Burry Port Carol Skelton
4 Greenhill, Y Graig, Burry Port. 01554 834371 carolmskelton@btinternet.com
Chapel Jerusalem October 31, Parch Meirion Evans, 10.30yb.
Youth theatre performance Pembrey and Burry Port Town Council present on Friday at 7pm and Saturday at 2pm a performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.tickets £6 each. Contact 01554 834346 or email louise. robinson@pembreyburryport-tc.gov.uk
Harbour Music and Poetry Meets every Monday at 7.30pm in the Burry Port Yacht Club. It is a community project enabling people of all ages and abilities to share their musical and literary skills. It takes the form of ‘open mic’ and special guests and audience are warmly welcomed. Ty-golau memory problems group We have resumed weekly sessions every Monday at Canolfan John Burns Centre, Carmarthen Road, Kidwelly from 10.30am-noon. Social distancing is in place and we request that you wear masks until you are seated. Refresments are included in the cost of £5 for service users and £1 for carers. Contact Janet Lewis on 01554 890896 to reserve a place.
Pembrey and Burry Port Photographic Society meets this evening and every Wednesday at 7.30pm in Hermon Chapel, Pembrey. New members of all standards are always welcome. For further information ring 07974 001049. Pembrey and Burry Port Historical Society has resumed activities.please note we now meet in the Ashburham Hotel at 7pm on the second Tuesday in the month.the next meeting on Tuesday, November 9 is the annual quiz night. Singing for the Soul This has started again on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month from 2-4pm in Jerusalem Chapel Vestry, Burry Port SA16 0DA where there is plenty of parking. New members are very welcome. Open to men and women, no experience or commitment required. With no expectations, judgements, or auditions, we offer an afternoon of singing uplifting songs in a group of like-minded people. £3 each session
including refreshments. There will be Covid safety measures in place. The venue requires us to wear a face covering while singing, either a mask or visor. Clear visors will be available to buy if you don’t already have one. Further details contact Dawn 07773 312033 or email singingforthesoulwiththewi@gmail.com
Garden club The Pembrey and Burry Port club are unable to resume their meetings due to extensive repairs taking place at the Community Hall, Pembrey, our regular meeting venue.the committee will meet in the new year to discuss resuming meetings.
Cefn Sidan U3A We expect to be back in the Pensioners’ Hall by now. Social distancing should be observed and masks should be worn where possible. Inside meetings now take place in either the the main Memorial Hall or the Pensioners’ Hall unless otherwise stated. Meetings are: Monday at 10.30am is Yoga Group with Richard Rees at £4 each (Yoga meets every Monday at this time in the main hall). Strollers group is postponed for winter. Tuesday, Committee Meeting at 10.30am. Wednesday, November 3, Whist Group meet at the Neptune 2.30pm. Thursday, November 4 the Bus Pass Explorers go to Llandrindod Wells by 9.51am train. You will need your bus pass to pick up a ticket at Llanelli railway station to Llandrindod Wells (no charge). Check times of return trains. Friday Cycle Groups are postponed for winter. Every Friday the Conversational Welsh Group is suspended as needs new leader. Sunday, November 7 is Sunday lunch at Stradey Park Hotel for 1pm. Monday, November 8 is work on the Station Garden at 10am. Tuesday, November 9 at 2pm is square dancing. Wednesday, November 10 at 10.45am is the coffee morning. Friday, November 12 is the new crochet group at 2pm. Please bring a 4mm crochet hook. Also Friday at 7.30pm is the Theatre Group trip to see Keeping up Appearances by the Little Theatre group. Tickets £12, see Chris Hartley. New members will be most welcome. Enquiries to Paul on 07803 185281 or preynoldsuk@yahoo.com
Food Forward Food Boxes Collaborating with Fairshare and Pembrey and Burry Port Town Council, Food Forward Burry Port is a Lottery funded project which will support residents in your area. The following changes are to be made for those who attend the CBSA Community Store at the senior citizens hall, Burry Port, The opening times are every Tuesday between 11am and 5pm. Do you need to stretch your food budget a little further each week? Do you know someone who is finding times hard? £1 a year for membership then each week you will have the option of spending £3.50 or £5 for goods worth between £15 to £20. No referrals required. CBSA is supported by Faireshare Cymru, Morrisons and Burry Port Co-op. Call in on Tuesday to see what it’s all about. Our volunteers would love to meet you. Contact Ceinwen on 07958 649932 or email clloyd@cbsa. org.uk.
Carers Information Service will be extending our telephone support service and will be able to offer telephone support to carers up until 9pm at night Monday to Friday. This will be via our main Information Service telephone no: 0300 0200 002. People Speak Up runs online activities for people of all ages through spoken word,creative writing and participatory arts. For more details contact Eleanor on 07972 651920 or email info@ peoplespeakup.co.uk
Digital support Age Cymru Dyfed has dedicated digital champions on hand to support people 50-plus to make the most of technology. Free sessions are delivered over the phone through any tasks you want to achieve. Simply ring 01554 784080 or email p.mcilroy@agecymrudyfed.org.uk