Charity fund still open to requests for large grants
AMAN has been seen exposing himself to passing rush hour motorists in the third flashing incident on Anglesey in a matter of weeks.
Police said the incident took place at about 7.35am last Wednesday on Holyhead Road in Llanfairpwll – the same spot as the first of the three recent incidents.
Officers are asking anybody who knows the man, or has dashcam footage of the incident, to contact the force.
A warning was issued by North Wales Police in November, urging women and girls out alone after dark on the island to stay vigilant following two reports of indecent exposure and assault.
The incidents reported in November are believed to be connected, and police increased patrols in the area at the time.
The first happened on Wednesday, November 6, at the Menai Bridge viewpoint on Holyhead Road between Llanfairpwll and Menai Bridge.
A woman said she was out running at the time when a man exposed himself to her before assaulting her.
The second incident happened on November 12 near Huws Gray builders merchant on Lon Groes on the Gaerwen industrial estate.
The man is believed to have been exposing himself before assaulting the victim as she walked past him.
Anyone with further information about last Wednesday’s incident is asked to contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, or police on 101, quoting reference X178036.
A CHARITY fund will continue to accept large grant applications worth up to £200,000 – despite counter claims purse strings should be tightened.
The Isle of Anglesey Charitable Trust, worth more than £22m, administers the money received from Shell when it closed its oil terminal near Amlwch.
The trust is made up of all 30 Anglesey councillors who meet on a regular basis as trustees to share the available funds between local groups, societies and good causes.
But despite a sub-group recommending the fund should not accept grant applications of over £8,000 for a year in order to allow more interest to accumulate, this was rejected by councillors meeting in Llangefni.
The report outlined that the fund, worth around £22.1m, was already obliged to spend a total of £670,000 on long-standing beneficiaries including Oriel Mon, the Urdd, Young Farmers, village halls, Menter Mon and other costs.
Members were told it was “recommended” the spend did not outweigh what was being generated in interest, with Aled Morris Jones urging caution.
“If we hadn’t taken great care in the past and replenished the fund, it wouldn’t be worth £22m now,” he said.
Bryan Owen added “a fool and his money are easily parted,”urging trustees to accept the sub-group’s recommendation.
But Carwyn Jones said: “We have £22m sitting there, people on Anglesey have projects they want to fulfil, we can’t let them wait for a year while we sort the paperwork out.”
Nicola Roberts said sitting on such a fund would be “hypocritical,” adding the pot of money was “there to be spent.”
“People are desperate for grant funding, and after Brexit it will be an even rarer commodity”, she added.
In September, trustees endorsed plans to transfer control of the fund to the Isle of Anglesey Charitable Association.