The Coleg Llandrillo music student organised a charity concert after being diagnosed with a little-known but life-changing condition
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![Hannah Popey performing during her charity concert at Conwy Comrades Sports & Social Club](/imager/images/628378/IMG_8476_8799e413fedd64081dd0e8e9f37c617d.jpeg)
![Alwen Williams reaching the top of a climb in Ras y Moelwyn](/imager/images/628181/AlwenWilliamsRas-y-Moelwyn-2_cc9608fe860713a52509136ee4bdf3b0.jpeg)
Alwen Williams is a qualified international mountain leader, accomplished fell runner and former Welsh mountain bike champion
![Coleg Menai students on a boat tour of Chicago with skyscrapers in the background](/imager/images/628021/Skyscrapers_8799e413fedd64081dd0e8e9f37c617d.jpeg)
Learners visited Northwestern University and the Museum of Science and Industry, also making connections at South Elgin High School ahead of a potential future collaboration
![Students with the elephants at Elephant Nature Park near Chiang Mai in Thailand](/imager/images/627943/Studentswithelephant_8799e413fedd64081dd0e8e9f37c617d.jpeg)
Learners from across Grŵp Llandrillo Menai enjoyed a life-changing experience
![Higher education students at Coleg Llandrillo](/imager/images/627703/Rhos-on-Sea-HEstudents_f360c308c08c7ae73aa7432811c7a225.jpeg)
Learn about the wide ranges of university-level courses available at the college as well as financial support
![Gareth Griffith-Swain](/imager/images/626949/GarethGriffith-Swain2_8799e413fedd64081dd0e8e9f37c617d.jpeg)
Fungi Foods founder Gareth Griffith-Swain produced his dried Lion’s Mane mushroom on an industrial scale at the Llangefni centre after winning the C4 show
![Students carrying a dinghy at The Conway Centre in Llanfairpwll](/imager/images/626902/Studentscarryingdinghy2_8a8fad69c06513fddf0c8f77af6c9620.jpeg)
Learners raced each other off the coast of Anglesey after building their dinghies in Coleg Llandrillo’s Marine Engineering workshop
![Gareth Griffith-Swain on ‘Aldi’s Next Big Thing’ with his Fungi Foods product, Dried Lion’s Mane Mushroom](/imager/images/626948/GarethGriffith-Swain5_62163a2f6046c2da04a9a897a256f125.jpeg)
Gareth Griffith-Swain said the centre had been ‘essential’ to his startup Fungi Foods ahead of his appearance on the Channel 4 Show
![Fflur Rees Jones, Ned Pugh with the WLCOW Financial Numeracy Improvement Award, and Emlyn Evans](/imager/images/626707/NedPugh4_21e574e95c3a27d1ee14ad315ca91507.jpeg)
The Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor student has it all figured out after winning The Worshipful Livery Company of Wales Financial Numeracy Improvement Award
![Brighter Futures CEO Shane Owen, trainee youth worker Ellie Wilkinson and The Neumark Foundation CEO Rebecca Neumark](/imager/images/626527/EllieBrighterFutures_a9b052060820de484afdfa5f92114c10.jpeg)
The former Coleg Llandrillo student is working with the Brighter Futures charity thanks to funding from The Neumark Foundation