Love Wrexham Magazine - Issue 3 - September 2019

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Community Playwork Pilot Scheme Tackles Holiday Hunger Adventure playgrounds across Wrexham have opened their gates for longer this summer thanks to an exciting new pilot project to address food poverty for children in Wales. At least 65,000 children in Wales were at risk of going hungry through the school holidays according to the Bevan Foundation with over 3,000 of those children in Wrexham alone. The ‘Holiday Hunger Playwork Pilot’ was backed by Welsh Government funding and meant adventure playgrounds at The Venture, Gwenfro Valley and The Land were able to provide healthy meals for children who came to play. Gareth Stacey, Assistant Team Lead of the WCBC Play & Youth Support Team (PYST), who coordinated the pilot, said the funding, “allowed us Hundreds of singers will fill the streets of Wrexham this month when the popular choir festival, Wrexham Singing Streets, returns to the town centre on Saturday, September 28th. This is the fourth year it has taken place. The event is organised by local MP Ian Lucas in partnership with Wrexham Glyndwr University, Wrexham Council and John Jones Quality Acoustics. More than 30 choirs have signed up to take part and they will perform for the public free of charge at various locations around the town centre throughout the day. Mr Lucas said: “I’m immensely proud of Wrexham Singing Streets and am grateful to the 20 to ensure fewer children go hungry whilst at the same time extending opportunities for children to play. We’d like to thank the Diocese of St Asaph for providing the food, the adventure playgrounds and Lesley Griffiths AM and Ian Lucas MP for their hard work in making this pilot a reality.”. This has been particularly good news for Wrexham Youth And Play Partnership (WYPP) who were able to open Gwenfro Valley Adventure Playground Wrexham Singing Streets Choir Festival many people who work so hard to make the event such a success. There are choirs from all over, some of which come a very long way to take part in our event to promote what a positive place Wrexham is.” Wrexham Glyndwr University for an extra two days thanks to the pilot. Sarah Roberts, a parent, volunteer and member of the Gwenfro Valley Steering Group, said “the extra sessions on the playground have been incredible for these kids. This time last year, we nearly closed and we’ve wanted the playground open longer ever since. Here we are, a year down the line and we’re open two extra days and making sure these kids are getting fed through the holidays.”. Wrexham MP Mr Lucas has been working hard in Westminster since 2014 to highlight the issue of holiday hunger in Wrexham and other parts of the UK. He joined his wife Norah and local volunteer Sandra Haskey to help prepare meals for the project on Thursday, August 1st. Vice-Chancellor Professor Maria Hinfelaar added: “Singing Streets has been a huge success for the town and we’re delighted to have been closely involved in the festival right from the start.” Love Wrexham_Issue 3 September 2019.indd 20 23/08/2019 13:12
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