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Siloam Chapel Graveyard: Access is permitted to the graveyard at Siloam Chapel, Bedford Road, Cefn Cribwr to the families of the interred to view and place flowers on the graves of the deceased and the right to pass and repass those graves on Mothering Sunday and Palm

Sunday.

Gardening Club: With restrictions to be eased hopefully in the coming months the Garden Club is expecting to be able to hold a few events later in the year.

As there were no events held last year the committee has agreed that any fees paid will be transferred to this year so cards will be issued to those people as soon as possible.

Fees of £12 for April 2021 to March 2022 may be paid directly into the bank plus £12 if you have an allotment plot.

Account Name: Cefn Cribwr Gardening Club

Account number: 37927760

Sort Code: 30-67-34 Please add your name and membership number so a credit can be given to the right person.

You may call the secretary on 07748 913 219 if you don’t know your number.

Hopefully the garden centre will be opening in the not to distant future so use can be made of the discount the membership brings. A full list of shops is on the back of the card.

Allotment holders: If you no longer wish to cultivate your plot please contact the secretary as soon as possible as there is a waiting list.

Plant sale: (subject to restrictions being eased) This will be held around the end of May in the front garden of Tracy and Alan’s house 2 Bryn Terrace.

To avoid close contact they are thinking of having an “honesty box”. Any contributions of excess plants or seedlings will be very welcome.

Events further on in the year including our Open Day and Horticultural Show will be highlighted in future emails when a clearer idea of what restrictions may be in place.

For queries please email the secretary at: cefncribwrgardeningclub @gmail.com .

Support For Young

People: Youth workers from Bridgend County Borough Council are available to provide expert advice and support for young people aged 11-25.

The WhatsUpp Bridgend Youth Support Scheme can help you with school work, housing issues, wellbeing, family worries and more.

It is also available if you are just feeling lonely or bored during lockdown – find out more at the council’s website. 11am-1pm at Hope Baptist Church, Derwen Road entrance Bridgend CF31 1EA.

Call 01656 750016 when open or email: info@ bridgend.foodbank.org. uk .

Local Citizens Advice helpline 01656 762 800.

War Memorial: Bridgend’s war memorial in Dunraven Place was unveiled on November

11, 1921.

Since that date, 100 years ago, an annual memorial service and laying of poppy wreaths has taken place with hundreds of residents of the town in attendance.

If any readers have any photographs, information or any knowledge in connection with the Grade II war memorial over the years perhaps they would be kind enough to email: natalie71.murphy@ mypostoffice.co.uk or call Natalie Murphy on 01656 663 041.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Litter Dropping:

There have been lots of walkers/dog walkers in the vicinity during the lockdown and plenty of litter such as masks, empty cans, bottles, takeaway trays have been dropped or thrown into the hedgerows and trees.

Perhaps more bins are needed and poop scoop stations with sanitisers provided to alleviate the situation.

Shockingly, seen on a pleasant walk in the lane alongside Broadlands Estate was a discarded used toilet roll and mess, certainly not left by any four legged animal! the council office’s diary before arranging an event, so that you won’t clash with anyone else.

Clwb Maesteg: Mae rhagor o fanylion ar gael gan Lloyd Evans 07856 553 777 e-bost: Psycho1283@ hotmail.com.

Further details are available from Lloyd

Evans on 07856 553 777; or email: psycho1283@ hotmail.com. trees, clearing and digging their vegetable gardens in readiness for planting.

Many residents went to the Community Recycling Centre in Brynmenyn with their green/garden waste, but on arrival at 8.30am in the morning a large queue had formed already and there was a two-hour wait for cars to enter the community recycling centre.

There are lockdown restrictions in place at the moment, but the fear is that more fly-tipping will occur in our community of Penyfai, Court Colman, Aberkenfig and Tondu, in the spring and summer months.

During this lockdown the residents’ gardens have become an essential open space for them to exercise and relax in.

