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Notices of upcoming events
The Wenvoe & Peterston Branch of the Conservative Branch has now been relaunched.
New and old members are most welcome
It is hoped that a Fish & Chip Quiz night will be arranged when safe to do so.
For further information/details on becoming a member, please contact myself (contact details below)
Stay safe
Russell Godfrey. Chairman
Contact details – Russell Tel: 07724827496. Email: info@russellgodfrey.co.uk
I am taking on this challenge to raise £1000 for a homeless charity in Wales which is run by my daughter Bonnie.
Housing Justice Cymru mobilises Christian action on homelessness and housing need through love, justice, advocacy and nurture. They really do excellent work. I will make four pilgrimages to holy places this year starting with a mini pilgrimage from Llandaff Cathedral to the holy shrine and statue of Mary at Penrhys in the Rhondda. My final pilgrimage will be to some Orthodox monasteries in Greece. I aim to complete all four between June and December this year.
Please donate to this good cause. The link to my JustGiving page is
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Alun-Davies-walks-Wales
I have pledged to raise £1000 for homelessness in Wales this year and any more will be very welcome by this charity.
My four pilgrimages will be as follows:
I will be most grateful for a donation however large or small.
Best wishes
Alun Davies DL, Honorary Consul of Hungary.
Email: alun@alunjdavies.co.uk
Tel: 07802 767877
BARRY MALE VOICE CHOIR
READY FOR SOMETHING NEW AFTER LOCKDOWN ?
IT’S TIME TO JOIN THE BARRY MALE VOICE CHOIR FAMILY
WE’LL BE SINGING AGAIN SOON
TO FIND OUT MORE RING MARTYN ON 07850689983
OR EMAIL bmvcsec@gmail.com
In view of lockdown we thought we might remind the male readers of the benefits of singing to both physical and mental health.
Barry Male Voice is a registered charity and raises funds for various causes. We are looking to recruit new members, hence the invitation. Probably not happening before early May but if anyone’s interested, they can contact us about a start date.
THE TUCKERS
SPRING PLANT SALE
Saturday 1st May
Come along to our socially distanced Spring Plant Sale on Saturday 1 May. There will be six Wenvoe growers with plants to sell and there will be more gardening advice than you could shake a stick at!
There will be a small raffle with proceeds going to our Wenvoe Charity of choice, Wenvoe Wildlife Group. Glenys will be making cakes again which will be sold by the slice. Covid rules will be observed. Come and grab yourself some jewels for your garden and have a chat with our growers.
This will be held at our home at 29 Vennwood Close. We are so looking forward to seeing you.
REPAIR AND REUSE INITIATIVE FOR WENVOE
The Community Council has spent some time researching an inspirational project called Repair Café Wales.
We would like to share the philosophy of this project with you all and ask for your help in working towards something similar in Wenvoe
This is an extract from a document describing Repair Café Wales
“Repair cafes are events run by volunteers who fix peoples household items for free and teach the owner of the item how to repair their item as the fix is being undertaken. Over the last 30 months Repair Café Wales has
Over the last 18 months we have diverted approximately 16.5 tonnes of waste from landfill. Whilst we reduce waste, we also upskill people through repair to help build community resilience, we create a safe space to help people with loneliness, isolation and mental health issues and we help change people’s relationship with the items they own to better understand them, bring longevity to the item’s life and tackle our throw away society”
This is indeed a project for our current times.
To progress this we need a CHAMPION. An individual (or Individuals) who could set this on the road so that we can have such a facility in Wenvoe. We need someone with imagination, drive and initiative who could develop and lead a team of residents to support this initiative
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP? Plenty of support will be available.
Please contact any of the editors if you are interested.
Wenvoe Advent Windows
We are delighted to invite you for the first time to get out and about throughout December to view the Wenvoe Advent Windows.
We are excited to tell you that 25 Wenvoe residents have volunteered to decorate a window in their home starting on 1st December at 29, Venwood Close and the Telephone Box. The windows will be lit from 5pm until 9pm each evening with an additional window added every night until all 24 windows are displayed. The final window will be at St Mary’s Church, with help from Gwenfo School. Windows may also be viewed between 27th and 30th December.
All of the windows will be numbered and can be viewed from outside the property of individual homes. They are all within the Parish boundary, mostly within walking distance. The map below indicates each participating home with a list of the addresses for you to follow. You may need a torch on 14th (4, Station Terrace) and 23rd December (5 Church Rise) where there is limited street lighting.
We hope you enjoy exploring the windows. We are very grateful to those who have generously taken part in decorating a window and inviting us to view their ‘creations’. There is no charge, however some houses may have a charity collection box. In recognition of the pandemic we ask you to keep to the social distancing rules.
Maps are displayed at 29, Venwood Close and at St. Mary’s Church. Additional maps are available at the Wenvoe Arms and the village Post Office. For further information contact Jude and Nige Billingham at judebillingham@yahoo.co.uk.
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!
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!
