We have our annual Easter Egg hunt from Tuesday 2nd
April until Friday 5th April. Call in to the council offices and
pick up a free entry form, use the clues around the village and claim your
chocolatey prize. Anyone under the age of 11 can take part, accompanied by an
adult.
Plans are coming along for this year’s Picnic in the Park on
Saturday 8th June; we will have lots of our local community groups
on hand to chat, along with games and fun on the stalls. We will have
fairground rides, the fantastic team at Pipeworks will be ensuring the grownups
don’t go thirsty; TCG Entertainment will be organising kids’ games and
providing musical entertainment and the Police and Fire services are also
hoping to make an appearance, which we are sure will be a huge hit with the
children. The event opens at 12pm and we hope to see you all there.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Men’s Sheds
for their continuous support to keep Pontyclun Tidy. Once a month the team
tackle some of the areas more prone to rubbish and last month they amassed a
total of 12 large bags full of rubbish. It’s a fantastic show of community
spirit and I am sure we are not alone in appreciating their efforts. Thank you,
gents.
If anyone else would like to part in a litter pick, alone or
with your group please contact us to organise the equipment.
I am sure all businesses, public sector organisation and
charities in the area are well aware of the new recycling scheme coming into
effect in April. From this date all rubbish will need to be sorted and
different colour bags will be used to collect recycling. For further
information on this please go to https://www.gov.wales/workplace-recycling
With the spring and summer months approaching we have
several volunteering positions available on an ad hoc basis, to help with
gardening jobs in the town. If you are interested, please get in contact with clerk@pontyclun-cc.gov.wales for
further details.
Residents and visitors will soon see some new benches
popping up across the area replacing some of those which are in a poor state
and there will also be some additional floral displays round about. A special
mention to Transport for Wales who have generously given a donation to the Town
Council to make improvements at the Hollies in Brynsadler where Dewis Cymru
will be creating some new seating areas and floral beds – these will be on show
very soon and a thank you to them all.