DCSR
The Diocese of St Davids supports Plant Dewi & families across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire.
Introducing the Diocese of St Davids
The St Davids Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility is a registered charity (244178) and its remit is to identify areas of social need and take action to meet the need. The Council works with all people irrespective of race, religion, creed, gender and age who are experiencing social deprivation across the Diocese of St Davids which covers the three counties of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, and Pembrokeshire.
A brief history...
In 1990 the Council began to focus on an area of work to meet the needs of children, young people and their families. A partnership with The Children’s Society, a leading national charity, was established and a project known as the St Davids Community Development Team was created.
The team’s brief was to work alongside children, young people and their families in their communities to establish facilities that improved the quality of their lives.
Community development techniques were successfully used to empower people to gain the skills and confidence to bring about a change in their lives for themselves.
Unexpectedly in 2001 and one year into a new five-year partnership agreement between the Diocese and The Children’s Society, the latter decided to withdraw from all of its activities in Wales.
The work of the team evidenced throughout the Diocese was immense and too valuable to lose, and therefore, the Council, under a TUPE transfer employed the project staff and renamed the team Plant Dewi.
20 years on, the work of Plant Dewi is continuing to develop and the DCSR also work across the diocese to support other social needs through charities such as Tir Dewi.
