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A wonderful client came in and was pleased to see Julie back in, a few days later was in town and bought flowers and dropped them off. How wonderful. they were gratefully received.

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Barod will now be doing drop in needle exchange from the centre:

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Barod will now be doing drop in needle exchange from the centre:

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Needle Exchange

Hartshorn House,

Neath Road, Maesteg, CF34 9EE

📅 Every Friday

🕒 9:30am – 1:00pm

💬 No appointment needed

🤝 All services are confidential

Cyfnewid Nodwyddau

Tŷ Hartshorn, Heol Nedd,

Maesteg, CF34 9EE

🗓️ Bobddydd Gwener

🕒 9:30yb – 1:00yp

💬 Does dim angen apwyntiad

🤝 Mae pob gwasanaeth yn gyfrinachol

barod | www.barod.cymru

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Maesteg has nearly 200 years (as of 2026) of rich Welsh heritage under its belt. For years, Maesteg was home to six coal mines, with the last pit (St John) closing for good in 1985.

The Health & Wellbeing Centre is a community hub for everyone living and working in Maesteg and the wider Bridgend local authority, so it was only right that we celebrate the towns history by naming each of our rooms after a respective coal mine.

The Bryn Room

The Caerau Room

The Oakwood (St David's Pit) Room

The Coegnant Room

The Maesteg Room

St John's (Cwmdu) Room

The Heritage Room (not a Pit but speaks for itself)

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If you're coming to visit us there's free all-day parking in Llynfi Road B & M car park.

Llynfi Road Maesteg, Bridgend CF34 9DS

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If you're interested in using the Health & Wellbeing Centre please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.

Address: 1st Floor, Hartshorn House, Neath Road, Maesteg, CF34 9EE

Contact: 01656 738320

Email: julie.jones2@uk.g4s.com

Booking Email: healthandwellbeingcentre@uk.g4s.com

Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am - 5:00pm

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At Maesteg Health & Wellbeing Centre we take the security of our partners and people visiting seriously. Our entrance is secured with an intercom system, which can only be answered by our reception team.

Access to our rooms and wider spaces within Hartshorn House require a signed for digital key.

We have a number of lockers on site should personal items need to be stored during meetings or in advance of future meetings and appointments.

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Our main reception area is a welcoming space for people coming into the building for meetings or support to wait.

Individuals coming into the centre will receive a warm welcome from our friendly team via our secure intercom and when they come through the door. Once signed in the reception team will notify the individual, organisation or service a person has come in to visit.

The reception area has a host of informative and helpful leaflets and materials people accessing the centre can take away with them.

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Our kitchen area has a comfortable space to enjoy your lunch or a quiet coffee.

Space includes...

Fridge freezer

Dishwasher

Microwave

Double toaster

Kettle

Crockery

Cleaning products

You can make a donation to our central kitty for tea and coffee facilities or bring your own and store in our secure lockers.

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Away from the main reception area we have our second waiting area. We often use this space to make people with certain vulnerabilities comfortable whilst waiting for appointments, taking them away from the bustle of the main seating area.

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We have 9 desks for remote working and hot desking. Each desk includes a lockable pedestal, a network cable, WIFI access and notice boards.

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The Maesteg room is a comfortable, inviting space primarily used for counselling sessions.

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Our clinical room can be used by medical personnel to conduct private consultations and give / discuss treatment options.

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Oakwood is our only fully sound proofed room used as the evidence suite for video links to Court but can be used as a one-to-one counselling room where people need to make sensitive discloses.

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We have two rooms with this layout. The Bryn room and the Caerau room. Both have high tables for written work, three chairs in each but more can be added.

These rooms are commonly used for general meetings where writing or form filling is required, but can be adjusted depending on your requirements.

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The Coegnant room fits maximum of two individuals on each side of the reinforced partition or an individual on each side. The room has been created with safety in mind.

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Our smaller group room fits 8 people for meetings and group work sessions. The space is light and airy with comfortable seating and access to the rest of our facilities. Garth room is often used for meetings with families and children.

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Our largest room can fit up to 12 people for any meeting, training session or group session.

The space includes...

Comfortable seating

Light and airy space (windows open, fan available)

Large whiteboard on the wall

Free standing flip chart

Urn and crockery for hot drinks

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Hi, I'm Adam, and I work at Hartshorn House as an Administrator / Receptionist. My work is varied; from welcoming people into the building, sorting bookings, doing the stats for the day and various housekeeping duties including one of the most important jobs, watering the plants!!

An interesting fact about me... best I can come up with, I am a nerd/geek and have been since before it was popular :), or more sensibly , I have been a voluntary youth worker for some 44yrs and still going (maybe not quite so strong!)

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The aim of the Health & Wellbeing Centre is to serve the people of the Llynfi Valley in accessing services to support with their individual needs. The centre operates as a multi-agency base and is committed to strengthening the local community by providing free access to health and wellbeing services.

The Hartshorn House Project Board has identified three priority service providers to operate from the centre in line with our wellbeing aims.

1. Substance Use and Domestic Abuse Services

2. Related Support Services

3. In-Direct Support Services

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Hi I'm Julie - I've been managing the Health & Well-being Centre at Hartshorn House for over 15 years, from the day we opened.  My work involves getting to know organisations in the area and getting them to use the facility to make life easier for the people of the Llynfi Valley.  Bringing services to the area rather than people having to travel for something they may need.

An interesting fact about me is I trained many years ago as a magicians assistant, met Paul Daniels and used to do magic to my school friends.

I sing in the Rock Choir (Cardiff) and can be seen with them at charity/local events all year.

I also am learning to play the drums - yes, never too old to learn something new!!

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Joining us as a Centre partner has a whole host of benefits for you as an organisation or service and for the individuals and families you're supporting.

Central location with free all day parking opposite

Access to centre facilities are completely FREE of charge providing you're not charging the people you're supporting.

Disability access and lift to first floor

Free WIFI

A modern building with multiple hot desks, meeting rooms (private and comfortable) and kitchen facilities

Secure intercom entry and digital key access to rooms

Local foodbank collection / drop off point, regular coffee mornings and events

You'll be a supporter of your local community hub, aligning yourself with the goals of the Well-being of Future Generations (2015) Act

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The Health & Wellbeing Centre is home to a number of partner organisations, agencies and services.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

ADAS (Assia Domestic Abuse Service)

Al Anon Family Groups

ARC

Barod (including Needle Exchange)

CAB

CAMHS-YPDAS

Canol

CDAT

Choices Project

CJHH Solicitors

CMHT

Community Safety Partnership (Evidence suite)

Education Engagement

Employability Bridgend

Family Support Team (Social Services)

Food Bank

Integrated Autism Service

Llamau

Mental Health (NHS)

MIND

Mirus

Nelson Trust

NPS

Paediatric Psychology

Perinatal Mental Health

Pregnancy Choices

Re-Settle (Homelessness)

Ty Elis

TuVida

Wallich

Working Wales

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Welcome to the Health & Wellbeing Centre at Hartshorn House. We're thrilled you're here.

Conveniently located in Maesteg town centre, Hartshorn House is a multi-agency base which has been developed to house health and wellbeing services for the Maesteg community and surrounding areas.

A partnership initiative between the Welsh Government, Cwm Taf Morgannwg Area Planning Board (Substance Misuse), Bridgend Council and G4S Community, Hartshorn House has been completely renovated from what was once disused offices into a modern community hub of services.