BRIDGEND TOWN
Coffee: The coffee mornings held on Friday and Saturdays at Bridgend United Church, on Tondu Road, will not take place during the month of August, and will return on Friday and Saturday September 8 and 9, from 10am-12noon.
Play Scheme: Once again this summer, Bridgend County Borough Council supported by Bridgend Town Council will be running a free school holiday play-scheme.
Active 4 Life offers youngsters aged eight to 12 the chance to enjoy sports, games, arts and creative activities.
All of the sessions are free and parents/ guardians will need to complete registration forms on each day.
Held at Bridgend Life Centre (Rec) the scheme will run for four weeks until Friday August 25.
Sessions are daily Monday to Friday from 10am-2pm.
For details of all the summer programme activities can be found at www.bridgend.gov. uk/schoolsout.
Bridgend Communities First: Join Bridgend Communities First to take Steps to Excellence at Brackla Tabernacle, Brackla.
This event will take place on Monday and Tuesday, August 14 and 15, also Monday and Tuesday, August 21 and 22.
All events will be held from 9.30am-3pm.
Gain confidence to try new things; motivate yourself; reach your potential; achieve new ambitions; stretch your comfort zones; seek new opportunities; increase your self esteem and set goals.
This event is free to all those living in Bridgend Communities First postcode areas.
For further details contact Jess on 01656 643634 or 07974 399194 or email jessica.jones@ bridgend.gov.uk.
Also The Vine Christian Centre, Australian Terrace will be open on Wednesday, August 16, from 12.30pm- 3.30pm.
Go along and see demonstrations and chat about learning and employment opportunities near you.
Children’s crafts including pebble painting also available. This event is also free. Further information as above.
Soroptomist Lunch: A celebratory lunch was held on July 16 at the Bear Hotel, Cowbridge to mark 70 years since the Bridgend Soroptimist Club was chartered.
Some 89 club members and guests, together with fellow Soroptimists from the South Wales region and beyond, enjoyed a superb luncheon served impeccably as always by the hotel staff, who were on hand to distribute portions of a splendid cake which was cut by President Frances.
It was a pleasure to welcome honorary member Madeleine Moon MP to come along and share the occasion and also Barbara Dixon who is Programme Director of Soroptimist International of Great Britain and Northern Ireland who was the guest speaker.
She congratulated the club on their many years of hard work on projects as diverse as Barnardo’s, Parc Prison, Y Bont, to name but a few in the community, but in particular was full praise for the annual Brownies Got Talent competition.
She also expressed her gratitude for supporting projects undertaken worldwide as part of the Federation.
The afternoon concluded with a choral presentation by the Waterwheel Singers who performed a mixed bag of very enjoyable numbers.
It is the only National Trust Choir in the UK, is affiliated to Aberdulais Falls, hence their unusual title and was followed by soloist Rhiannon Skilton who sang a selection guaranteed to please everyone.
More information on Soroptimist International can be found at www. sigbi.org and www. facebook.com/ bridgendSoroptimists
Hospital Service: Bridgend’s Vernon King will lead the next Hospital Christian Fellowship service on Friday, August 11 at 3pm.
The service will, as always, be held in the Hospital Chapel at the Princess of Wales Hospital, Coity Road.
Please go along, you will be made very welcome, also the service is broadcast over the hospital radio to the wards.
Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations: (Bavo) wants to recognise outstanding people and organisations that have made a significant contribution to our community during the past year and they want to hear from you.
Do you know any individual or group who has made an outstanding contribution to their community?
Would you like to help give them the recognition they deserve. Every year thousands of individuals and groups volunteer across Bridgend County Borough to give their time, energy, skills and commitment to help others in their community.
BAVO is holding their annual Bridgend Volunteer Achievement Awards 2017 in November at the Heronstone Hotel in Bridgend, which will provide an ideal opportunity to recognise and thank volunteers in the county borough.
There are eight categories including awards for Charity shop of the year. Befriending and mentoring, volunteers aged under and over 25 years, Trustee of the year, volunteer project of the year, sports volunteer and outstanding volunteer contribution.
For nomination forms visit the volunteering section of www.bavo. org.uk or call BAVO’s Bridgend Volunteer Centre 01656 660372
Wartime Bridgend: marking the role that Bridgend played in World War II.
The second community drop-in event is being held at Carnegie House (former Library) Wyndham Street on Saturday, September 9 between 11am and 2pm. Planned for this Autumn are historical events that explore the sites in Bridgend that were used in WW11.
If you would like to find out more about the events please follow the Facebook page facebook.com/ wartimebridgend or the blog wartimebridgend. blogspot.co.uk