Our partnership with the Dyfed Powys Probation Service continues to be a productive one. Twice a week people recovering from substance misuse meet at Trysordy to take part in a program that aims to help restructure their lives and increase life and vocational skills. Activities include major wood work projects .3 large circular wooden seats have now been built, one for Trysordy, one donated to Johnstown Primary school and one to Aalton House inclusion unit.

The relationship with Johnstown School continues to flourish. Clients on the program responding to a request to build a picket fence to enclose a memorial garden that is in development at the school.

Over the course of this year the allotment has developed from a bare corner of field into a productive vegetable garden complete with polytunnel and raised beds. Clients have created this garden from scratch with recycled materials sourced from Trysordy, sown the seeds, tended the plants, harvested the produce, then cooked and eaten the results.

An exciting project about to start is the building of a yurt from locally sourced wood, for use both at Trysordy and in the community. ( A yurt is a traditional Mongolian nomadic dwelling, shaped like a giant marshmallow!)