LLYNFI VALLEY
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Aberkenfig Radio Club: The club has relocated to Talbot Community Centre, 9 Prince Road, Kenfig Hill, CF33 6ED.
Maesteg Town Hall: Do you have any stories, pictures, history, old programmes/ tickets/posters or fond memories of Maesteg Town Hall?
We’re compiling as many stories and as much information from the past that we can, in order to preserve our history and better shape our future!
Please send anything you have to memories@ maestegtownhall.com
Events Diary: This is for organisations of the valley, asking them to check at 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. serious risks posed by the more transmissible nature of the new Covid strain of the virus.
A review has now been taken by the churches of the risk assessment procedures.
The Parochial Church Council of All Saints Church Penyfai (“the PCC”) in Penyfai has advised that, in the interest of the public safety, All Saints Church will remain closed at the present time.
The PCC continue to review the situation on a regular basis, thus there will be no services in All Saints Church Penyfai until further notice, but there will continue to be services and acts of worship online.
If additional information is needed, the Reverend Anthony Beer’s contact number is 01656 859 487.
Smyrna Chapel, Penyfai:
Peter David, the Organist and Deacon of the
Smyrna Baptist Chapel, Penyfai, has contacted me with some good news and information that another of the Deacons of the Smyrna Welsh Baptist Chapel Penyfai will be contacting members and friends with the date for the re-opening of the Smyrna Baptist Chapel.
For more information about Smyrna Chapel Penyfai please contact Mr Peter David on 01656 659 856.
Community Council News:
The Annual General meeting of the Newcastle Higher Community Council was held on Tuesday, May 11 online.
As chair of the Newcastle Higher Community Council Cllr Altaf Hussain gave an outgoing speech on how he was pleased to serve the people of Penyfai Aberkenfig and Tondu as a Community Councillor.
Cllr Altaf Hussain was congratulated by the Newcastle Higher Community Councillors for being elected to the Senedd at the 2021 elections from the reginal list for the South West Wales Ward region.
Nominations for and elect a Chair of the Newcastle Higher Community Council were received for the year 2021/22,
Cllr Meryl Wilkins was nominated by Cllr Altaf Hussain and seconded by Cllr Heidi Bennett.
Cllr Meryl Wilkins is the elected Chair of the Newcastle Higher Community Council for 2021/22.
Nominations for and elect a deputy chair of the Newcastle Higher Community Council were received for year 2021/22.
Cllr Heidi Bennet was nominated by
Cllr Malcom John and seconded by Cllr Marged Griffiths.
Cllr Heidi Bennet is the elected deputy chair for the Newcastle Higher Community Council for 2021/22.
After the business of the Annual General meeting of the Community Council was completed an Ordinary General meeting of Newcastle Higher Community was also held online.
Life has changed for everyone over the last year and certainly for the Newcastle Higher Community Council who used to hold their monthly meetings in the Communities of Penyfai Aberkenfig and Tondu with the lockdown precautions that came into place the monthly meetings are still being held online.
We are all hoping that we are coming out of this awful pandemic, but when you see on the television other countries suffering at the moment, it shows how much we value our National Health Service and a Big Thank you goes to the key workers, nurses and doctors.
Please if you are invited to receive the vaccination please turn up this could help save your life and your family members.
We are all in this together and we are slowly coming out of lockdown, but we must all be vigilant and keep wearing our protective masks and keeping to the social distancing rules.
Our public health has continued to remain positive with more lockdown restrictions being lifted this will bring back some normality to family life in our communities.
Information in the media can change very quickly as we know. Please keep watching the media for further updates and reviews.
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.