The PLANED Podcast

I speak to David Tovey, the Customer Services Manager at ateb, about how his organisation is supporting its clients under the new restrictions. In the podcast David mentions a recent article in the m…

I speak to James Parkin, the Director of Countryside, Community and Visitor Services with the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority

The Park is a unique environment made up of many things - wil…

I speak to Neil Prior, County Councillor (Independent) for the Llanrhian Electoral Division in Pembrokeshire, serving the communities and surrounding areas of Llanrhian, Mathry, Trefin, Croesgoch, Pe…

I talk to Katie Bingham, over a crackly phone line, about moving away from Pembrokeshire; living in London; and how the lockdown is affecting the entertainment industry. 

Podcast Fact: Katie's mum wa…

Dyfed-Powys Police safeguard people living, working and visiting the Counties of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Powys, an area with a population of over 488,000, that is significantly…

John talks on the phone to Zoe Davies the General Manager of Fishguard and Goodwick Young Person's Trust ... otherwise known as POINT. She talks about the vital services that the organisation normall…

I speak to members of two rural Pembrokeshire communities and ask them about how they are supporting each other during the time of the coronavirus pandemic. We discuss the parcticalities of lockdown …

It's early 2020 and the effects of Covid-19 pandemic brought about by the spread of the coronavirus are being felt everywhere. In this podcast John asks Iwan Thomas, the CEO, and Julie Davies, PLANED…

John met Raul in his studio in Solva where he talks about his life in rural Cuba. Raul discusses the similarities between life in South West Wales and his childhood in South East Cuba.

You can see hi…

Women of West Wales (WOWW) is a three-year project led by Narberth Museum to research and collate the diverse histories of local women and to make them as accessible to as many people as possible. Th…

I met Cllr Stella Hooper in the cafe of the smart new Library in the centre of Haverfordwest. We had a chat about the work of the council while enjoying a very nice cup of coffee.

You may hear one of…

The aim of Ateb is to create better living solutions for the people of West Wales.

They find creative ways of:

• Responding to housing need.
• Helping people to maintain their tenancy.
• Support communiti…

Vicki came into the podcast room at PLANED in Narberth to talk about the community fridge based in the Bloomfield Centre ... also in Narberth

In the podcast we talk about the webcam:

• The Bloomfield …

The CWBR Project is a two-year pilot, funded by the Arwain Sir Benfro LEADER programme. It will explore how town and community councils can build community well-being and resilience, by engaging thei…

POINT, based in Fishguard, provides opportunities for young people aged 11 to 25 years living in North Pembrokeshire to acquire the confidence, self esteem and skills to overcome the obstacles they m…

John meets Michael Botzaropoulos, an Operations Executive with The Prince's Trust Cymru on a stormy day in January.

The website mentioned in this episode is www.princes-trust.org.uk which will give y…

I'm John Ewart and I work on a National Lottery Community Funded project called DATRIS which is a small part of PLANED, a Third Sector organisation based in South West Wales.

For our first podcast I'…