Caerphilly People First

06/03/2026

🌟 Annual Health Check Hackathon – What a Fantastic Day! 🌟

Today Caerphilly People First members and volunteers attended the Annual Health Check Hackathon organised by Cwm Taff People First. We met with other People First groups, organisations and day services. It was lovely to see everyone working together. 🤝
💡 What is a Hackathon?
A hackathon is when people come together to share ideas and be creative about a topic. Everyone works in groups to create things like poems, songs, videos or drama.
Our group wrote a poem about Annual Health Checks. ✍️
⭐ Gethin did a fantastic job helping to read the poem to everyone. Well done Gethin! 👏
Other groups wrote songs and performed them. 🎶
The songs were fantastic and helped raise awareness about why health checks are so important.
🎭 One group performed a drama showing:
✔️ What a good Annual Health Check appointment looks like
❌ What a bad appointment can look like
It was a brilliant demonstration and helped everyone understand how doctors and nurses should support people with learning disabilities. 👏
🎬 We also watched the video we helped make with the Learning Disability Nurses about Annual Health Checks. It was great to see it being shared.
🏥 What is an Annual Health Check?
An Annual Health Check is a free check-up at the doctor for people with learning disabilities.
It helps people stay healthy and talk about any worries.
Our poem explained what people need at their appointment, such as:
• Clear information
• Time to talk
• Support if needed
• Being listened to ❤️
🍽️ Lunch was lovely too! Paula really enjoyed her gluten free platter.
💬 A big thank you to the tutors, who are very talented, creative and lovely to work with.
👏 A massive thank you to Dawn and her team for organising such a brilliant event. Days like this are so important to raise awareness about Annual Health Checks. Some people in attendance said they still haven’t had a health check, and some had never even heard about them before. That shows why events like this really matter.
👏 Thank you to everyone involved for such a brilliant and inspiring day.
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Cwm Taff People First 💙

05/03/2026

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05/03/2026

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04/03/2026

🎶 Reconnect Through Music – Today’s Session ☀️

We had a fantastic time at this morning’s Reconnect Through Music session! Our members were in great voice and together sang an amazing 25 songs, matching the beautiful sunshine outside. 🌞🎤 We heard favourites both old and new, and every performance was wonderful. Here are just a few of today’s highlights:

🎵 Sean sang Going Underground by The Jam
🎵 Ellysia performed Can’t Get You Out of My Head by Kylie
🎵 Theresa gave us a lovely version of Eternal Flame by The Bangles
🎵 Anthony sang Against All Odds by Phil Collins
🎵 Christine performed Material Girl by Madonna
🎵 Morgan and Mandy performed a brilliant duet of Seasons in the Sun by Westlife

We truly loved every single performance – thank you to everyone who sang and supported each other. 💙 A big thank you as well to Christy, Cheryl, Helen and Zoe for preparing our delicious pizza lunch 🍕 and to Pete for setting up the hall ready for the session. It was also wonderful to welcome two new members to their first session — a big welcome to Robbie and Joe! 👋 We hope you enjoyed your first Reconnect Through Music experience.

💬 Some lovely feedback from today:

Chris said he enjoyed interacting with people
Judith enjoyed meeting new people
Olivia enjoyed the lovely atmosphere

Thank you to everyone who came along and made the session so special. We’re already looking forward to the next one! 🎶✨

03/03/2026

This morning we had a visit from Gerraint from All Wales People First 😊

He delivered a SATV Roadshow session to our members.

We talked about the Manifesto 🗣️

👉 What is a manifesto?
A manifesto is a document that says:
• What we believe in
• What is important to us
• What changes we want
It helps people with a learning disability speak up and be heard 👂

We also talked about Adfest 2026 🎉
Adfest will be in Cardiff
📍 At the Future Inn Cardiff
Bookings are now open! 📝

You can get the booking forms from:
• The All Wales People First page
• The All Wales People First website

Thank you Gerraint for a great session! We enjoyed it 😊

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28/02/2026

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27/02/2026

What a lovely Reconnect through Cookery session today 💛
We enjoyed a delicious chicken curry with rice, prawn crackers and vegetable spring rolls 😋🍛🥟 do members did a fantastic job preparing the peppers, onions and mushrooms — great teamwork and confidence in the kitchen! 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳
We also had lots of fun with a quiz and bingo 🎉 Huge well done to all our winners 🏆👏
A big heartfelt thank you to our amazing volunteers and everyone who helped out today — we truly couldn’t do it without you ❤️ And special thanks to Peter the caretaker for kindly setting up the tables for us 🙌
These sessions are about more than just food… they’re about friendship, laughter and feeling connected 💞 We are so proud of everyone who comes along and gives it a go.
We will see you all Wednesday for music and pizza 🎶🍕 🎤

25/02/2026

Fantastic follow-up session today with our focus group 🌟
After we shared our feedback, Lisa Harwood from EcoYoga reviewed the report and made the amendments we suggested 📝💚
We’re really pleased to say that Ffion, Gethin and Nat all agreed the report is now much easier to understand. The words are clearer and the pictures work so much better too 👏📖🖼️
This shows how important it is to involve people with learning disabilities in shaping research and making sure information is truly accessible and Easy Read friendly.
Thank you Lisa for listening to our views and making the changes — it means a lot to know our voices have helped improve the report 💬✨