A PROJECT aimed at bridging the generation gap has come to a successful conclusion in Fishguard and Goodwick.

Enthusiastic young people from POINT and Goodwick Youth Club have been helping older people from the Friendship Circle and the Good Neighbours brush up on their IT skills.

They have attended seven sessions at the Printworks and the Phoenix Centre, where they have shown older people how to use Skype, Facetime, email, digital photography and much more. One lady even learned how to follow her son on Twitter.

On the last night a small party was held and a presentation was given by the Mayor, Councillor Mike Lloyd and Mrs Rhian Lloyd as chair of the Friendship Circle. Members of the Friendship Circle had wanted to show their appreciation for all the time, energy and expertise that the young people had given them.

The Communities Together project has worked with POINT Young Persons Trust and Pembrokeshire Youth Services to deliver the IT sessions, and Cllr Lloyd thanked Marc Evans, Steve Lewis and Marc Mordey for all their hard work.

Marc Mordey from Communities Together said: "One of the priorities we have been given by local people is to offer opportunities to socialise, which do not necessarily involve alcohol, and which give people a chance to meet new people and get out and about in their community.

“The IT sessions have provided a brilliant opportunity for some of the younger and more senior people within Fishguard and Goodwick to meet together and to have fun, with a purpose."

Some of the feedback included: ‘It's so nice to have young people to help us’, ‘It was so good to learn without being made to feel silly’ and ‘I found out that the old people are actually quite fun.'

It is hoped that similar events will run in 2015.