Duffryn Food Co-op
The Duffryn Food Co-op is run by a local group of volunteers who provide low cost produce for the local community. £2.50 buys you a bag of either Vegetables, Fruit or Salad. We purchase from a local wholesaler and the project works on a 'no profit' basis. You get it for what it costs and not a penny more!
We are always looking for new customers as well as new volunteers. Orders are placed a week in advance either at Duffryn Community Link, Nightingale Court, Forest Children's Centre or Duffryn Infant and Junior Schools. You can also place orders for the following week at The Den when you collect your orders.
The project runs from The Den at 7, Sandpiper Way, every Wednesday morning between 9am and 12noon.
The project was originally set up in 2004 as a project between The Rural Regeneration Unit, Newport Local Health Board and Duffryn Community Link.
We continue to recieve regular and much valued support from Newport Local Health Board whom we have worked closely with on several projects relating to health matters. Many of these projects have been successfully piloted here in Duffryn and later 'run out' in other areas.
Parents of the children who attend our Infant and Junior schools will have seen their children bring home a small basket of fruit. These fruit parcels are funded by Newport Local Health Board and distributed through Duffryn Food Co-op. We try to re-inforce the 'Health Eating Message' The Wednesday evening Performing Arts Sessions also provide fresh fruit free of charge to the young people who attend.
Duffryn Community Link appreciates and understands the importance of strong partnership working. Many young Mums in the Tredegar Park Ward will have attended a variety of training courses and will recognise the names of Bev Pader-Jones, Denise Cox, Jane Ellor and Liz Davies, all of whom work either for The Big Sister Project or Sure Start and carry out great work in the ward.
We really are short of volunteers for this project, come along and support a project, run by local people for local people. Look forward to seeing you!
Many of the projects run by the Youth Service with Duffryn Community Link are done so on the basis of anonymity for young people. We recognise the need for a place where you can talk about what's on your mind in private. That's why the Den is a nice place to go. So many people are in and out for different reasons, if we're there we're happy to chat!
Otherwise the Link office is always welcoming and dont' be afraid to ask for a bit of privacy - things can feel so much better in life after chatting things through with a cuppa at either of these venues.
Don't forget that we're bound by the professional laws of confidentiality and if we can't help you - we probably know someone who can from sexual health to relationship problems to training and employment... just ask!