CHILDREN’S Commissioner for Wales Sally Holland recently met with the team at PLANED to find out more about their work with children and young people in Pembrokeshire.

The team at Narberth-based community led development organisation PLANED has been helping to ensure that the voices of children and young people across the county are heard, starting from a local community level.

Speaking about the visit, Matthew Townsend from PLANED said: “We are really excited to have met with Sally to discuss the work going on in Pembrokeshire. This ties in with her work to speak up for children and young people on the issues that affect them.”

Sally said: “I was really impressed to see the work going on in Pembrokeshire, especially the work at a town and community council level. This is something I haven’t seen in Wales before. I’ll be very interested in following the development and research outcomes.”

The work has been initiated by Matthew, an officer working on the LEADER-funded project exploring how town and community councils can build community well-being and resilience, by engaging their communities to develop local well-being assessments, plans and project activities.