Newport Gwent Dragons
On August the 17th Solas were kindly invited by the Newport Gwent Dragons to participate in one of their regular pre-match fundraising opportunities that they offer to organisations similar to ours. Albert Street residents and staff teamed up together to arrange and facilitate the collection and raised a brilliant £206 for their scheme, all thanks [...]
Solas Showcase Event for Adult Learner’s Week
We pulled out all the stops in Solas for the national Adult Learners Week campaign in May! A full week of activities and events were organised across all the schemes. These were run by staff, residents, external agencies, family and friends — all volunteering their talents to offer a huge variety of opportunities to the [...]
Monmouthshire Young Person’s Scheme celebrates 6 years
Monmouthshire Young Person’s Scheme provides supported accommodation for homeless young people in the Monmouthshire area. Woodstock House, Abergavenny, was opened in March 2005 and Hill House, Chepstow opened in May 2005. Both Woodstock House and Hill House support young people between the ages of 16 and 24 years of age, who find themselves homeless through [...]
Clifton Place update
Solas are working in partnership with Fairlake, Charter, the Welsh Government and Newport City Council, redeveloping the original Clifton Place scheme. Currently the people we support from this scheme are being housed in the Belmont and Newport Hotel, which are busy, crowded and with very little communal space. Clifton Place is a beautiful, four storey [...]
A New Community Resource Centre for Solas
Solas are currently working in partnership with Fairlake and Charter, developing three shop units next to our Clarence Place scheme, that have become available for rent. We will be developing these units into a ‘Community Resource Centre’ for the people we support and for individuals from our local community. This is a great opportunity for [...]
Over the Top!
As part of Adult Learners Week, 11 Solas residents and five staff members from across Newport’s accommodation schemes took up the challenge of walking across the top of Newport’s Transporter Bridge, of which there are only seven in the World. The weather wasn’t fantastic but regardless, the Solas residents braved the 177ft. climb (or 54m) [...]
Solas rewards residents….
Recently, 20 people supported by Solas in Newport, hit Alton Towers for what was a day packed full of fun, screams and laughter. The trip was organised having asked residents what they would like to do as part of their incentive scheme and was funded by an “Awards for All” grant secured from the Big Lottery. [...]
Solas engages with young people in Monmouthshire…
Solas young person’s accommodation schemes in Monmouthshire went all out recently to help young people of the area get involved in positive activities to encourage them to engage in education, training and employment. Residents and staff from Woodstock House, Hill House and Compass attended County Hall, Cwmbran where Monmouthshire’s ‘Engage, Where Next, Your Choice’ event [...]
Sola Go karting….
Forget Monaco and the rest of the world famous Grand Prix, last week more than 30 residents and staff from around Solas Newport supported accommodation schemes battled it out to find their very own Lewis Hamilton, during what turned out to be a highly competitive afternoon at the track. Solas residents displayed consistent levels of [...]
Solas celebrate Christmas in song…
Solas kicked off its festive season in December by welcoming the Hales House Crew from Torfaen. Young people at Hales House accommodation scheme were invited to Compass, Newport where they performed ‘live & unplugged’! Hannah Glover, Kirsty Knapman, Shannon Morris and Deanna Roomus took to the floor to perform songs they had written and composed [...]
