News & Events
Caffi Byw Nawr at DOVE
Come along to find out more and talk about a difficult subject.
Information will be available about many issues such as Organ Donation, DNA CPR, Funeral Planning, Advance Care Planning (ACP) and Dying at Home. ACP nurses, a funeral celebrant and solicitor, as well as other professionals, will be available to answer your questions.
Tai-Chi Qigong Shibashi Sessions Starting Soon!
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances we are no longer able to run the Qigong sessions as advertised.
We’re hoping to run this course as soon as we can find a suitable tutor.
Keep an eye on our facebook page for updates!
Are you finding it difficul to relax and unwind? If so you might be interested in our new Qigong Shibashi sessions starting in the middle of May. This is a popular course so book your place now to avoid disappointment.
Confidence to Cook! Starting Soon.
Contact the team if you’re interested in five weekly sessions of basic cooking suitable for complete beginners or those with limited knowledge.
Employment opportunity with NPTCVS
An opportunity has arisen to join the Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Services.
click for an application pack www.nptcvs.wales
Tredegar Town Band and Others!
Hurry! Book your tickets now before it’s too late!
Volunteering Project at DOVE Workshop
WANTED – Stories of the Valleys
What are your stories of living in the South Wales Valleys? See below or visit: www.valleysstories.com 
Introduction to Digital Media – Starts September 18
This course starts in Sept 18
2 Year course leading to an HE Certificate in Digital Media
This course is at a Higher Educational level and requires an existing knowledge of IT
The spaces are being snapped up, come and find out more and put your name down
or ring asap to book your place!
What a FAB evening with Bronwen Lewis!
We had a brilliant evening with the lovely singing of Bronwen Lewis and delicious food provided by the Meat & Greet Co! Watch this space for more social events…
Samba Drumming Performance!
Our final Samba Drumming session produced this fabulous sound!
Community Growers Map
Take a look at local Neath Port Talbot food producers by clicking on the link: Community Growers Map
Tyfu’n Iach gyda’n gilydd – Growing Healthy Together
Tyfu’n iach gyda’n gilydd Take a look at the food producers map!
Tyfu’n Iach are looking for small local food producer s in Neath Port Talbot (of anything from vegetables, cakes, meats, preserves, Juices, bread or more) we are compiling a directory and network of producers to provide training, events and information celebrating the Neath Port Talbot area and creating a buzz around the amazing range of produce available.
If you are a small producer with a hobby or an existing trader or know anyone who produces quality goods let us know we would love to hear from you.
Please fill in the questionnaire mentioned below, it can be accessed by clicking on this link – Tyfu’n Iach
Providing training and support for community groups and individuals who are interested in growing produce to generate income. Our passion is strengthening communities through building networks and providing opportunities for participation in local growing. We value healthy lifestyles and giving people the skills they need to develop. With a view to building a food network/hub we’d really appreciate it if you would fill out the questionnaire in the link above.
Dovetail – Working with Wood
TNew to DOVE – Indycube Workspace!
Indycube
Do you need a work space, internet access and/or a meeting room? DOVE Workshop is now an Indycube location, find out more here. Follow @indycube @indycubebanwen on Twitter
A Night of Folk Music from Appalachia and Wales!
Job of the Month – May
If you love people and supporting them while they’re struggling, this is the job for you!
Gaining a health and social care qualification can be done whilst in employment although it would be beneficial to your knowledge and understanding to complete a pre-access to health and social care and/or a full access to health professions course.
Music from Appalachia and Wales!
Job of The Month – April
At this time of the year, we start to dream of how our garden might look in a couple of months. Have you ever thought about taking the dream further and making a living out of creating beautiful spaces? The qualities needed for this career are a love of the outdoors and to be relatively fit! Some of the benefits of this career are to increase your fitness, health and well-being to name but a few. Click for information regarding qualifications you might need to become a professional. There are also part time courses available for those who would like to learn more just for their own pleasure.
Job of the Month – February
This Month: Health Worker
Health/Care Worker: care sector support workers are patient and compassionate, sympathetic and empathetic. These workers are individuals who have a love of people and want to support them in their daily lives. Among other situations, you could be supporting someone to live independently or ensuring that an elderly person has the help to continue living in their own home. We are running a FREE pre-access to health taster day at DOVE Workshop on 28th January from 9.00 – 15.00. This will be followed by a FREE full pre-access to health course starting in February. The course will explore the study skills needed to complete a Health qualification as well as supporting the learner to improve their maths and literacy skills; both needed to progress further in this field.
Forthcoming Events at DOVE
Job of the Month – November
Job of the Month – November
Psychologist
Do you have a logical and methodical approach to problem solving?
Do you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills?
Are you committed to helping people transform their lives in a positive way
The work of a psychologist can be educational, clinical and occupational. Becoming qualified to practise involves completing a psychology degree accredited by British Psychological Society (BPS). A good starting point would be the psychology course running at DOVE in November! The class begins on the 5th November at 18.00 – 20.00.
Cwm-Ni Iach Launch Night
Free film screening at Dove Workshop
Simon Pope’s film ‘Primary Agents of a Social World’.
This event features free refreshments and includes a discussion and Q&A after the screening. In attendance will be the filmaker Simon Pope and Mair and Hywel Francis.
Commissioned by the National Museum Wales, Primary Agents of a Social World is Simon Pope’s film about coal and community in South Wales, touring to four key venues across the coalfield this September. In the film a group of people, related to a large coal sample from the Amgueddfa Cymru/ National Museum Wales collection, take a bus journey that follows the coal seam from Blaenavon to the north of Cardiff, picking people up along the way, and eventually meeting the coal sample itself in the Museum stores. The resulting film asks whether new types of community can be formed by tracing connections between this specific coal specimen and those whose lives it may have transformed.
Watch ‘Livelihoods’ participants at the Senedd
Success stories from Oxfam Cymru’s Livelihoods Project
Volunteers from Dove Workshop attended an awards evening at NPTCVS
They did it!!
Wonderful weather for the Sponsored walk today raising money for CATCH food bank, we made it to the trig point about 11.45am.
Well done to all the volunteers who came along and thanks to all those who sponsored us.
After Coal
Welsh and Appalachian Mining Communities is a documentary and community engagement project that explores how two coal communities survive dramatic job loss. The filmmakers want to receive feedback from the people featured in the film before distribution to a wider audience.
Go to: www.aftercoal.com
