Category: Miscellaneous

Various items that do not fit any particular category

Mike’s Reindeer Herd

Mike’s Reindeer Herd

This year’s sale of Mike’s Reindeer herd, which will take place on the weekend of 28th & 29th November 2020, will be held in the garden of our home at 29 Vennwood Close, during the hours of 10am – 4pm. Covid regulations in place at that time will be followed so please remember to wear a mask and to observe the 2 metre distancing rule. There will be a donation made from the sale of each reindeer to the Wenvoe Wildlife Group and a raffle to raise further funds for the Wenvoe Wildlife Group. We have some lovely prizes with thanks to generous friends and neighbours – bottles of various alcoholic bever-ages and chocolates and gifts. There will also be a hamper of delicious goodies which we have put to-gether ourselves and a home made and decorated rich fruit Christmas cake, a large Yankee candle and a lighted Christmas wall picture and more. There will be a table of Locally made Jam and small, local-ly handcrafted items for sale. Please bring plenty of change as we don’t have a card reader and would like to keep money handling to a minimum. If you would like to pre-order your reindeer you can do so by ringing 07922109721 or by email at pukkatucker@gmail.com. We hope we’ll see you that weekend!

 

 

Dancing School Still Trying to Operate

ANNETTE BRACEY SCHOOL OF DANCING

This is such a difficult and hard time for everyone and I hope you are all safe and well .
But I would just like you to know that my Dancing School is still trying to operate from the Village Hall every Saturday. Obviously we are COVID risk secure within the Government Guide lines.
We have had to shorten our classes to deep clean after each class to keep safe which is the right thing to do. Any inquiries are welcome; so please be free to enquire do not just turn up.
See our website www.annettebraceyschoolofdancing. co.uk If you are working from home or indeed would like to exercise from the comfort of your own home I have a number of classes on a private live Facebook Stream including.

Dance Exercise
Dance Toning
Tap Fit
Ballroom Fit

So if you would like to give any a go message the details above.
Stay safe and well Annette Bracey

 

 

Wenvoe Advent Windows

Wenvoe Advent Windows

Thank you to everyone for your interest in our idea of having Wenvoe Advent Windows happening throughout December (see September edition of ‘Whats On’). We are especially grateful to have willing volunteers who have been included in the plans to light up a window this Advent. Consequently we are now delighted to let you know that the ‘Wenvoe Advent Window’ event will be going ahead.

Those who have volunteered to decorate a window are all within the parish boundary. Some want to decorate from early in December whilst others do not seem to mind when in the month they will be included. We will try to fulfil peoples wishes whilst establishing a plan within the village that encourages walking within a logical route.

A map of the route with a new window lighting up each day will be included in ‘What’s On’ in December. What we can say is that the first window to be lit up on 1st December will be at 29 Venwood Close and will conclude on Christmas Eve at St. Mary’s Church.

This is a St Mary’s initiative for the whole community. Please contact Jude Billingham if you have any queries: 07516 112897

 

 

Trevor Williams Xmas Workshop

Trevor Williams Xmas Workshop

Hello Wenvoe Readers

It all started as a hobby in December 2019 in my garage, making a few Christmas decorations to keep me busy when the weather was too bad for me to play golf. Then along came Lockdown – so, it was back to the garage making Xmas decorations again. This thankfully kept me busy throughout lockdown, creating new ideas, “learning new tricks of the trade” and improving the quality of my work as I had more time on my hands. I enjoy working with timber so much that I continued making things after lockdown and I am still making things to date. So far I have made 26 different types of Xmas models with over 260 items and still going! My garage is now full, the hardest part now is to promote and sell my products. After reading Tucker’s Christmas Reindeer Sale article in the October edition, it gave me the idea of using the Wenvoe What’s On to promote my hobby. I am happy for you to visit my Workshop/Garage (subject to Covid regulations) to see the full range of my Christmas Products. I will be supporting the Marie Curie Charity with a donation for every sale I make to help fund their fantastic nursing care in the community

You’ll find me at: 12 Goldsland Walk, Wenvoe. Please give me a call or send me a text/email to check that I will be in. Mobile: 07867 337335 email address: trevor.e.williams@btinternet.com

I have also produced my own website, which shows all my work with photographs, prices etc. https://trevorewilliams5.wixsite.com/website-4

Looking forward to seeing you.

Trevor

 

 

Wanted – Volunteers for Management

WENVOE VILLAGE HALL

Your Local Registered Charity

Due to the current virus in circulation, we have decided to cancel our Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2020. Due to the local lockdown(s) now in place, we feel that it is unsafe to meet indoors and invite everyone to an AGM who would wish to support the hall!

You may be aware that the land that the Village Hall sits on belongs to the Wenvoe Estate. Without a Management Committee the hall would be given back to the owners, to sell on and/or build upon.

We do hope that during lockdown, some of you lovely people reading this, will think of supporting your local charity, by becoming a member of its Management. We mainly look after the up-keep of the hall by meeting once a month (with the exception of August) to ensure our community can offer a great venue for many in our Village. Classes held; Badminton, Karate, Dancing and Children’s parties to mention a few (Covid permitting). Not forgetting it is the home of our local Playgroup which is also a Charity.

