HUTS is a craft workshop in Newcastle Emlyn and stands for Help Us To Survive. They are a charity which provides a variety of opportunities to adults with mental health challenges. Through support and social interaction, members are given space in a nurturing environment to gain confidence and learn new skills. They also provide an Outreach and Home Befriending Service.
Skanda Vale is a multi-faith ashram and hospice based near Llanpumsaint. They celebrate the major Buddhist festivals and hold Christian Mass every Sunday They are home to a resident community of 25 monks and nuns who welcome over 90,000 pilgrims to their temples every year. They care for animals, provide food aid to people in need, give spiritual education and care for terminally ill people at their hospice.
Following a visit to Skanda Vale earlier in the year, HUTS staff were given saris and food to use in the workshop and were so impressed with everything that Skanda Vale does that they embarked on a project to knit and crochet shawls and blankets for the hospice patients.
Over the next couple of months it was all hands on deck at HUTS with members, volunteers and staff making a wide variety of shawls and blankets with skill and love.
On September 5 a party of members, volunteers and staff from HUTS had a wonderful day out at Skanda Vale where they delivered the shawls and blankets. They also visited the temple elephant, Valli, and 2 of the temples.
After this they were served a tasty vegan meal which had been prepared and blessed by the monks.
On their return to HUTS they all felt that they wanted to continue to work in harmony with Skanda Vale and have redoubled their knitting and crochet to provide comfort and warmth to more hospice patients.
Both HUTS and Skanda Vale have websites for further information about what we do.
The group are also holding a volunteering event at the HUTS workshop from 11am – 2pm on Wednesday, October 19.
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