News

Summary of News Items on http://radyr.org.uk

Welsh Blood Service call for donors

Blood donation sessions - August 2020

The Welsh Blood Service have set up regional donation hubs, therefore your regular place of donation may no longer be available and you may have to travel further than normally. Morganstown Village Hall would usually host the Blood Donation team at this time of year but cannot in the current circumstances.

During the Pandemic the blood service are unable to take walk-ins. Blood Donation is classed as essential travel.

If you are fit and well please follow the link below to book a convenient day and time.

Please support your local session in these unprecedented times to continue vital supply of platelets and blood products.💕

The next sessions local to Radyr & Morganstown are:

  • City Hall, Cardiff: 4-6 August 2020
  • Cardiff Met Uni, Llandaff Campus (Western Avenue): 20-22 July, 29-30 July and 27-28 August,

Just follow this link to book an appointment : https://wbs.wales/RMhub

Blood donation sessions - August 2020

Reopening of play areas by Cardiff Council

Drovers Way Playground

30 children’s play areas in Cardiff will be re-opened on Monday (20 July 2020) following the removal of Welsh Government restrictions on their use.

All nine of the city’s outdoor gyms will also re-open on Monday.

Play areas are being opened on phased basis, following a safety first approach and with a view to ensuring that children across the city have some play provision in their local area as quickly as possible.

Prior to re-opening, equipment and safety surfaces have been checked, and changes have been made to help maintain social distancing and minimise risk of transmitting Covid-19 – for example, some swing seats may have been removed to ensure a 2 metre distance is maintained.

To help ensure safety, new signage will also be installed on site asking families using the sites to:

  • wash or sanitise their hands, before, after and during using the equipment;
  • keep a 2 metre distance from others not in their household;
  • limit visits to 30 minutes during busy times;
  • only have a maximum of one adult per child in the play area.

More of the city’s play 116 play areas will be opened in the coming weeks, once all necessary safety inspections have been completed.

The only play area in the Radyr area re-opening on Monday is Fisherhill Way. We look forward to news of further local sites re-opening shortly.

Neighbourhood Watch Alert

Neighbourhood Watch

16,000 cases of scams on internet purchasing during the “Lockdown”..  See the Neighbourhood Watch page for details from ACTION FRAUD

Garden Waste Collection returns to normal

Fortnightly collections for green garden waste will return to normal across Cardiff from Monday 6 July 2020. That means that the first of the fortnightly collections for Radyr & Morganstown will be Monday 13 July.

You can check garden waste collection dates for your area here: http://orlo.uk/Dthvv

Please make sure you:
Put out your green wheelie bin or reusable garden sacks by 6:00 on the date of collection
Put only leaves, grass cuttings, plant / flower cuttings, small twigs and branches in the bins or sacks
Don’t put out any additional green garden waste at the side of your bins or sacks. ONLY waste in your bin or your sacks will be collected.

Thank you for your Foodbank donations

Bags laid out alongside a foodbank truck

Mike and Ruth Diment would like to say a very big thank you to everyone who supported their recent Food Bank collection. The photograph shows the Food Bank van collecting the 1172.5 kg of food collected, enough to give 102 people 3 days supply of food.

With children getting ever less likely to spend much time in school before the summer holidays, some families are dreading the long summer holiday. Ruth and Mike will do another collection between Thursday 9 and Sunday 12 July 2020. A box will be left on their doorstep at 30 Pentwyn between 9 a.m and 6 p.m. on those days for donations.

Whilst talking about food donations, can we also mention that the Vicar is collecting food to help support local families. There is a red box permanently on the doorstep of the Radyr Rectory, food collected by Rev’d Vicki is distributed through links with the local schools with parcels going out each Monday. Please donate if you can – tins, jars, boxes, toiletries etc, i.e. all non-perishable goods suitable to help support a local family.

Bags laid out alongside a foodbank truck

Click and Collect (or delivery) Library Service

Library click and collect details are spelled out in the article

From June 8, a new click and collect library service will be available from Central Library Hub, St Mellons Hub, The Powerhouse and Ely & Caerau Hub.

