South Wales entrepreneur Kevin Green was the guest speaker at the Carmarthenshire Adult Learning Groups annual awards ceremony, but hed be the first to admit that he wasnt the star attraction.
The true stars of the evening were the adult learners themselves and it was great to see them receiving recognition for all their hard work.
I was something of a late-starter in life, so I think many of the adult learners were interested to learn how Id managed to build my career.
Hopefully, I was able to give them some entertaining and informative messages to help them go on to bigger and better things in life.
Some of the stories the adult learners themselves had to tell were truly inspirational and the experience of attending the awards ceremony was a very humbling one.
It was great to meet so many lovely and interesting people and to find so many people working hard to better their lives and striving hard to help others take the next step up the ladder.
The other guest speaker during the awards evening was Joanne Yeo, who was recently crowned Volunteer of the Year.
Other guests at the ceremony, held at Llanellis Parc y Scarlets, included Llanelli AM Keith Davies, Llanelli Town Mayor Councillor Winston Lemon and former Carmarthenshire Council chairman Councillor Tegwen Devichand.
Musical entertainment was provided by Sophie Brown, a 16-year-old harpist and fiddle-box player. She performed a mixture of foot-tapping music and ended with a rousing rendition of Sospan Fach
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Photos attached of Kevin Green with award winners:
Ben and Chris Miller (brothers). They were joint winners in Oustanding achievement in the area of IT.
Jacqui Law - She didn't receive an award at the Adult Learner and Tutor Award ceremony, but received a certificate in recognition of her nomination at the National Awards for her outstanding progress in studying Animal Science.
Paolo Piana is the Senior Project Officer for the CAVS Multicultural Project.
Hannah Oliver won the Learner award for Outstanding Achievement in Community Development.