Talysarn Ward Bulletin
October – December 2005
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more about the subject:
1. Young
People Voicing their Opinions
2. Talysarn
Celts
3. Llys
Llywelyn
4. Communities
First Public Meeting
5. Young
People
6. Development
at the Barracks
7. North
Wales Police
8. Electing
Members
9. Local
Appraisal
10. Talysarn
Community Centre
11. Clwb Silyn
12. Dates
of Partnership Monthly Meetings - 2006
Young People Voicing their Opinions
Recently a survey on public transport was made by the
Gwynedd Young People’s Opinion Group, which includes
7 young people from Talysarn and Nantlle. The final report
was presented to members of the Gwynedd Young People’s
Forum at the Celtic Royal Hotel by Darryl Hughes, Cai
Thomas and Donna Pritchard from Talysarn.
Congratulations to Darryl for being chosen to represent
Gwynedd to report back monthly to the Forum and to Cai
and Donna as deputies.
A Special Day was held in Talysarn and Nantlle by the
young people to enable them to show the activities that
they are now developing. The day also enabled them to
gather information and ideas of other young people of
the area as part of the Partnership’s Local Appraisal.
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Talysarn Celts
Who said "you won’t win anything with kids"?
The Talysarn Celts Football Team are holding their ground this year in the
Caernarfon & District Safeflue Division.
With 5 members of the team under the age of 18, the
future looks promising for the Club. Go for the treble
next term!
Good for you for giving the young lads, namely Brian
Page, Rhys Jones, Scott Hughes, Peter Bridges and David
Jackson a chance.
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Llys Llywelyn
During the past three months we had a swathe of activities,
including: Coffee Mornings, Llys Llywelyn Library, Leisuretime
Activities Club, Birthday Parties, Yoga Classes, Afternoon
Teas (and other Blodeuwedd activities – many thanks
to them), Clwb yr Iard, Autumn Fair, Public Meeting,
Wedding Reception, Christmas Fair, Flower Arranging Class,
An Evening of Carol Singing. These were all very successful,
and it is amazing that a small village like Nantlle can
sustain so much activities. Some larger villages with
bigger village halls struggle to sustain so many activities.
Many thanks to all those who have supported us.
In the new year we intend to expand our activities.
Remember that the Indoor Table Top Sale start in January.
Also, the Workers Educational Association are keen to
hold courses here. These are the type of classes they
run in other villages: Art for All, Spanish, French,
Computers for Beginners, Welsh for Parents, Digital Photograph,
Visual Arts and many more. Some courses are held in the
morning, others in the afternoon, and others in the evening.
The grant we have secured recently to buy computers and
other technological equipment will help to enable some
of these courses to be run. We will get more information
on these courses shortly.
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Communities First Public Meeting
A very successful public meeting was held at Llys Llywelyn
on the evening of Monday 14 November 2005. Following
a presentation by the Chairperson and Coordinator reporting
back to the community about what has developed over the
last 6 months, the meeting carried on by following the
agenda.
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Young People
The young people displayed photographs of the activities
that they had developed in the area with the support
of Communities First. A presentation by Darryl Hughes
showed what opportunities there were for young people
of the area.
Clwb yr Iard used "Power Point" to show
how the club had developed since it started.
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Development at the Barracks
Antur Nantlle took advantage of the evening to collect
information and backing of the community with their efforts
to develop the Barracks as an attraction. The majority
supported developing the site as an attraction based
on a specific theme. What do our readers think?
Contact Dafydd Glyn Owen on 01286 882688 or
call in at Antur Nantlle in Penygroes / Partnership’s
Office in Talysarn.
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North Wales Police
It was good to hear Inspector Gareth Roberts saying
that there are changes on the horizon in the way they
will be policing our communities. According to Inspector
Roberts a policeman will be responsible for each area
in the valley, with Dylan Owen and Stephen Nesfield responsible
for Talysarn and Nantlle.
A representative of the police will be attending the
Partnership meetings in order for the community and the
Partnership to work together.
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Electing Members
Two new members were elected on to the Partnership,
Julie Rathbone and Peter Barnes, and 3 new members on
the Young People’s Sub-Group.
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Local Appraisal
Catrin Meirion reported back to the community the results
of the questionnaires that were distributed in the area
recently. The information gathered confirmed what the
community is eager to see happening in the area. For
more information regarding this, contact Catrin Meirion
in the Partnership’s office or call 01286
881103.
The winners for filling in the questionnaires were:
1. £50 – 409
Mr B Jones 13 Bro Silyn, who gave a donation to the
nursery school.
2. £30 – 510
Mr S Owens 12 Maes Llyfnwy
3. £20 – 495
Mr D G Owen 10 Ffordd
Coedmadog, who donated
the money to Clwb Silyn
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Talysarn Community Centre
Talysarn Community Centre has just been awarded £63,000
in Communities First funding to meet the running costs
of the new Community Centre until March 2008.
We are grateful for the support of the Talysarn & Nantlle
Communities First Partnership in securing this money
on our behalf. The funding will allow us to employ two
part time staff to help run the centre, meet our running
costs for the next couple of years and to promote and
develop the activities on offer to the community.
Tom Coleman, a member of the committee added "the
building is now really taking shape and we hope it will
be fully completed and ready for use by late February
2006". The new building has been designed with
full disabled access and toilet facilities.
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Clwb Silyn
On Tuesday 13 December the members went to Meifod, Bontnewydd
for their Christmas Lunch. Every member received a gift
whilst chatting over a cup of tea and mince pies.
On Friday 16 December the bus left the car park at 10am
to Llandudno. Arrived in Llandudno around 11.30, some
of us went shopping and others went to Asda for a cuppa.
Everyone met at 12.15 at the North Wales Theatre to see
the pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk and arrived home
at 6pm.
We were, as a club, deeply saddened to hear of the loss
of one of our loyal members, Mrs Anna Williams. We would
like to offer our deepest sympathy to the family.
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Dates of Partnership Monthly Meetings - 2006
January 9: Llys Llywelyn Centre Nantlle
February 5: Talysarn
March 6: Llys Llywelyn Centre Nantlle
April 3: Talysarn
May 8: Llys Llywelyn Centre Nantlle
June 5: Talysarn
July 3: Llys Llywelyn Centre Nantlle
September 4: Talysarn
October 2: Llys Llywelyn Centre Nantlle
November 6: Talysarn
December 4: Llys Llywelyn Centre Nantlle
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