Category: Community

Latest Covid-19 restrictions in Wales Sadly Covid-19 is on the rise again in Wales, after many weeks of being in decline. To help break this cycle of infection and prevent the spread of the virus, the First Minister Mark Drakeford  announced on Friday changes in the rules. 6️⃣ From Monday 14th of September, a new limit of six people was introduced on the number of people who can meet indoors at any one time. 👉 All six must belong to the same exclusive extended household group. 👉 Extended household groups can still be made…

Tasty Not Wasty Utilising surplus food and donated food, I am aiming to start a community kitchen – in Cwmbran but easily accessible. I have been part of an initiative to help those in Cwmbran (and sometimes wider area) with food insecurity for so many extremely valid and sometimes upsetting reasons.  This is taking it up a notch and not just supplying the raw ingredients. The aims are to help reduce food waste, I have been collecting and distributing throughout the summer to different food shares and so this is…

With the end of the summer upon us and no corresponding end to the Covid-19 crisis in sight, we as Nursery owners have been coming to terms with the “New Normal” in child care. On the one hand, it has been absolutely marvellous to get back to work. Not only have we and our staff missed the children, it seems that the children have missed us just as much.   Those first few weeks in July where challenging to say the least. Having taken all the necessary steps to be deemed…

Community Spirit at its best! Several weeks ago, you may recall 1st Caerleon Scouts, Cubs and Beavers requesting the help from any local builders after we had problems with our drains. Following on from that request, Tom Lewis from Highmore Group Property and Facilities Maintenance. came to the rescue. He got his men to work, digging up the ground outside in awful weather conditions. He also then went on to pay for a camera to be put down the drains which showed our pipes were running uphill. The only way…