Friday 29 July 2011

A Thank you letter to D G Heath of Pontarddulais

Below is a copy of a letter that has been sent to D G Heath Pontarddulais thanking them for their support for FOTP.

You can find their website at http://www.dgheath.co.uk/




Dear Mr Heath.



I am writing on behalf of all the members of Friends of Coedbach Park to thank you very much for your kindness in donating wood so that we can make some bird and bat boxes to put in the park.

We really appreciate your support and shall acknowledge this on our blogspot.



With all good wishes




Christine Thomas
On behalf of Friends of Coedbach Park


FOCBP would also like to say a huge thank you to Mr Gwyn Lewis who has made us the 1st of the boxes (a photo will follow shortly)

Monday 18 July 2011

Thursday 21st July Meeting Agenda

Dear Friend of Coedbach,

Our next meeting is on Thursday 21st July at 7.15pm at the Pontarddulais Cricket Club meeting room, we had to bring it forward a week as they are using their room on the last Thursday of this month. It is very kind of them to let us have the use of their room and we are very grateful for this support.

Below this post are the main results of the survey we undertook in the Park on the day of the Carnival. I think all of us who were there thought it to be a very enjoyable day and the standard of the floats this year was very high. We have booked a stall for the Pontarddulais Show and hopefully we will be as successful at recruiting new members as we were at the Carnival. We will be running a Tombola to help pay for the cost of the stall so any donations for this would be gratefully received.

Agenda for this Thursday Meeting

1. Actions arising from previous minutes
2. National Play Day Event in the Park on Wednesday August 3rd 2011 organised by Pontarddulais Partnership.
3. Pontarddulais Show August 29th Bank Holiday Monday – items for Friends of Coedbach Stall and manning the stall on the day
4. Any Other Business

It would be really good to see you if you can make it especially as a few of our regular attendees unfortunately have other commitments on the 21st but if you can’t make it and want to make any comments based on the agenda above then please get in touch with me and I can take your views to the meeting. Thank You for your support.


Chris


P.S. For those members who couldn’t make the last meeting here is a brief synopis of the presentation by Delyth Higgins of Sustainable Swansea. Delyth is hoping to work with local Community Groups in Pontarddulais such as us “the Friends of Coedbach”, the WI, the Chapels and Schools over the next 6 months to help inspire change to a more sustainable lifestyle by discussing issues around waste, energy, food, biodiversity and travel. She will then be producing a map of Pontarddulais showing what we have in the area around these themes such as the location of the recycling bins, the local produce market, our open public spaces etc. If you know of a group that would be interested in making contact with Delyth her address is Sustainable Swansea, The Environment Centre, Pier Street, Swansea SA1 1RY Tel 01792-480200

Questionnaire Responce

Below is a response to our questionnaire which was carried out during the Pontarddulais Carnival 25/6/2011

Answers ranked by number of responses

68 Improve litter/dog bins
66 Improve seating
54 Improve play facilities
51 Designated wildlife area
47 Improve Sports facilities
40 Improve pathways
38 Improve Tennis Courts
38 Fitness trail within the park
37 Improve teenage equipment
36 Improve signs/information panels
36 Improve Drainage
30 Improve Horticultural displays
30 Heritage interpretation
22 Improve boundary
10 Improve access

Additional comments listed by number of responses

Better paths: 6
Skateboard provision: 3
Loose dogs a problem: 3
Toilets to be opened: 2
Grassy kids area desired: 2
Lake to be reinstated: 2
Netball courts to be created: 2
Refreshment stand: 1
Park warden wanted: 1
Teenage provision: 1
More lighting: 1
More family activities: 1
More park benches: 1
Drainage a problem: 1
Clean up dirty play equipment 1
Natural displays to be developed: 1

Saturday 16 July 2011

July Meeting

Hi All.

Just to let you know that our next meeting will take place on Thursday 21 July 2011 at 7.15 it will be held in the back room of the cricket club.

Hope to see you all there.

Wednesday 13 July 2011

Feeling Fit?

Keep Wales Tidy Needs You!

A team of KWT staff and volunteers will be donning their running gear on October 16th 2011 to raise vital funds to support volunteers and help make Wales a cleaner, safer Country.
The ‘Litter-ish Allsorts’ team will be running the Cardiff Half Marathon in a bid to raise much needed funds and we would welcome some extra runners. Due to budget cutbacks we have a much reduced budget this year to support our fantastic and dedicated community groups therefore, any money raised will be put towards supporting these  groups throughout Wales.
Fancy a challenge?
You can either;
If you run for us, we will provide you with sponsor forms, a free KWT T-shirt, training programme, Hi-vis vest for road running, water bottle and a bag of KWT goodies!  We will also be organising training runs through the summer. Just let us know if you want to join the ‘Litterish Allsorts’ and we will add you to the team page. Places are booking up fast so please let us know ASAP if you are interested in running for KWT.
Your sweat and tears will be a small price to pay in the creation of a cleaner and safer Wales.
 

Saturday 9 July 2011

More Help Please!!!!!!

How would you like to spend a couple of hours in the fresh air in the Park as a Friend helping to clear the undergrowth? 
It is a great way to meet new people and keep fit at the same time.  
Tools and gloves are provided.  If you think you've a couple of hours spare a week please ring or text Chris Thomas on 07890416892.  All help is very much appreciated.

Sunday 3 July 2011

Fun Run



On Sunday 3rd July about 25 people competed in a 5k fun run/walk starting from coed bach following a route around allt y graban road and back into the park took place.

The organizers are keen to make this an annual event.

This is the sort of activity that FOCBP would like to encourage as it brings more people into the park and raises it's profile and of course the 2 organizations are able to work with each other to promote such events around the town.

A big well congratulations to all who took part in today's event.

Saturday 2 July 2011

2nd July


A big thank you to everybody that has attended our latest clearance this morning (Saturday 2nd July)

Today we concentrated our efforts by the park swings where we have a lot of growth of Himalayan Balsam which is an invasive species of flower.
So a big thank you to all our members that worked hard (and sweated a lot in the heat)


Below are a few pictures of our day and also a few links with some information on the plant.

http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/himalbals.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_Balsam

The following photographs are copyrighted to friends of the park.


Himalayan Balsam

The cleared area
Log removal
Removal
Team work