It is hoped Bridgend County Borough Council will review the opening times of the community recycling centre in Brynmenyn and keep our communities clean and safe

Community Council

News: The next meeting of the Newcastle Higher Community Council was due to be held on Tuesday, March 9 via video conference at 7pm chaired by Cllr Altaf Hussain.

The good news that the Covid-19 vaccination programme is being rolled out at good speed, and the 3-7 years children have retuned to school with the support of their teachers.

It is hoped the primary school children aged eight and over can return to school from March 15.

Many people in Penyfai are taking their daily exercise and are keeping to the rules, as four people from a maximum of two households can meet for exercise but not for socialising. Lockdown is very hard for everyone, we are in this toegther and we have adapted to wearing face masks to protect ourselves and other people from this horrible infection called coronavirus.

Information in the media could change very quickly as we know from the First Minister Mark Drakeford, Vaughan Gethin and their medical team of advisers.

Our thoughts are with families who have all lost loved ones from the Covid-19 and with the National Health Service nurses and doctors who are working hard to save lives.

The message from the Newcastle Higher Community Council is we must take the information and the rules from the Welsh Government very seriously. Please stay safe.

Bird Watch: There are many birds coming into my garden in Penyfai to take advantage of the bird feeder.

The woodpeckers, blue tits, robins and even a sparrow hawk but the one bird that was always seen in the garden was a thrush, but this doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.

I hope the thrush will return to our garden this year.

Penyfai Playground: Please don’t forget hand sanitizers are essential when entering the children’s playground and after the children have stopped playing, social distancing rules are in place, please wipe the play equipment down after use to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus, we want everyone to stay safe.

Welsh Blood Service: Cllr Altaf Husain has reported to the Community Councillors that the Welsh Blood Services need your help as there are now lockdowns in some communities in Wales, and information could change, please phone the Welsh Blood Service donor engagement coordinator Paul Chiplin on 07795 831 889 or email: paul.chiplin@Wales.nhs. uk. Your help is much appreciated and can save lives.

Street Ambassadors:

Over many months the Street Ambassadors and our Penyfai friendly local shop the Selection Box in Treharne Drive, Penyfai have been working together.

We know the coronavirus has not gone away and their combined help is much appreciated by the residents of

Penyfai. Please phone

Sian Lewis on 075444 888 210.

Penyfai Guides and Scout Group: If parents need further information, call the number provided by Pippa O’Neill on 07480 825 532 or email Zoe Plumley at zoeplumley@ outlook.com.

– wash our hands to the words of Happy Birthday; wear a mask and keep away from people – it’s sensible advice after all.

I also understand that the Porthcawl Strategy Group is still here and active.

What we don’t know is how many people in the town will need help this time around.

What we do know though, is that the

Strategy Group is still there ready and willing to help.

Volunteers are still here helping the main stores prepare home deliveries; chemist shops have taken over the delivery of prescriptions, but there could still well be vulnerable people out there and I can’t stress strongly enough, that if you know anybody who needs any of the services that the group offers, then don’t forget to go onto the Covid-19 website or contact your local chemist to get a contact number relative to your ward.

We are so lucky that the Porthcawl Covid Group have kept themselves ready to resume their good work should there be a call.

I am also aware that the Talk to a Buddy scheme is still working well and hopefully will continue long after the pandemic has gone away.

From personal experience I know that just picking up the phone and talking to someone makes such a big difference to people on their own.

The other day I rang an ex partner of mine who told me that his wife who has dementia, had fallen out of bed and broken her hip.

She had been taken into hospital and he couldn’t visit because of the virus and also his sight was going and he couldn’t drive any more.

He went on to say that apart from nurses in Morriston he hadn’t spoken to anyone for four days.

So if you have friends you haven’t spoken to for a long time, then give them a call. They would love to hear from you.

Gifts To Charity: May I remind you that all the charitable organisations in the town, and indeed in the country are suffering from the lockdown.

There are no meetings, table top sales or flag days: so if you can find it in you to make a donation to the charity of your choice then do so please they need it.