Bromyard community cafe and warm space

Bromyard community cafe and warm space

Bromyard Methodist Church offers a brilliant community service every Wednesday – they are a Talk Community Herefordshire Hub, offering a warm safe, space and refreshments from 10am to 2pm. I popped in last week to learn more from the volunteers who make it...
Herefordshire Skills Show!

Herefordshire Skills Show!

Herefordshire Skills Show was a brilliant celebration of local opportunities! More than 40 organisations took part, with over 1,000 young people visiting from local schools to find out about post-16 training and employment. There was a fantastic buzz! Thanks...
Herefordshire MIND

Herefordshire MIND

Herefordshire Mind provides an amazing range of mental health support services to local people; including counselling, peer support groups, and the Safe Haven service every evening. I was privileged to visit their base at Heffernan House in Hereford, where David...
Wellington community library

Wellington community library

It was lovely to meet the brilliant volunteers and book enthusiasts at the Wellington Village Community Library. The library offers a wonderful service to the village: books, friendly chat and even coffee!
Engaging young people in politics

Engaging young people in politics

How can we support and encourage young people to get more engaged with politics? That was the theme of this workshop in Hereford last week facilitated by local arts project Rural Media. It was great to chat with colleagues from all sorts of organisations – and...
Helping people to live independently

Helping people to live independently

It was a pleasure to sit down with Euan McPherson, chief executive of Services for Independent Living (SIL) to learn more about the organisation. SIL is a Leominster-based charity and company that supports many local people to live independently. With nearly 150...