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AMLWCH
HEAR TO HELP: The NHS Volunteer Community ‘Hearing aid Drop-in service’ is cancelled until further notice. Please contact Audiology if you have a problem.
CITIZENS ADVICE:Advice line Cymru Mon to Fri 9am-5pm 03444772020. You can also access www.Adviceguide.org.uk
ANGLESEY CENTRAL LIONS CLUB: Since the formation of the Club in 1978, the Club has donated money, and assisted in many local events throughout its 43 years of its existence. Like many other service organisations, the Covid pandemic affected the Club’s functions during this period. However, even under these extreme circumstances the Club managed to donate nearly £3,000 towards local appeals. Now that the Covid pandemic is hopefully coming to its conclusion, the Club would like to hear from like minded community supporters to become prospective members of the Club, to assist in the support of the local community. For details please phone: Lion Secretary Neil Stewart on 07747 043846.
BANGOR
RED CROSS: is looking for volunteer drivers and helpers to assist at Ysbyty Gwynedd and in people’s homes – contact Corinna on 01248 351103
ROYAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE: is looking for new volunteers to join the team and help with its Community Transport, Good Neighbours and Positive Steps services in Gwynedd and Ynys Mon. If you have a few spare hours a week and would like to make a difference in someone’s life, the RVS would like to hear from you. Contact Gwenda Hughes on 01248 661915 or Gwenda.hughes@royalvoluntaryservice. org.uk
SSAFA GWYNEDD: Seeks new caseworkers in the Gwynedd area to help and support veterans and their families. If you can help, contact Andy Williams 07958524298.
CHURCHES TOGETHER: The Christian Church has responded with determination and resilience to countless crises over 2000 years. The current epidemic is no exception. Within a few days of the Prime Minister’s first press conference, all 10 of the Bangor Churches Together were using combinations of Internet, social media, phone and post to worship Jesus Christ, to care for their congregations, and to serve the wider community of Bangor. Many of those congregations are over 70 or vulnerable to the coronavirus; and many have no access to the web. So pastoral care is now mainly by phone. Churches are streaming services via the Internet, for example the English-speaking Methodists are using https://www.youtube.com/ channel/UCUAUqhmhevz5sqhh72LIMxA; or delivering them by email, post or hand. Several Church groups have adopted virtual meetings accessed by web or mobile phone. Since 2011, Bangor Cathedral Foodbank has helped families who cannot afford enough food, supported by donations from individuals, businesses, schools, churches and other charities. For the last year the Cathedral has also run Caffi Deiniol in Deiniol Shopping Centre as a ‘fair price’ café that also provides subsidised meals to those in need. Once the Government told cafés to close in response to the virus, the Foodbank moved from the overcrowded Diocesan Centre beside the Cathedral to Caffi Deiniol, thus achieving much better social distancing. To complement the Foodbank, St John’s Methodist Church have for the past year delivered a Soup Run on Saturday evenings to support the homeless of Bangor. The enforced closure of Caffi Deiniol has led them to transform this to a safe afternoon run on the four days a week when the Foodbank is not open. Anyone who is fit and aged less than 70 is welcome to contribute to the Foodbank or the Soup Run by texting Ian Russell on 07 564 347 811. Thus Bangor Churches are responding to the epidemic with love and care. But they hope and pray that responding to the coronavirus will help to redefine the role and methods of the Churches in the 21st Century.
ZUMBA DANCE-FITNESS FOR BEGINNERS:
Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 5.45pm-6.45pm, Outdoors at Car Park opposite Premier Inn, Parc Menai, LL57 4FH. All welcome, £6. Helen McGreary, 07751 017157.
