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Several Schools were also in attendance including Gelli Primary school and of course Cwmclydach Primary with their excellent Eco School stand. However, the undoubted stars of the show was the Festival Park Owls Sanctuary with their birds of prey including Eagle Owls, Barn owls, Rail Tailed Hawks, Kestrels, Little Owls and a Tawny Eagle. All in all it was a great day and the Communities First Team would like to thank all our many contributors and especially our volunteers for their support in getting this event off the ground. A special thank you to the Lakeside Café staff for the excellent buffet and amount of hard work they had to put in to keep everyone fed and watered on the day. And finally a big thank you for those people who came along from Cwmclydach and beyond to support the event. Phil
From today you will be able to access the Cambrian Nomads mini-site direct. Visit www.cwmclydach.com/nomads and get all the info, news and pics first.
Further details will be posted over the next few weeks and the Summer Play Scheme mini-site will be up and running from July 21st. If you would like any more information please contact Jan on 01443 420903.
The team at Bwllfa farm have been working in partnership with Rhondda Community Business Initiative, Environment Wales and the Welsh Church Acts Fund to provide facilities such as walkways, bridges, gates and information boards.
Visit the Nomads mini-site for further
details.
It's official. Cambrian Nomads have entered the internet age. The mini-site,
developed in partnership with Cwmclydach Online and the Environment &
Tourism Group will provide users with practical information about
the group and the benefits of walking. The site will also display news &
photo galleries of Nomad walks and events taking place throughout RCT (and
beyond). For further details click here.
We would like to thank all of the groups, volunteers and visitors who all
played their part in making this year's event a great success. The day gave
partnership members an opportunity to meet local
Anyone wishing to get involved with the Environment & Tourism group or the Cwmclydach Partnership can contact us for further details.
Click here to access the Environment
Day mini-site.
From Bird Displays to Dry
Stone Walling: Environment Awareness Day Next Wednesday
Just a few days to go until this year's Environment Awareness Day. The day will feature seed planting demos, willow weaving and an owl display. The event will take place at the Lakeside Cafe (or St Thomas' Church if wet) from 10am until 3pm.
If you would like more information please contact us.
Whitsun Play Scheme
Country Park looking great
following the Community Spring Clean Please check out the Spring Clean 08 page.
Vandals Damage Bridge in Country Park
Gardening Lectures Just received confirmation that Groundwork Trust will be holding Gardening Lectures at the community development centre in Cwmclydach throughout May & June. The lectures will be held from 7pm until 9pm and are available to everyone (residents and those from further afield). They are also free to attend and refreshments will be provided. The dates are shown below along with a link to the event poster. Look forward to seeing you there.
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The
E&T Group have announced that the End of Summer clean up will take place on
Friday, 29th August. The day will conclude with a Big Thank You BBQ
at the Lakeside Cafe. For further details please visit our
You
may have noticed that Cwmclydach Online has been looking the same for a few
weeks or so. Sadly, it's one of the disadvantages of having one webmaster.
When I go on my holidays, so does the website. It is certainly something
that I'll be looking address in the coming year as we need the website to
continue looking fresh all the time. However, it's back & it's updated.
Remember, if there's anything you'd like to see on the site or if you have
any local news then please 
The
Communities First Environmental Awareness Day just seems to be getting
better year on year, with lots of people coming to the Lakeside Café /Bar to
see what’s going on. Various stalls and organisations with an environmental
theme were once again in attendance from woodcarvers to walking groups.
This year there was the opportunity join Mentro Allan for a bicycle ride
while Richard Wistow of RCTCBC was once again leading old and young alike
around the Countryside Park showing and describing what a wonderful variety
of wildlife and flora we are blessed with in our valley.
This
year's Summer Holiday Play Scheme will start on Tuesday 29th July, running
every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 5 weeks. Lots of trips have been
planned including an activity day and sleepover at the
Members of the Environment & Tourism Group joined the Cambrian Nomads for
their weekly walk today. They paid a visit to the Bwllfa Farm project in Ton
Pentre to enjoy the walks and facilities that have been developed. 
The Environment & Tourism Group have already initiated talks with
Environment Wales and the hope is, that we can tap into the various funds
available in order to make similar improvements in and around the Country Park.
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residents in order to
discuss their concerns and ideas. 
After
a long day cleaning up the Country Park, the results are excellent. We'd
like to thank everyone who took part and hope to see them (and a few more)
in August for the End of Summer clean up.
These
images show damage caused to a bridge in the country park. The mess has now
been cleared and a repair job arranged to be carried out over the next week.
