The PLANED Podcast

I put on a hard hat to talk to Andrew Rees and Donna Harding about the renovation of the old school in the centre of Narberth working with Pembrokeshire County Council (PCC).

They are building a food…

I talk to the Dean of St Davids Cathedral, the Very Revd Dr Sarah Rowland Jones LVO OBE over a zoom link. We talk about what a cathedral is, what a Dean does and how lockdown has affected the work of…

Gary talks about the existing Leisure Services within Pembrokeshire as well as an exciting new venture called Pembs Leisure Live. With this facility, Pembrokeshire County Council customers will be ab…

I spoke to Gareth Davies, the CEO of Tir Dewi at the end of December 2020. In this episode, Gareth describes how his organisation helps people working on farms within Wales. From signposting other or…

Towards the end of December 2020, I spoke to Amanda Absalom-Lowe, from Pembrokeshire Care Share and Give about her work recycling the waste that we produce and using the results to help to support ot…

Back in May of this year I spoke to Rhys Bugler about the Pen2Paper Challenge that they were running. We also talked about lockdown and how it was affecting people in the Arts. At the end of the podc…

Gareth Reynolds whilst being the Managing Director for Dale Sailing in Neyland, and a Trustee with PLANED, is also embarking on a life changing challenge by rowing 3,000 miles solo, across the Atlant…

Aled Jones has a unique standpoint within farming in Wales. He talks with experience and clarity about the issues affecting farming during this pandemic as well as drawing comparisons with other epid…

Bruce talks about the effect that lockdown has had on his business, www.newsurf.co.uk , this year.

We spoke just days before the Wales-wide 'firebreak' lockdown was announced on the 19th October 2020…

Josh Helps was raised in West Wales and his rugby skills have enabled him to play Lock for the Scarlets (https://www.scarlets.wales) in Llanelli. He talks about his career so far and about the effect…

Robert Visintainer, the Project Manager for Men's Sheds Cymru (www.mensshedscymru.co.uk), talks about the Men's Shed movement. We hear how it started in Australia and has traveled across the globe to…

In 2016 Patrick started Connect Assist, a specialist contact centre which provides potentially life-saving support and advice to charity users 365 days a year, in many cases 24/7. As CEO, Patrick Nas…

Since June 2008 PATCH has been giving free food parcels, clothing and household items to those in a financial crisis in Pembrokeshire. They work closely with referral agencies to help those that are …

The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is split into four parts, each one with its own quirks and qualities and although nowhere in the National Park is more than ten miles from the sea, there’s far m…

It's Volunteers' Week (1-7 June 2020) and it's a strange one because we're still in lockdown here in Wales. I speak to three people who volunteer at POINT, the Young Persons' Trust in Fishguard, abou…

Tenby Museum & Art Gallery (www.tenbymuseum.org.uk) stands as the oldest independent museum in Wales.  Established in 1878 it continues to develop its collections and displays to preserve and promote…

Fio is a theatre company working across the UK and internationally to make interesting, political and provocative work that brings about social change.  Fio's vision is a world where everyone has a v…

Hywel Dda University Health Board provides healthcare services throughout Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire.  It provides Acute, Primary, Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilitie…

Jamie Owen is the face and voice of some of BBC Wales’ most popular television and radio programmes. He’s best known to UK television viewers as the anchorman of the nightly news show BBC Wales Today…

Sophie Jenkins spoke on the phone in the middle of April 2020 about the effects of lockdown on the community of Brynberian. Sophie comes from a farming family and still farms in the Preselis. She is …