The First of Many.

This is the first of many, hopefully, blog entries that I shall be writing for the St Madoc Centre.

The St Madoc Centre was created in 1945 when Mr and Mrs Burr gave 76 acres of land located on the Gower Peninsula to a board of trustees and charged them with creating a youth camp. The camp was designed as a place for 'exploration and growth', as well as a place of healing for those children that had been displaced by the war. Facilities were rudimentary to begin with, with outside toilets and old army barracks as dormitories.

Not alot changed until 2005, when the St Madoc Centre under-went a massive development programme, with brand new facilities being constructed, funded largely by charitable donations. Our rooms are now all en-suite with under-floor heating, so the people that stay on site no longer have to worry about herding sheep to get to the toilets!

Alot has changed at the St Madoc Centre, but our aims remain the same. We provide accommodation and activities for disadvantaged children to come and escape from whatever troubles they might have at other places in their lives. We also provide a place for groups from churches, schools and youth groups to stay and enjoy themselves.