Janet Finch-Saunders MS, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, has praised Adra, the largest housing association in North Wales, for developing a housing centre of excellent in Penygroes, Gwynedd.
The centre, Tŷ Gwyrddfai, is a collaborative project between Adra, Coleg Llandrillo Menai, and Bangor University. They have transformed the old Northwood Hygiene Products industrial site into a decarbonisation hub that has placed North West Wales at the forefront of the decarbonisation agenda, working with communities and businesses to retrofit and build homes.
Tŷ Gwyrddfai has secured the investment of 12 major companies that provide courses at the Gwynedd centre for a wide range of services required in homes, from boilers to fire alarms.
Commenting following the visit, Janet said:
“Adra deserve significant praise for the incredible transformation of the old toilet roll factory to a state of the art hub that provides some of the leading trade courses in the whole of the United Kingdom.
“Tŷ Gwyrddfai is on a journey to reach a point where it will have the ability not only to equip people with the skills to refurbish and build homes, but design and take them through the planning process.
“When considering the housing crisis, climate crisis, and planning crisis, the whole housing sector and both governments should fully embrace Tŷ Gwyrddfai and rightly acknowledge it for what it is: the Housing Centre of Excellence in Wales. Indeed, some of the qualifications on offer can only be achieved in London and Penygroes!”.
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Janet Finch-Saunders MS with Iwan Trefor Jones, Chief Executive, Adra, & Sion Hughes, Director of Policy and Delivery, Adra
