose achievements have been inspirational or life-changing. After a series of health problems , [...]
Solas go ‘back to the future’
Recently residents took to the great outdoors to embark upon the challenge of participating in what can only be described as an extreme sport with a twist….. they went paintballing! Within the dark depths of a forest in Herefordshire, residents took part in a whole day of planned activities from team building exercises to full [...]
Compass students receive qualifications
Compass, which now provides education, training and learning as an outreach service to all residents in Solas’ accommodation schemes, were proud to host its 4th presentation event for students on 16 February. Corporate Director, Rhian Stone and Compass Manager, Wendy Carrie welcomed the students and congratulated them on their achievements. Students were presented with their [...]
Solas residents taking control
Many residents and staff at Solas have made a great start to the year by getting involved in the Welsh Assembly’s ‘Taking Control’ campaign. Solas ran a number of events during January to link in with the campaign themes, working with local community agencies, our Seren partners and funding support through NIACE Dysgu Cymru. Taking [...]