The Village Hall has been successful in obtaining 2 small grants to make us as Covid Safe as possible. We were also successful with a slightly larger grant from the Vale of Glamorgan to help with its up-keep for the short term, whilst some of our hirers have been unable to return safely.

The Committee would like to thank Gail for all her hard work in obtaining these grants.

We are following the latest updated Government advice. At this time only classes who support Children under 11 are able to return and meet indoors.

Should the Government advice allow groups of adults to meet indoors once more, then please get in touch with Carol on our email, wenvoevillagehall@ yahoo.co.uk. We would like to say a thank you from the Committee to Carol for all her hard work behind the scenes at these unprecedented times. Thank you, Carol.

We are sorry to say that there will be NO ‘Christmas Raffle Draw’ for the Village Hall this year.

With the current pandemic in circulation and the loss of many jobs and businesses, we thought it only respectful that we don’t add to the burden by asking for raffle prize donations. We also thought, that as we are unable to meet or mix with people from different households, that it would be extremely difficult to sell tickets anyway.

Be aware! We hope to be back bigger and better for 2021 when we celebrate the hall’s 100th Birthday

 

 

Mike’s Reindeer Herd

This year’s sale of Mike’s Reindeer herd will take place on the weekend of 28th & 29th November. It will be held in the garden of our home, 29 Vennwood Close, during the hours of 10.00am – 4.00pm. Covid regulations in place at that time will be followed.

There will be a donation made from the sale of each reindeer to the Wenvoe Wildlife Group. We will also hold a raffle to raise further funds for the Wenvoe Wildlife Group and raffle prizes will be listed in next

month’s edition of What’s On. There will also be a table of small handcrafted items for sale. Please bring plenty of change as we do not have a card reader and would like to keep money handling to a minimum.

If you would like to pre-order your reindeer, you can do so by ringing 07922109721 or by email at pukkatucker@gmail.com.

We hope we will see you that weekend!

 

 

Wenvoe Advent Windows

Wenvoe Advent Windows

To lighten Advent this year we are inviting you to take part in lighting up your windows.

Whilst it is possible that our preparations for Advent and Christmas this year may require a little more thought and planning than normal, a small group of people are hoping to plan Wenvoe Advent Windows that we can all enjoy safely.

The Wenvoe Advent Windows will encourage people who are perhaps going to be inside more than usual this December to wrap up warm and get out to view the windows. There will be a new one to see each night leading up to Christmas Eve when of course there will be 24 all on display. The event allows people to carry on social distancing and following Covid rules, whatever may be in place at the time.

This community fun event will run from the 1st-24th December, with the final window at St. Mary’s Church. We would like you to take part; there is no entry fee, it’s not a competition and adults and children can be involved.

How will it work?

We need a minimum of 24 participants to decorate their windows. Participants will be allocated a date when they will light up their window for the first time and to continue lighting up each day until 24th. Every day from 1st December a new window will be lit up to go and see so that by 24th December there will be 24 windows for residents to view.

The windows can be designed and constructed from any media- lights, mobiles, cut outs etc. They can be as simple or technical as your artistic tendencies take you. They can be internal or external displays as long as they involve decorating your window. All the displays should relate to Advent / Christmas and can be humorous, artistic or topical

The windows will be lit from 5.00pm – 9.00pm each evening.

Each house participating will be asked to

• display a number (corresponding to the date their window is ‘opened’) to differentiate from other residents who will have their own Christmas decorations.

• keep their window a surprise as far as is possible before the designated big reveal evening

 

If you want to participate and

• live in a house that has a window (upstairs or down) that can clearly be seen from the street without people coming onto your property

• are happy to keep the window illuminated each evening after it is ‘opened’ until December 24th

 

We are aware that many people give their time and money to support a host of different charities. If you would like to put a charity box outside your house you would be most welcome. Just make sure you empty the box each evening.

For more information ring:

Sandra and Brian Jones: 02920594248

Glenys and Mike Tucker: 07922 109721

Jude and Nige Billingham: on 02920594708 or 07516 112897

Please let Jude Billingham know by October 16th that you want to decorate your window by supplying your name, address, email address and any preference you have about dates; by email (judebillingham@yahoo.co.uk) by telephone, or text.

Please be aware that in agreeing to participate you are also agreeing to have your address identified on the windows map that will be made available so people can look for your window. No names or email will be shared without your permission.

 

 

Suggestions for Spending £75000

S106 FUND SUGGESTIONS

September 2020

In the September issue of What’s On, we asked for suggestions for making use of about £75,000 of Section 106 funding for a project that would be of significant benefit to the Wenvoe community. This would be capital spending, not for any kind of maintenance or refurbishment.

This is a summary of the excellent suggestions we had, most of which could be carried out within the specified budget. We would now like to ask if there are any more suggestions, or if anyone would like to comment further on the ones below.

  • small donation to school (not capital)
  • adult outdoor fitness equipment (like Dinas Powys)
  • local walks/cycling booklet(s), with benches along the routes
  • all-weather surface for older children, covered seating area
  • similar to above
  • ditto, with basketball hoops and outdoor gym
  • mini-gym for older children
  • information notice boards
  • revamp playground at Parc y Gwenfo
  • more benches at Community orchards
  • multi-use games area

 

As before, write to What’s On, but don’t delay, since the funding is available on a limited time basis. We look forward to hearing from you

 

 

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