Category: Event Notices
Notices of upcoming events
Tucker’s Christmas Reindeer Sale.
TUCKER’S CHRISTMAS REINDEER SALE.
Not long now! Mike and Glenys invite you to come along to their 3rd annual Christmas Reindeer sale on Saturday 20 November from 10am to 5pm at 29 Vennwood Close (opposite the church).
Apart from the stars of the show there will be some lovely things to buy and a festive atmosphere to get you in the Christmas mood. We are being joined by six other local crafters on the day. Trevor Williams will be joining us again and will be selling his lovely, lit wooden houses which include some new designs this year. There will be a table selling hand made cards on behalf of Wenvoe Community Why not join us and pick up a reindeer and some Christmas spirit! We are so looking forward to seeing you there
Give Blood Today
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WELSH BLOOD SERVICE
Over 2000 blood donation appointments are available this autumn at the Barry Memo Arts Centre and Copthorne Hotel. The Welsh Blood service are looking for new and existing donors to support them over the coming weeks. Approximately 350 donations of blood a day are required by Welsh hospitals and the Welsh Blood Service is calling on support from local communities to make a significant difference to thousands of patients’ lives.
Blood and its by-products play a vital role in saving lives, with donations helping accident victims, patients having a kidney, liver or an organ transplant, pregnant women, leukaemia and cancer patients, someone about to undergo open heart surgery or premature babies in need of a vital blood transfusion.
It’s easy for anyone aged 17 to 66 to book online and become a lifesaving donor. From start to finish, the donation process takes up to one hour, with the physical blood donation lasting only 5-10 minutes.
Give blood today, visit https://wbs.wales/WenvoeOnline to find all donation sessions in your area and to book an appointment.
For further information and to register on line please visit https://www.welsh-blood.org.uk or alternatively call 0800252266
Trevor’s Christmas Workshop
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TREVOR’S CHRISTMAS WORKSHOP
Following on from last year, I have been busy once again making more Christmas Model Houses and Decorations for this year’s Christmas Festive Season. I have made over 25 different types of models, including new designs for those looking for something different this year with plenty of stock available.
Glenys and Mike Tucker are holding another Reindeer Sale on the 20th of November and they have kindly invited me along again, so I hope to see you there.
I will also have my models on display at my Workshop/Garage from Saturday the 23th October and you are very welcome to call. You will 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 also have my own website, which shows all my Xmas Houses, photographs and prices etc. https://trevorewilliams5.wixsite.com/website-4.
I will again be supporting the Marie Curie Charity with a donation for every sale I make to help fund their fantastic nursing care in the community. Looking forward to seeing you.
The London Marathon For Marie Curie
RUNNING THE LONDON MARATHON FOR MARIE CURIE
Hello everyone!
I am incredibly lucky to be running the 2021 London Marathon for Marie Curie, a charity extremely close to my family’s heart. We lost my dad, Alun, to bowel cancer in 2008. At the time, I was only eight years old. Dad spent his final days at Marie Curie Holme Tower Hospice, Penarth, and Marie Curie were unbelievably supportive to dad and us during his illness. This support has remained ever-present in our family’s life in the twelve years since he passed.
Dad completed the 1985 London Marathon in an impressive 3 hours and 20 minutes, undoubtedly one of the best moments of his life. I feel so proud to be able to follow in his footsteps this year (although nowhere near as quickly), and to do it for Marie Curie.
The community of Wenvoe has been vital to our family. From Saturday morning football matches, meals at the Wenvoe Arms with Dad, the village shop giving me my first ever job, the school, the park, the community centre…. The past year has been very difficult for all charities, with normal fundraising efforts being halted due to the pandemic. Any donations to the fundraising page from the people of Wenvoe would be hugely, hugely appreciated, and will help frontline nurses provide care to cancer patients and their loved ones.
Donations can be made at the following website:- https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage? userUrl=HenryWaddon1&pageUrl=1
Alternatively, if donating to this website is difficult, you can contact me directly via the following contacts, and we can arrange to donate on your behalf:
henrywaddon@gmail.com 07860248977
Thank you so much for your support.
Henry Waddon
Stress Buster Strollers
STRESS BUSTER STROLLERS
From July Valeways will offer a new walk: the Stress Buster Strollers. Everyone can experience stress, resulting from an array of anxieties, for ex-ample, about family, work, money, health, retire-ment, lack of sleep, bereavement. Stress can make people feel frustrated, upset, angry or nervous and can lead to people feeling lonely, cut off and isolat-ed. In order to try to ease some of these feelings, Valeways will offer a Stress Buster stroll: a safe, guided walk by the sea and through woodlands, with a friendly, sociable group where people can chat freely. It is not a professional counselling service, just the offer of some time and space in the fresh air to hopefully provide a boost in mood and energy. The NHS encourages people with its Every Mind Matters initiative to live a healthy, active life. One of their tips is to go walking, as this activity is one proven way to relieve stress and have a positive im-pact on the way an individual can feel. If you would like to enjoy a short stroll in beautiful surroundings and hopefully enrich your mood and outlook, please come and join the Stress Buster strollers on the last Tuesday of every month, meeting at 10 30, next to the Romilly Park tennis courts.
Local Conservative Branch Relaunched
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
Please Help Me Raise Funds
PLEASE HELP ME RAISE FUNDS FOR A HOMELESS CHARITY
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:
- Llandaff to Penrhys – a 21 mile walk from the door of Llandaff Cathedral to the medieval shrine at Penrhys in the Rhondda valley where there is a fine statue of Mary, known as Our Lady of Penrhys.
- The Monk’s Trod from Strata Florida to Abbey Cwm Hir – across bleak mid Wales! This is a 25-mile route linking two former Cistercian monasteries and follows the historic track used by monks, workers, merchants and officials of the Cistercian order who would walk, ride on donkeys or mules, or even travel on slow moving ox carts in dry weather.
- St Cuthbert’s Way from Melrose to the Holy Island. This is 62 miles of varied cross-country walking from Melrose where St Cuthbert began his religious life to Lindisfarne his final resting place.
- A week on the Holy Mount Athos in Greece clearing the pilgrim footpaths. Members of the Friends of Mount Athos meet up to clear the historic paved paths linking the 22 monasteries there.
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
New Male Voice Members Wanted
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
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.