Tasha Tea Room, open for business

Tasha opens up at the PowerStation

Local lady Natasha Maddison - Herbert has opened up a café facility within the Torfaen Council‘s Power Station building in Blenheim Road, St Dials. The café, Tasha’s Tea Room is open to users of the adult education centre and members of the public on a daily basis and serves teas, coffees, cakes, hot and cold rolls.

At the official launch on Monday 23rd January the Mayor, Councillor Veronica Crick, welcomed the opening of the facility and wished the business a successful future. She was delighted that Tasha who already had catering experience, lived locally and was well known in the community.

The venture was coordinated and supported by Communities First and Torfaen Adult Education.  Adult Essential Skills and Centre Manager, Linda Bailey spoke of how pleased Torfaen Adult & Community Learning were that the café had re-opened and also about the passion and drive that Tasha had in running the café for the use of the whole community.

Richard Murphy, Enterprise Promotion officer for TCBC said “working with Tasha has been an absolute pleasure. Her desire to start her own business has been there from the start. Her nature is that of a hard working person who wants to succeed and everyone involved wishes her all the best for her journey running this very promising enterprise”

For more information on starting your own business please call Richard Murphy on 01633 647455

Tasha yn agor ei drysau yn yr orsaf Bŵer

Mae merch leol Natasha Maddison - Herbert wedi agor caffi yn yr Orsaf Bŵer, Heol Blenheim, Sain Derfel, sef un o adeiladau Cyngor Torfaen. Mae'r caffi, Ystafell De Tasha yn agored i bobl sy'n defnyddio'r ganolfan addysg i oedolion ac aelodau o'r cyhoedd ac mae'n cynnig te, coffi, cacennau, rholiau poeth ac oer, yn ddyddiol.

Yn y lansiad swyddogol ar ddydd Llun 23 Ionawr croesawodd y Cynghorydd Veronica Crick, Maer Torfaen, y cam i agor y fath gyfleuster a dymunodd ddyfodol llwyddiannus i'r busnes. Roedd hi'n falch iawn bod Tasha sydd eisoes yn meddu ar brofiad arlwyo, yn byw yn lleol ac yn adnabyddus iawn yn y gymuned.

Cafodd y fenter ei chydlynu a'i chefnogi drwy'r broses gyfan gan Gymunedau yn Gyntaf ac Addysg i Oedolion Torfaen. Dywedodd Linda Bailey, Rheolwr y Ganolfan a Sgiliau Hanfodol i Oedolion pa mor falch oedd Canolfan Dysgu Oedolion a'r Gymuned yn Nhorfaen fod y caffi wedi ail-agor a hefyd angerdd ac egni Tasha i redeg y caffi fydd yn croesawi’r gymuned gyfan.

Meddai Richard Murphy, swyddog Hyrwyddo Mentergarwch CBST “Mae gweithio gyda Tasha wedi bod yn bleser llwyr. Mae ei hawydd i ddechrau ei busnes ei hun wedi bod yno o'r cychwyn cyntaf. Mae gweithio'n galed a llwyddo, yn dod yn naturiol iddi fel person, ac mae pawb sy'n gysylltiedig yn dymuno bob lwc iddi ar ei thaith yn rhedeg y fath fenter addawol iawn"

I gael mwy o wybodaeth am gychwyn eich busnes eich hun, ffoniwch Richard Murphy ar 01633 647455