Newsletter 182 – May 2024

WELCOME!   

Today is our Annual Meeting, where your Committee will be elected. When the Committee leave the meeting temporarily, you will be able to see the pictures of St Mary’s Gardens. Due to electrical problems, we were not able to show them when Zoe gave the talk in February.


WHITCHURCH FETE – Saturday 29th June 2024

Please bring suitable items to our next meeting on 10th June. Funds for Air Ambulance – our charity this year.

Craft equipment/patterns including knitting wool and needles; sewing – reels of thread; decorative items. Jigsaws (please check they are complete). Good quality second hand toys and games.       

ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA (RWCMD)

We are planning a ‘behind the scenes’ tour at the RWCMD. The date is not yet finalised but this is what we know. The guided tour lasts up to an hour and a half; the cost is £4.50 per person. The maximum number per visit is 25. You will be expected to get there yourself (plenty of buses pass the door).

If you are interested, there is a tick list on the front table with the other notices.

RHIWBINA WI CHOIR

A reminder that the joint choir with Rhiwbina WI has restarted. The choir meets  every Wednesday morning, 11:30 – 12:30 (except the 1st Wednesday when it is the  Rhiwbina WI meeting) in the Memorial Hall, Rhiwbina. There is a cost of £28 a term to cover the expense of an accompanist.

NATIONAL GARDENS SCHEME

As you will know, this scheme opens privately-owned gardens on selected dates for charity. A couple of possible venues have been suggested for members to visit: Penarth, to a group  of gardens, and V21 (Vision 21)’s Community Garden in Fairwater. V21 supports people with learning disabilities to realise their potential through catering, growing, creating, learning and making initiatives.

Further information is in the NGS booklet on the notice board table. Maybe a group of friends may wish to go together? Travelling would be via car share or independently.

GROUPS: Dates for your diaries.   
              
St Mary’s Gardens:  Tuesday 14th May 2024 at 10 am. St Mary’s Gardens, Old Church Rd. All welcome.
Book Group:  Wednesday 15th May 2024  at 11.00am at La Cucina da Mara
Tangling Group: Wednesday 15th May 2024 and Tuesday 4th June at 2pm at 5 Court Close (off Heol Gabriel), CF14 1JR
Craft Group:  Monday 20th May 2024 at 2pm, 24 Lakelands Court, Rhydypenau Road, CF23 6QE  
Family History: Thursday 23rd May 2024 at 10.30am at 113 Pantbach Road
Sunday Lunch Group: Sunday 26th May 2024 at 1pm at The Three Arches  
    
NEXT MEETING: Monday, 10th June 2024 at 2pm.                    
 
Subject: Forest Farm – Our Local Nature Reserve     
Speaker: Albyn Austin.

Our ‘add on’ this month is about Lasting Power of Attorney with a speaker from LPA Made Simple.