Green Flag Award

August got off to the best possible start when Coed Bach Park was awarded a Community Green Flag Award.
It was presented by the Keep Wales Tidy Green Flag Award team this afternoon at Singleton Park Botanical Gardens.

Group founder member Christine Thomas also won another award for Volunteer of the Year.

Lewis Price from the Our Place team based at Canolfan y Bont proudly collected the Flag Award on the behalf of not only our group but the Pontarddulais Partnership and the Our Place team.

WELL DONE and a HUGE THANK YOU to everybody involved in helping us get this award.

You know who you all are and we share this award with you as your help over the last few years has been vital.

A Poem About Coed Bach Park by Lucia Crothall.

FOCBP member.

We can all have a lark 

in Bont’s Coed Bach Park

Give the kids a good play,

Set them up for the day.

Hear them laugh, cry and shout, 

Leave yourself in no doubt

They will have so much fun

That when all’s said and done 

We can all have a lark

in Bont’s Coed Bach Park.

Go for a run 

Or just sit in the sun.

Take control of the ball - 

Drive that tackle - don’t fall!

Or look up to the leaves

On those old wizened trees - 

We can all have a lark

in Bont’s Coed Bach Park

Give the dog a good walk,

Take your friend for a talk.

Spend moments in thought

Get that baggage you brought

Out into fresh air.

Free yourself of all care – 

We can all have a lark

in Bont’s Coed Bach Park

Spot a bird, smell a flower

Feel a grass, find a bower

See a dragon fly poise

Far away from the noise

Of the traffic of town

And those fights for renown - 

We can all have a lark

in Bont’s Coed Bach Park

There are some tree maps in the park near the Coed Bach and Gwynfryn road entrances.

Take a look at them and have a walk through the park itself and see how many species you can find. And also keep an eye out for the wildlife that live in, and amongst the trees.

Volunteers and Our Place team members are clearing pathways of nettles throughout the woodland areas. This is making the pathways wider and easier to negotiate, and as usual woodchip top up programmes run throughout the year to keep the pathways in full working order.

Green Flag

The FOCBP are proud to announce that we have been awarded Green Flag Status for the 2nd woodlands.
This is the equivalent to the Blue Flag Award for beaches.
We have to thank our volunteers for their hard work over the years and a Big Thank You to Pontrddulais Partnership, Swansea City Council and also to the NEET teams that have helped us, and of course the Our Place team which is currently active in the park.
We also have to give mention to the other individuals that also helped us along the way (you know who you all are.) as we could not have got this award without your advice.

http://www.greenflagaward.org.uk/ab…/about-green-flag-award/


To maintain this status we need volunteers.......Please feel free to join us at our monthly meetings in Pontarddulais Cricket Club on the last Wednesday of every month at 7.30pm.

June Update.

This month we just have a little report.

As usual the FOCBP are working hard behind the scenes to secure funding for all future projects, so while you don't see us out and about in the park itself (We are there honest) work is still ongoing.
And our monthly meetings are held on the Last Wednesday of every month at Pontarddulais Cricket Club at 7.30pm and we invite anyone to attend them.

Service user  OUR PLACE are continuing to see to the wood chip pathways and it's great to see members of the public stopping and getting to know team members and being supportive of all their efforts.
Some volunteers have also been working on the pathways, and we have received fantastic feedback from people using the park informing us that the pathways once again feel great to walk on after the terrible weather we suffered at the beginning of the year.

Volunteers will also be out with strimmers keeping pathways as clear as possible from the overgrowth at the side of the pathways. The tree unit have also been out whenever they can and have a few things to attend to. 

The second woods are now looking a little overgrown this is deliberate as the summer wildlife is now nesting and making their homes in the woodlands, If you take a walk through this part of the park you will be amazed at the amount of wildlife you will come across, and several fungi are popping up, so keep your eyes peeled.

On a more personal note I have been keeping an eye on our Social Media sites for over a year day in and day out, so I feel that it is time for me to take a little break and reclaim a little energy.
So you wont be hearing much from us for a little while but our sites will be monitored so if you have anything you would like add please still send it to us at our email address at the top of the page or to our FB and Twitter feeds.
So enjoy yourself when you are out in the park and we hope to see you soon.

A Big Thank You to our Fellow Park Users.

Friend of the park Mick Duffy has asked me to pass on his gratitude to the community that use Coed Bach park.
The last few years have been difficult for Mick as he has suffered with health problems. Every time he has a problem there is always a group of fellow park users on hand to help him and his family out.
This is more than just a park.
For a lot of people this is a community of its own, it is also a place of friendship. And a place to find yourself in an extended family. I don't think many parks can claim that.

Pontarddulais Carnival 2016 Fun Run.

18/6/16

This year the 2016 Pontarddulais Carnival Fun Run was held within the park. 

May Update

This month we have decided to do something completely different to quote Monty Python.

I have had a go at producing a video blog and if it proves successful then we will produce more in the future.

You can view it on Youtube and the link is below, as usual we are on Facebook and Twitter so if you want to comment on your time in the park or share ideas with us you can also email us (Link at the top of the blog.)

The Video Blog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqehIgbJ0jc

And as usual our monthly meetings are held the last Wednesday of every month at Pontarddulais Cricket Club.