ANGLESEY & GWYNEDD WIDOWED SOCIAL GROUP:
This is a social group covering Anglesey, Bangor, Caernarfon and Llyn, set up for widowed people to enjoy life again in the company of other widowed people who understand. As a guide it is suggested that people aged 50-70 will get the most from membership, as we aim to be active, out and about. At the moment it meets regularly in Bangor, Menai Bridge and Caernarfon and also meets up weekly for walks, and to go to opera, ballet, gigs, cinema, meals, pub quiz and weekends away. If you are an internet user please go to www.meetup.com and enter “Anglesey&Gwynedd Widowed” (without the quotes) then apply to join. Or Call Dilwyn on 01248 601599, email dilwyn198@ gmail.com, or Lyn on 01286 678252, email lyn2910@yahoo.co.uk Please note: this is not a dating group.
HOLYHEAD
ROYAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE: Seeks new volunteers to help with its Community Transport, Good Neighbours and Positive Steps services in Gwynedd and Ynys Mon. If you have a few spare hours a week and would like to make a difference in someone’s life, the RVS would like to hear from you. Contact Gwenda Hughes on 01248 661915 or Gwenda.hughes@ royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk.
LLANFAELOG
DOG TRAINING: Garregddu Academy dog training classes, held in Llanfaelog Village Hall have resumed. Its instructors are qualified & regularly attend training courses (virtual at present) to keep abreast of training methods. If you are one of the many who have taken in a new puppy or a rescue dog during the pandemic & are experiencing any problems, do not hesitate to join a group of like minded people in similar circumstances. Dog training is fun & extremely rewarding. The sooner you start, the better. At Garregddu, we concentrate mainly on the needs of pet dog owners. We offer the Kennel Club Good Citizen’s Award scheme for those who wish to take it, with certificates at the end of each level. Good fun but not compulsory. Training day is Tuesday. All government rules will apply. A warm welcome awaits both past & new students. Further information email: garregddudt@btinternet.com Tel: 07734 097201. Telephone or email for details.
LLANGEFNI
HEAR TO HELP: The NHS Volunteer Community ‘Hearing aid Drop-in service’ is cancelled until further notice. Please contact Audiology if you have a problem.
CITIZENS ADVICE: Bureau. Advice line Cymru - Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, 03444772020. You can also access www. Adviceguide.org.uk
ROYAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE: is looking for new volunteers to join the team and help with its Community Transport, Good Neighbours and Positive Steps services in Gwynedd and Ynys Mon. If you have a few spare hours a week and would like to make a difference in someone’s life, the RVS would like to hear from you. Contact Gwenda Hughes on 01248 661915 or Gwenda.hughes@royalvoluntaryservice. org.uk.
LLANNERCHYMEDD
VILLAGE WEBSITE: Residents from Llannerch-y-medd formed Grŵp LlanNi Cyf, a private company limited by guarantee, as part of the National Lottery Community Fund’s Rural Futures programme happening in the area. Grŵp LlanNi successfully applied for Rural Futures microgrant funding to create the new village website, which aims to provide information on everything that’s going on locally. It will highlight the activities of various local community groups, as well as the services offered by a number of local businesses. Grŵp LlanNi are hoping that the new website will attract a number of new members to their group, with the aim of applying for a large Rural Futures grant to develop local projects that have already been identified by the community. The new LlanNi website is www.LlanNi.cymru
MENAI BRIDGE
NORTH WALES CLARINET CHOIR: Holds rehearsals fortnightly in Menai Bridge on Sunday afternoons from September to June, with informal performances at the end of each term in venues such as Penrhyn Castle and Storiel, Bangor. The fee is £120 for this academic year (free for students) and members need to be 18 +. Contact Gemma Williams on jimgem4@yahoo.co.uk, for more information,
RHOSYBOL
CYNGOR CYMUNED: Manylion cyswllt clerc newydd Cyngor Cymuned Rhosybol. Mrs Debra Griffiths, Coedlys, Rhosybol- e. byst: cc.rhosybol@yahoo.co.uk neu drwy’r wefan: www.ccrhosybol.co.uk
VALLEY
HEAR TO HELP: The NHS Volunteer Community ‘Hearing aid Drop-in service’ is cancelled until further notice. Please contact Audiology if you have a problem.