{"id":16259,"date":"2025-10-23T23:14:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T22:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16259"},"modified":"2025-10-23T23:16:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T22:16:42","slug":"seeing-further-ahead-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16259","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Further Ahead Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 24pt; color: #008000;\">WENVOE FORUM<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10987\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=10987\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/forum01.jpg?fit=300%2C124\" data-orig-size=\"300,124\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"forum01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/forum01.jpg?fit=300%2C124\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/forum01.jpg?fit=300%2C124\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10987\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/forum01.jpg?resize=300%2C124\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b style=\"color: #008000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Considering Tomorrow Today<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #339966;\"><strong>Seeing Further Ahead Together<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Wenvoe Future Forum was set up in the immediate post Covid period, when life was getting back to normal but there was a feeling that the world had changed and people were more aware of their own actions and their impact. We set out to capitalise on this environment and stimulate discussion and action that contributed to addressing climate change. We feel that we have had some success, generally through working to support other organisations in the village.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Forum care deeply about Wenvoe\u2019s future \u2014 its environment, sustainability, and sense of community. Our aim is simple: to explore practical ways we can all make our village greener, cleaner and more resilient, now and for generations to come. Anyone who shares our aims is very welcome to join us.<\/p>\n<p>In 2026 we are considering being more ambitious in looking to the future and thinking further ahead. We\u2019ll be focusing on community connections \u2013 listening to residents\u2019 ideas and gathering thoughts on what sustainability means for Wenvoe. We hope to widen the conversation and orchestrate a rigorous collection of ideas from residents with the aim of exploring whether these ideas large or small can be put into practice.<\/p>\n<p>In the early days of the Forum someone said, \u201cIf the people of a community work together the only thing that limits what they can achieve is their imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to get involved \u2014 even just to share an\u00a0idea or a few hours of help \u2014 please email gwenfo.foum@gmail.com. If you\u2019re passionate about recycling, gardening for wildlife, saving energy, or simply curious to learn more, we\u2019d love to hear from you. Together, we can make small changes that add up to a big difference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Message to hop growers and potential hop growers <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who donated hops this year. It seems to have been quite a good year for hops, certainly for some but for others their hop harvest was poor. If your plants didn\u2019t deliver don\u2019t give up hope as 2026 may be a better year for the hops.<\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed beer and pizza last night at Pipes Brewery in Pontcanna. Simon, brewer of the community beer, Taff Temptress beer hopes it will last for sales up to Christmas and can be purchased in cans to take away. When you purchase mention the Wenvoe Hops group &#8211; at the moment still offering 20% off. Steve and I hope to purchase Hop plants and seeds in November as ours has died, so if you want some seeds from us, please let us know. We have one new member who joined this week. If you want to join our Wenvoe Hops group, please contact sianjo@btinternet.com<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<p>To join our Facebook group, please \u2018friend up\u2019 with the GwenFo account @ https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gwen.fo.1 and then jon the Wenvoe Forum @ https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/635369267864402<\/p>\n<p>Some further information and updates, blog site https:\/\/wenvoeforum.wordpress.com\/. Any Wenvoe community member is welcome to join the Forum meetings, via Zoom, which are normally held 19.00 on the second Thursday of each month. E-mail gwen-fo.forum@gmail.com if you wish to join<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WENVOE FORUM Considering Tomorrow Today Seeing Further Ahead Together The Wenvoe Future Forum was set up in the immediate post Covid period, when life was getting back to normal but there was a feeling that the world had changed and people were more aware of their own actions and their impact. 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