Come along and meet our Community Connector.

11am Wed 10 Apr – Bosom Pals Group, Boars Head, Tyla Garw, Pontyclun

9.30am Tues 16 Apr – Cynon Connecting Communities Event, Abercwmboi RFC

11am Wed 17 Apr - Canolfan Pentre Community Hub, Pentre 

10am Fri 3 May - YMCA Mountain Ash (Scams Awareness Session)

11am Wed 8 May -  Canolfan Pentre  Hub, Pentre  (Scams Awareness Session)

10am Fri 17 May - New Life Community Church, Tonyrefail (Scams Awareness Session)

11am Tues 21 May - Tynewydd Mens Shed, Treherbert (Scams Awareness Session)

12pm Wed 22 May - Lee Gardens Pool, Penrhiwceiber, (Scams Awareness Session)

10am Wed 29 May - Pontypridd Mens Shed, Treforrest Community Centre

 3-10 Aug- National Eisteddfod 2024, Pontypridd

New survey coming soon!

My name is Deanne Rebane, I am born and bred in the Valleys. I have a passion for Social Justice and tackling inequalities with the communities in most need of support.

My background has involved me working with communities to help improve their health & wellbeing. I worked for Citizens Advice helping with benefit claims and debt advice, before becoming an Action Researcher for Cardiff University. Here, I worked to help develop grassroots ideas from the community, with the aim of benefiting the health and wellbeing of their families.

Working with, and being led by, these communities we were able to design a new approach to adult education, one that developed skills and confidence, giving families hope for a better future. This Life Support Programme won the accolade of being the best Adult Education Programme in Wales, 2012.

Since 2014 my work has focussed on improving the health & wellbeing of Older People across Merthyr Tydfil and RCT, developing better links between Primary Care and working with GP Practices for them to better understand how the voluntary sector and community groups can provide local support for their patients. In 2019 I became the Community Coordinator with Interlink, dedicated to supporting people 50+ living in Cynon Valley, until moving to my current position with Age Connects Morgannwg.