Twyncarmel News December 2014

Herman Valenti n arranged a 5-a-side football tournament on Wednesday 29th October as part of the Get it Together project with Treharris Boys and Girls Club and Princes Trust. The games were ably refereed by PCSOs Jason Davies and Owen Dando from the Neighbourhood Policing Team.

The Associati on donated £50 worth of DW Sports vouchers to the winning team’s Youth Clubs. Mid Cluster Communiti es First Team opened up the Fact Shop and laid on refreshments, as well as organising a raffl e, face painti ng, craft s, pumpkin carving etc.

You told us:• Young people hanging about was causing some ASB issues• You wanted more acti viti es for children • Litt er and rubbish was a problem around the scheme

So we organised some October half term fun on Twyncarmel

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Inset: Owen and Jason taking a well-earned break at the footi e competi ti on

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Back by popular demand

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service donated some pumpkins. Following the litter pick, the fire crew helped the children scoop out and carve their own pumpkins, ready to use on Halloween.

Some seeds from the event have been kept by Norma Green, from Cynefin, so the children can to try to grow their own pumpkins next year.

Young residents from Twyncarmel joined staff from Wales and West, Cynefin, Keep Wales Tidy and Tidy Towns to clear litter from the old flats field site on Twyncarmel.

“I was asked by some of the children when we would be doing this again following our August litter pick” said Ali Chaplin our Community Development Project Officer.

“They really enjoy it and it is a visible example of how we have listened to residents concerns.”

Pumpkin carving

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We will be organising another litt er pick during February half term (16th to 20th February) – see leafl et nearer the date.

Aft er the Litt er Pick we will again be providing refreshments for the children.

We also hope to organise a fun and interacti ve session of acti viti es and games run by Cats Protecti on based around cat behaviour and responsible pet ownership.

As reported in the last newslett er, the fi eld area by the bus turning circle is a fl y ti pping hotspot.

We worked with the Council, the landowner and other agencies to clear the site last October and the landowner put up a new fence.

Rolf Brown, the Council’s Countryside Offi cer will be busy in the New Year, planti ng 1,000 trees alongside the new fence.

Once grown, the trees will form a hedge that will not only make it diffi cult to fl y ti p there again, but will become a new home for a number of plants and animals.

February 2015 half term litt er pick and acti viti es

More Informati on on our October arti cle

– “Fly-ti pping update”

Phil’s a First Aid Hero

All WWH site staff att end an emergency fi rst aid training course every three years.

During the training we are shown :

• how to bandage cuts,• place someone in the recovery positi on• and do basic CPR in emergency

situati ons

On a course recently Phil’s been very accident prone – here he is with a bandaged cut on his hand, arm and head!Thankfully he recovered quickly!!

Goody bags and cat masks provided

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Flat 47 Twyncarmel has been set up to allow staff, police and other agencies somewhere to:

• hold meetings and surgeries• gain access to the internet on site to help

us answer any queries you may have when we visit you, a lot quicker.

The Neighbourhood Policing Team is holding ‘Cuppa with a Copper’ sessions at Flat 47 – alternate Thursdays 3 - 4pm

The Neighbourhood Policing Team has also held two street surgeries on Twyncarmel and will be holding more if there is a need.

At the moment, there have been very few incidents of anti-social behaviour or criminal activity reported on Twyncarmel.

For details of the next surgery:

• look up the information on Ourbobby.com Merthyr Tydfil area, Cyfarthfa Ward

• or speak to Ali Chaplin, Community Development Project Officer – mobile 079 2920 1429, email alison.chaplin@wwha.co.uk

You told us you wanted to see:• WWH staff out and about on the scheme more often• The Neighbourhood Policing Team on the scheme more often

In response we have set up a base for staff and agencies on Twyncarmel

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