As part of the new Cardiff Library Service Click and Collect Library Service, home delivery is available for housebound customers, those shielding or self-isolating who can’t get to a hub for collection.

☎️ Call the library line on 029 2087 1071, option 2 for information or visit www.cardiff.gov.uk/libraries to view the library catalogue

Collection and return of books is by pre-arranged appointment only.

Please share with anyone locally who will find this service useful.

Click and Collect service details are repeated in the article

On-Line Radyr Chain

For the first time, due to the Corononavirus pandemic (which prevents the distribution of paper copies), the June 2020 edition of Radyr Chain has been published only on-line.  You can read – and download – a copy by following this link.

Cllr Rod McKerlich to be next Lord Mayor of Cardiff

Cllr Rod McKerlich

Congratulations and best wishes to County Councillor Rod McKerlich, who was apppointed Lord Mayor Elect at the (virtual) Cardiff Council meeting on 21st May.  He was appointed as the Deputy Lord Mayor in May 2018.  His wife, Sue, will be Lady Mayoress.

Formal adoption and assumption of the role would normally have taken place at the Council’s AGM, scheduled for 21st May, but the current Coronavirus situation has caused a delay.  His installation has therefore been deferred until the AGM takes place, which is unlikely to occur before late autumn. In compensation, his term of office will run until May 2022.

This is the second time that Radyr and Morganstown have had the honour of our Councillor being made Lord Mayor.  Then Councillor Marion Drake was so appointed in 1998.

We wish Rod and Sue all success in their period of office once it starts.

Hanging Baskets return to Station Road

In a small touch of normality, the hanging baskets were re-installed in Station Road on Thursday, 28th May and the planter in Windsor Garden was also refilled.  Many thanks to the R&M Community Council for arranging it.

With the local restaurants starting to do more business (as take-aways) and the sun continuing to shine, we welcome this further step towards our normal community life.

 

Photo Competition – How we spent lockdown

Thank you to everyone who entered our “How we spent lockdown” photograph competition. There was a high standard of entry across the board making it a tough decision for our judges.

Congratulation to our top 3 entries, which were:

1. REMOVED at photographer’s request

Unfortunately the photo initially given first place had to be removed at the photographer’s request.

2. Bara Brith by Lois Standish

Watching cookery programs on TV and trying out this fabulous Hairy Bikers recipe for Bara Brith.
I wanted to send some virtual love from Wales to friends and family across the globe so I made some heart shape welsh cakes and added the love spoon to this shot, taken in my garden. As a result of posting this picture on Facebook I had so many requests to share the recipe and in return so many photos of friends efforts, I guess that’s the true meaning of photo inspiration.

3. The Gardener by Gina Baynham

Thank you again for all of your entries. As lockdown continues the Web Team are considering what photo challenge we could set next. If you have a suggestion then do let us know.

How we spent lockdown

Don’t forget you can also see the results of our April competition “Spring in Radyr & Morganstown”

Online bookings available at recycling centres

Cardiff Council Dragon logo

Cardiff’s recycling centres are to re-open for the disposal of limited items, but for safety reasons, residents will have to book a timed appointment.

Bessemer Close Recycling Centre will re-open next Tuesday, 26 May, followed by Lamby Way Recycling Centre on Sunday, 31 May 2020.

An online booking system has been set up and anyone that needs to visit a recycling centre will have to make an appointment. The online booking system will be available for the public to use from 12.30pm on Friday 22 May.

The only items that can be brought to the recycling centres for now are cardboard, wood, garden waste, scrap metal, small electrical items and hard plastic.

To help residents dispose of larger items the council’s bulky waste collection service is also being reinstated from Monday, 1 June.

Full details of the new process and procedures can be seen on the Cardiff Council website – http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/recyclingcentres

Detail of temporary recycling centre rules

Bin collections get closer to normal

Recycling and Waste collection patterns will change again from 1 June 2020.

General waste will be collected fortnightly with the first Black bin (general waste) collection for Radyr being on Monday 8 June.

