Last month we talked about Café 50, a social hub for over 50’s based in Pontyclun, offering a wide variety of opportunities to meet new people, take up a new hobby or just pop in for a cuppa; but did you know about the other things that happen here?
During lockdown Café 50 Manager Tara took part in a training
course on working with volunteers with learning disabilities and met Ann
Broadway from RCT Adult Services. After the course, Tara invited Ann to Café 50
to look at the potential of taking over the kitchen as a base for their
Training Centre, after their last one was destroyed in the floods of early
2020. This led to discussions and proposals with RCT Learning Curve taking over
the kitchen at Café 50, under the experienced and watchful eye of Sarah Jones, Senior Daytime Opportunities Officer.
Led by a fantastic team of support workers, the kitchen is a
training centre for adults with learning difficulties to help them gain new
skills and potential employment experience, as well as the prospect of
achieving accredited qualifications, increase their independence, reduce
loneliness and provide new challenges.
Open Monday to Friday 12pm – 1:30pm the kitchen offers a
wide range of tasty hot meals at a discounted rate, along with a freshly
prepared salad bar, jacket potatoes and baguettes. All the food is prepared
fresh every morning and the special of the day, hot meal changes every day. Along
with delicious meals they also do a fantastic variety of hot and cold desserts,
and a main meal & dessert will cost £5.00, including a hot drink. The lunch
service is open to anyone, you don’t have to be over 50 to enjoy the delicious
meals here at Café 50.
From May, a new service has also been added to the already jam-packed timetable, a Youth Café and Drop-in Centre. With the assistance of the Neighbourhood Network to make the introductions; Pontyclun Community Council and YEPS have started a Youth Café is now running every Monday evening from 6pm until 8pm. A safe place where anyone between the ages of 11-18 can come and hang out or talk to one of the experienced youth workers about a range of issues, including: finance, jobs, training, feelings of isolation and loneliness. If you would like more information, please call Caroline Wool on 07769 164717.
The new Community Council starts its
work
Following the recent Community
Council elections, the new Councillors held their first meeting on 11th
May 2022.
Councillor Wayne Owen was elected
Chair and Councillor Jordan Thorne Vice-Chair. The Council has some great plans
to improve our community and we will be sharing these with you as they develop.
Look out for some new benches coming
soon, some great community events over the Summer including our Picnic in the
Park on 16th July.
Friends of Cefn y Hendy
The Cwm Taf Nature Network is a Welsh
Government funded project and part of the ENRaW scheme (Enabling Natural
Resources & Wellbeing) and aims to form a collaboration of organisations in
the Cwm Taf Health Board region to manage the green infrastructure of the
region for the benefit of people, businesses and communities. The project is
split into three themes that align with the Cwm Taf and Bridgend Well Being
Plans with the themes of action for the ENRaW.
· Enable - Increasing access to
green infrastructure.
· Empower - Improving environment
quality for thriving communities.
· Unite - Creating a connected
network of green spaces.
Cefn y Hendy has been selected as one
of the project sites and there is a call out for local people and volunteers to
get involved with this exciting project so that we can ensure this is
100% community led. We want to support all residents to maintain this
incredible local green space. We plan to do this by working with you through
events and activities to form an ecological network focused on biodiversity
connectivity. We hope that this green space alongside other green spaces in the
Cwm Taf Nature Network, will be accessed easily on foot or by bike and will
encourage active travel and improve wellbeing.
For more information on how you can get
involved please contact
Walking Rugby festival coming to Pontyclun
The Pontyclun Walking Rugby team are holding a Walking Rugby
festival at the Rugby Club on Sunday 31st July. They are expecting
up to 24 teams from all over South Wales and the West Country to attend and
enjoy this fast-growing sport.
People who would like to try Walking Rugby should go to Pontyclun
RFC on Monday evenings at 6.30 or Pontyclun Park on Wednesday mornings 10am.
Men and women are welcome with all abilities and skills catered for and we will
be pleased to see you
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