What's special about your corner of Pembrokeshire? Communities throughout the county are to be encouraged to develop projects and activities celebrating their own uniqueness.

'Sense of Place' is an initiative launched this week by Narberth-based PLANED (Pembrokeshire Local Action Network for Enterprise and Development). The aim is to support local people taking pride in the distinctiveness of their own communities.

PLANED's Sense of Place officer Catrin Evans said: "Communities will come together to explore and discover what is special about their local environment, history, tales and folklore, language and dialects - all the things that add a feeling of belonging and a sense of pride in a community.

"A Sense of Place is about experiencing a feeling that your community and its people are special and distinct from anywhere else," she added. "It's also about building confidence within communities."

'Sense of Place' was launched on Saturday, May 15, at Scolton Manor.

Prof. Hywel Teifi-Edwards, a former tutor in Welsh literature at Swansea University, spoke on 'My Pride in our Culture and Language'. Roger Thomas, Pembroke-born expert in historical architecture spoke on 'My Pride in our Heritage'. And Pembrokeshire artist and author David Bellamy spoke on 'My Pride in our Environment'.

Describing their experiences as community groups were members of Pembroke 21C, who spoke about organising the Pembroke Festival, Cymdeithas Llandudoch, who have recently written and published a village heritage leaflet, and Dale Women's Institute History Group, who have compiled an exhibition on the military history of their community.

Anyone interested in developing a community project celebrating a Sense of Place can contact Catrin Evans at PLANED on 01834 862115.

A Sense of Place is funded under the Welsh Assembly Government's Rural Community Action Programme.