The PLANED Podcast

I speak to Will Bramble CBE about the challenges and opportunities facing Pembrokeshire County Council at the beginning of 2022. We talk about his focus for the Council and his passion for the county…

Rona is a singer, songwriter and instrumentalist who lives in Pembrokeshire. Rona (and Gannet, the dog) talk to me about writing songs and starting to gig again as we come out of lockdown. She tells …

At the commencement of the Arwain Sir Benfro programme, Wavehill were commissioned for the evaluation of LEADER in Pembrokeshire.  Endaf Griffiths, the Director of Wavehill speaks to John about the r…

The Ein Cymdogaeth Werin – Preseli Heartlands Communities project, led by PLANED is exploring how connecting with heritage creatively can contribute to health and wellbeing and provide opportunities …

Listen to Abi talking to Luke Conlon about the LEADER funded Compassionate Communities Project. You can learn more about the project here: https://www.arwainsirbenfro.cymru/en/leader-projects/list-o…

In 2021, LEADER commissioned a study on Sustainable Logistic Models of Food Distribution in South West Wales.  Led by Ceredigion, the cooperation project with Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire brough…

Iwan talks to James Silbers of Silbers CIC in the Roundhouse on the Temple Druid estate just outside of Maenclochog, deep in rural Pembrokeshire.

You can find out more about Silbers CIC from their we…

Abi spoke to Peter Davies from the LEAF Project at Wiseman's Bridge in South Pembrokeshire. LEAF is a LEADER-funded project that has been running since October 2018. You can find out more on the Arwa…

Abi Marriott talks to Dilys Burrell in a breezy bit of parkland in Pembroke Dock. Dilys discusses the LEADER-funded regeneration project and talks about the positive impact that it has had on the loc…

Once again I meet up with archaeologist Tomos Jones at an excavation, this time at Caerfai just outside St David's. The excavation was being run by DigVentures, a project that brings the archaeologic…

Gemma is an artist and speaks openly about her mental health in this episode, talking about childhood trauma and the issues that have been brought about by it.

She has been attanding the VC Gallery f…

I talk to Tomos Jones, the Community Archaeologist for the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park about heritage and archaeology in and around the county. We met at St Govan's Chapel on a blustery morning…

I went to Porth y Rhaw, just outside of Solva, to visit Fran Murphy and her team from Dyfed Archaeological Trust as they excavated an Iron Age promontory fort. It's an impressive place, you can hear …

A short episode this week.

I called at a blustery Whitesands Bay in St Davids to talk to Dyfed Archaeological Trust who were running an excavation of St Patrick's Chapel. Well, I just happened to hav…

Gareth successfully completed the Talisker Whisky Challenge and rowed, unaided, for 3000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean raising money for the MS Society along the way. After a bit of a lie down, he …

I visited Barry John MBE in Pembroke Dock in one of the VC Gallery sites. We spoke about the work that he does and its impact on mental health and wellbeing within the county.

In this episode Barry t…

In the lead up to PLANED's Community Heritage Week (31st May to 4th June) I talk to Stuart Berry about all things heritage. The details of this year's Community Heritage Week can be found on his webs…

I took my portable recorder and sat in a beautiful piece of woodland with Nancy, Emily, Jerry and Beth one Spring morning in 2021 to talk about the organisation Tir Coed.

They told me about Tir Coed'…

Gareth 'Gaz' Owens is well known in Haverfordwest for being one of the founder members of that excellent coffee and clothing shop: Get The Boys A Lift. Well now he's started a new venture called 'Sec…