During the pandemic we provided vital funding to local childcare settings to help them meet additional costs and stay open, enabling parents to continue working and children to develop key social skills. We supported the following meithrinfa:

• Cylch Meithrin Pencader
• Cylch Meithrin Bronwydd
• Cylch Meithrin Nantgaredig a’r Fro
• Cylch Meithrin Llanllwni

The aim of the Cylch Meithrin is to promote the education and development of children from two years old to school age. Children are able to learn through play and socialise under the guidance of professional, qualified and dedicated staff. Children with additional needs are given extra support in order to enable them to join in all the Cylch’s activities.  Welsh is the language of the Cylch Meithrin, but every child is welcomed to attend the Cylch Meithrin whatever the language spoken at home. Special emphasis is given on developing the Welsh language skills of every child.

Through the Brechfa Forest West Wind Farm funding, they were able to pay for PPE, additional staff time for cleaning, renting extra space to enable social distancing, handwashing stations and outdoor play areas to reduce the risk of infection.

Here’s a short vid from Verona from Cylch Meithrin Bronwydd showing the impact of funding there: