The school curriculum is seeking to encourage children to develop new skills, amongst them the development of products to sell on as part of a business. It was a pleasure on Friday to see first-hand the fruition of those efforts. Thirty-five primary schools set up stalls in Castle Square to sell products as diverse as home-grown vegetables, bath bombs, and upcycled Father's Day gifts.
Later, I joined ‘Miss Swansea’ and others to open a cake sale in aid of Alzheimer's UK. Dementia research is desperately underfunded. With an aging population, it is important that we recognise the role of those carers and invest more in research to try and eradicate this disease.
My last engagement of the day was in Cinema and Co in Castle Street, where I was asked to speak at the Crisis member celebration and service user awards, that recognise their work and progress. The homelessness charity ‘Crisis’ is one of my Lord Mayor's charities. Their Skylight South Wales Service is helping people directly out of homelessness.
It is Refugee Week this week, and St Joseph’s Cathedral Primary School in Swansea, has been collaborating with community groups to welcome asylum seeker and refugees families into the school and local community. Today I will be at their exhibition at the Civic Centre. Their message is through art there is no need for words or language. Art speaks for itself, transcending boundaries. A message of unity and togetherness and community.
City of Sanctuary is a national movement committed to building a culture of hospitality and welcome, especially for refugees seeking sanctuary from war and persecution. Swansea became an official City of Sanctuary in May 2010. In the city’s 50th anniversary year, I am proud that we have built up a culture of hospitality and welcome.
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