The PLANED Podcast

The Bishop's Park in Abergwili

John talks to Louise Austin, the Project Manager of the walled garden at the Bishop's Park.

Cadarnhad in 2025

Iwan talks to John Ewart about Prosiect Cadarnhad and its sister project, Puffin Learning. Midway through the cuurent term of this National Lottery Funded project, John talks about its beginning stages and then discusses future hopes for continuing Agored Cymru accreditation within PLANED. You can find out more about Prosiect Cadarnhad here [https://planed.org.uk/projects/cadarnhad/] and also Puffin learning here [https://planed.org.uk/projects/puffin-learning/].

Catalysts for Care

John talks to Lee, Lucy and Sue about the Catalysts for Care project running across the counties of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. One of the Micro-Enterprise leaders, Janette, is mentioned in this episode. You can view the Catalysts for Care directory here: https://planed.org.uk/projects/catalysts-for-care/ [https://planed.org.uk/projects/catalysts-for-care/]

Dr Edward Jones

Dr Edward Jones from Bangor University talks to Iwan from PLANED about the event he will be hosting and facilitating on community enterprises and local regeneration, but also reflecting on the wider movement of local economic innovation across Wales, with examples including Wrexham, Y Felinheli, Llanelli, and Crymych all highlighted.

Project Cadarnhad's First Year

Iwan talks to John about the PLANED project that focuses on recognising the skills and experience of people in South West Wales and awarding Agored Cymru certificates to promote self-confidence and improve wellbeing. In this episode John mentions the commercial aspect of the project: Puffin Learning which has its own website https://puffinlearning.com. [https://puffinlearning.com]