Good evening all.

I would firstly like to start by saying that things are certainly a bit different for everyone at the moment and it is imperative that we are all reducing our social contact and following the advice given to us by our government in order to stay fit and well. Stay at home wherever possible, only shop for necessities, don't panic buy, continue to talk to your friends, work colleagues and family members by electronic means and from a safe distance of at least 2 meters. We ALL need to be socially distancing ourselves and this WILL pass.

So moving onto other news, before we all...

On Wednesday 11th March 2020 at Pembrokeshire College a fantastic event took place that really celebrated the power of community cohesion and how small groups of like minded individuals can come together to achieve great things. There is no questionning the togetherness of the Solva Community!

We had the pleasure of hearing from members of Solva Care, who are one of our beneficiaries, along with some inspirational monologues from a local farmer and fisherman. We heard some great poetry and were able to watch a video on all things Solva. They even fed us! The cawl was delicous.

Asedion travel...

We finally managed to contact our 1st prize winner for the Asedion January 2020 draw. Congratulations once again to Mr Ian Evans of Narberth who was the lucky one this time round. A great way to shake off the January blues!!

If you would like to become a member of the scheme yourself or know of a local beneficiary who would benfefit from having a regular income strand then tell them to sign up. The standing order form can be found here:

https://www.asedion.cymru/storage/app/media/documents/form-d-standing-order-form-new-sept-2019.pdf

Alternatively, visit the website www.asedion.cymru to find...

On Monday 10th February 2020 Cllr Cris Tomos visited Cwmrhydneuadd Golf Club near Llangrannog to carry out the January 2020 Asedion lottery draw. He was attending the monthly meeting at Hoelion Wyth Pentregat giving a talk on community assets.

Once he completed his talk Cris got down to the really important stuff of doing the Asedion draw!! We are pleased to confirm that the first prize of £100 went to Ian Evans of Narberth. Well done Ian - we will be in touch soon. The second prize of £30 went to Nick Ward of Hermon. (winners photo to follow soon)

Congratulations to you both.

As always kee...

On Monday 17th February 2020 we will be at Canolfan Hermon from 2.00pm delivering our next Promoters Event. As with all of the events, the aim is to promote the scheme to the local community and hopefully get more promoters on board so that more notable good causes can benefit from additional funding.

The event will explain how the scheme is funded, why it was set up, where the money goes and what type of beneficiaries YOU can select to give your 50% donation too.

We hope to see many of you there.

Jason. Project Assistant.

We thought it would be nice just to give all of our 2019 prize draw winners a final mention before we carry out the first draw of 2020! So we are...!

Ionawr / January 2019
1af/st £100.00 Nick Ward, Hermon 2il/nd £30.00 Richard Vaughan, Hermon

Chwefror / February 2019 1af/st £100.00 Angharad Booth Taylor, Efailwen 2il/nd £30.00 John Vaughan, Blaenffos

Mawrth / March 2019 1af/st £100.00 Linda Wilshaw, Glandwr 2il/nd £30.00 Angharad Booth Taylor, Efailwen

Ebrill / April 2019 1af/st £100.00 Audrey Davies, Hermon 2il/nd £30.00 Aled Davies, Lllanelli

Mai / May 2019 1af/st £100.00 An...

Having now been through the members database and updated all of our records, we can now confirm who the beneficiaries of 2020 will be, to date. We are looking forward to donating your 50% to these notable causes:

Hermon Hall - Pembrokeshire Womans Aid - Pembrokeshire Mind - Pembrokeshire St Mary's Church - Llanllwch, Carmarthen Solva Care - Pembrokeshire Hermon Playing Fields - Pembrokshire

Remember that it is never too late to sign up and you don't have to be a resident of Pembrokeshire to participate in the scheme. You can choose where your 50% is donated too and we will do the rest for yo...

As if winning the first prize of £100.00 in April 2019 wasn't good enough, Audrey Davies of Hermon went and won the first prize again! She was our top prize winner for December and the last one of the year. Second prize was taken by Dailwen Vaughan of Blaenffos. Well done to you both!

Remember it's never too late to sign up to the scheme. Simply click on the link below which will take you directly to the standing order form.

https://asedion.cymru/storage/app/media/documents/form-d-standing-order-form-new-sept-2019.pdf

Keep telling your friends, family members and work colleagues. Also if yo...

On Monday 20th January 2020 we held our second Asedion promoters event here at PLANED in Unit 9. The event was well attended and saw representatives from Paul Sartori, The Queens Hall, Ben Morris Consultancy and Swim Narberth all present.

The events are being held on the third Monday of every month to promote the Cronfa Asedion Cymunedol / Community Assets Fund scheme. We explain what the scheme is all about and how it can benefit local organisations, good causes or new projects. People are always surprised when we tell them that they can win some money themselves and earn additional money th...

Not sure if anyone saw the article in the Narberth Observer on the 17th January? In case you missed it, here it is:

Press Release - New community lottery pays out £1,560 with new promoters joining for 2020.

The next promoters meeting of the Community Asset Fund for Pembroekshire is Monday 20th January 2020, 2pm – 3pm in Unit 9 at PLANED, Narberth. The meeting will be a special promoters meeting focussing on the new fund and how it will give local groups and charities much-needed funding. But the funding will not be a set grant or loan from another body but that of a 50% contribution from loca...