We have had confirmation that the final collection of the current pattern will be on the Bank Holiday Monday (25 May 2020).

Full details can be seen on the Cardiff Council website – http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/collections

 

N.B. Whilst Radyr Library is closed green recycling sacks are still available to collect from the Co-op in Station Road or can be ordered directly from Cardiff Council for delivery

Golf Club Reopens

We have received this message from the Golf Club

Several local residents have enjoyed their daily exercise by walking on the Radyr Golf Club course. For the main part they have done this in a considerate manner by tidying up after their dogs and by respecting the greens and bunkers. The golf course will once again be open to golfers as from next Monday 18 May; once again golf balls will be flying around and it is vital that non golfers only walk in the golf course using the permitted footpaths. The club would like to thank those members of the public that have offered kind words in recent days and hope that you will visit us when the clubhouse is fully open.

Radyr Primary and Bryn Deri commemorate VE75

We hope everyone celebrated VE75 in the sunshine, even with the current restrictions.  Do send us some photos of the events (to photos@rady.org.uk) and we wil publish them.

The joint choirs of Radyr Primary and Bryn Deri Schools put together a special recording of “We’ll Meet Again” for the occasion.  You can see it by following this link. Many thanks and congratulations go to Caroline from Glamorgan Music for putting it together.

Support in our Community

It has now been over a month since Community was formally launched and we have been amazed by the effort that we have seen among residents to support each other across Radyr & Morganstown.

In addition to the hyper local support that is being given as a result of our original postcards, which you can still collect from the Co-op or download to print out if you haven’t introduced yourself to your neighbours yet. We we just wanted to let you know a few of the things that the volunteer group – all of you – has achieved so far:

  • 3D printing of visors for health and care workers’ PPE
  • Knitted hearts to support community wellbeing activities
  • Coordinating and providing support to the Co-op to help with social distancing and deliveries to isolated shoppers
  • Supporting members of the community who are shieldling or having to self-isolate
  • Matching up a front line worker with free accommodation while isolating.

Community now have over 120 volunteers across the village, demonstrating the community spirit that we all know exists throughout Radyr and Morganstown.

Thank you once again for your support.

If you have not yet registered for Community but feel you could help. Follow this link to register https://bit.ly/CymUNED and support your local community – Thank You!

Can Community help me?

There are 3 ways of getting in touch with Community:

  • If you have a personal need and have had one (or more) of our postcards through your door then please contact that local volunteer in the first instance using the details on the card;
  • If you have not had a postcard or can’t find it then don’t worry, you can still e-mail Community-Help@radyr.org.uk or phone 07513 187 930 and one of our volunteer coordinators will match you with a local volunteer;
  • If you have a larger project that you think our volunteers may be interested in assisting with, like some of those mentioned above, drop us an e-mail to Community-Help@radyr.org.uk and we will do what we can to assist.

If you are aware of a specific need near you that you cannot help with yourself please send us an email to Community-Help@radyr.org.uk and our volunteer coordinators will work to match volunteers to requests.

Photo Competition – Spring in Radyr & Morganstown

Winner - Blossom Tree

Thank you to everyone who entered our “Spring in Radyr & Morganstown” photograph competition. There was a high standard of entry across the board making it a tough decision for our judges.

Congratulation to our top 3 entries, which were:

1. Blossom Tree by Tim Lewis
2. Daffodil Delights by David Cargill
3. Forget Me Nots by Katherine Walker

We are now setting you a new challenge.  Please send us a photo of ‘how we spent the lockdown’.  As before, send your pictures to photos@radyr.org.uk from now until 20th May and we will again select the best entries.  (Please note that any pictures must conform to the normal publication restrictions – e.g. if children are shown we need confirmation that permission has been given for the picture to be used.)

Spring in Radyr & Morganstown

R&M PHOTO COMPETITION – 2

Don’t forget our new challenge.  Please send us a photo of ‘how we spent the lockdown’.  Send your pictures to photos@radyr.org.uk from now until 20th May and we will  select the best entries.  Humour wil be greatly rated.  (Please note that any pictures must conform to the normal publication restrictions – e.g. if children are shown we need confirmation that permission has been given for the picture to be used.)

Prizes of wine for the best entries!

Stay safe whilst you exercise…

Disney Comes to Radyr & Morganstown

After a number of weeks entertaining us with evening walks, Party Wales have now decided to suspend their operation.  Their statement is below.  We would like to thank them for keeping us amused in these difficult times and wish them all success in restarting their business.

There are some pictures of the Disney tour below and the walks even made the BBC News.

Party Wales Goodnight Walk

It is with deep sadness Party Wales will be suspending all future Goodnight Walks for the foreseeable future.

Due to temperatures rising daily it has become very difficult for our characters to be able to perform safely.

We want to take this opportunity to thank every Boy & Girl, Mum & Dad, old and young that took part over the past six weeks. Our characters loved every photo hung in the window, every sign that was created with magic and every cheer you gave to fill our characters with love. We hope you enjoyed the visits.

Our staff our currently undergoing training to prepare for the safe reopening of Party Wales. We are currently working around the clock to ensure we can provide a safe & clean service from June. (Further announcements will be published in due course).

We say goodbye for now and when we can get back out to you we will. The people of Radyr & Morganstown have shown that this is enjoyable by all and we will definitely be back. Until then please stay safe, be kind & stay alert.

From all of us here at Party Wales HQ

Volunteers Required

Who are we? We are a group of local volunteers, with links to local organisations. We want to help our community to be more resilient during the Coronavirus pandemic.

What is our aim? To pool volunteers & resources from within our community – to support local residents, key workers and local organisations.

We all need to stay-at-home and maintain social distance. But we are also being encouraged to support one another, especially vulnerable neighbours. Already, over a quarter of our neighbours are self-isolating, for their safety and ours. Some are not online. Some have no family nearby. But they are all part of our community.

Our community’s greatest asset is our residents, who can provide local support for local people. By being a more resilient and self-supporting community, we can help each other whilst easing the strain on other organisations.

How you can get involved:

  • Household Support: The Community Council has produced ‘Coronavirus postcards’ for residents to post through their neighbour’s doors. The aim is to encourage grass-roots support on every street. The postcards are available from the Co-op, McColl’s and the Pharmacy on Station Road.
  • Wider Community Support: We want residents to register as volunteers, by using our online form (see below). When registering, volunteers can also record any skills or experience they have, which may be of value in delivering community support. Then:
    • As needs, problems and suggestions emerge from the community, we will ask volunteers with appropriate skills, services or contacts to respond.
    • We have connection with most local organisations, including the Community Council, RMA, Churches, Schools, Scouting, etc.
    • We will also be linking up with other organisations, charities and local government bodies that are able to support us.

What next? Now that we have setup our volunteer base, we have also published an email address that residents can use to contact Community (whether they are seeking help or want to suggest new support ideas) – Community-Help@radyr.org.uk

So what could R&M Community achieve:

  • We could help households that require a lot of support
  • We could provide support for the Health Centre, the Pharmacy, the Co-op and other organisations
  • We could put people of all ages in touch via a pen pal scheme
  • We could organise food parcels for the vulnerable or for key workers
  • Support and encouragement to grow your own veg
  • …. your idea here …..

Please volunteer with Radyr & Morganstown Community. Follow this link to register https://bit.ly/CymUNED and support your local community – Thank You!

If you are aware of a specific need near you that you cannot help with yourself please send us an email to Community-Help@radyr.org.uk and our volunteer coordinators will work to match volunteers to requests.

Radyr Methodist Church finds new home online

Radyr Methodist Church

Radyr Methodist Church have released their new webpages at http://radyr.org.uk/methodist

As coronavirus has meant the suspension of meetings in a building for worship and social activities does not mean that the work of the church has stopped.

Rev. Judith was keen to speed up the production of the new website for the church to give a home online whilst the doors of the building have to stay closed.

Why not pop over and see what they are doing with their new space online.