The Community Mag - July 2019

July 2019

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Editor’s Foreword I CAN’T EVEN LOOK...

I’m now deliberately avoiding Westminster politics for the foreseeable future, mainly to preserve my stable blood pressure, but also because I can’t bear to hear the bizarre collection of Conservative miscreants lie their way through televised debates, telling us just how wrong the injustices are that they’ve spent the last 10 years inflicting on the nation and how it is now their collective raison d’être. I am not watching the debates, but I can guarantee that is what will be said. I can’t even see the reason for televised debates – it’s not as if the population has ANY choice in this whatsoever.

The odds are that the winner of the leadership will be bumbling clown Boris Johnson. I have no problem whatsoever with that. I DO have a huge problem with this man becoming our PM by default, because he’s not a bumbling clown at all. He’s a proven serial liar, a bully, a racist, a thug and a narcissist. He will say or do anything to further his own ambitions, and he has no conscience about who pays the price for his narcissism. Every man and woman in this country should be concerned at what is happening now. This WILL affect you. Boris Johnson will have no qualms about carving up the country for his rich friends (nor, for that matter, will 2nd favourite to win Jeremy Hunt). Boris Johnson is the one thing in politics that is more worrying than Brexit.

If the rest of the Tory party do not vote to bring down the government in the next couple of months then Brexit will be pushed through without a deal. Even those of you who wish this to be the case should know this; if that happens, with any of the leadership candidates in charge, the NHS will be gone in all but name before this term of government is up.

In just a few years we could be in the same position as most are in the U.S., where illness, accident or death in the family is quickly followed by bills, begging and often bankruptcy (and that’s the ones WITH insurance).

“We’re the 5th richest country in the world” is the constant crow from the Tories. So why are we faced with cut after cut? Why are our pensioners not enjoying the 5th highest state pensions in the world, rather than the lowest in the developed world (OECD figures)? Why are our teachers paying for school equipment out of their own pockets? Why are our nurses visiting food banks to survive?

It has to stop. The most simple minded fool can see that the rich are not content just with being rich, they are constantly stripping away the money and assets from the rest of us. Our institutions and resources have almost completely been sold off to the highest bidders, and the beneficiaries of these sales has not been us.

Jacinda Arden, the New Zealand Prime Minister, has recently announced that the focus of her government will be on the wellbeing of the people. How can anyone argue with that sentiment?

In the UK, we have all been conditioned to believe that the purpose of government is to have a strong economy. It’s not. This is the leeches telling us which way they want the blood pumped.

Ms Arden is right – the purpose of government is to see that its people are happy and healthy. Those that dispute this are those that think the point of life is to benefit them personally, rather than society as a whole.

Isn’t it time we finally stood up and demanded a government that treats us with respect?

Until next time...

Phil If you want to write to the magazine our address is: Community Mag, 8 Darren Road, Ystalyfera, Swansea SA9 2HP. You can also e-mail us at mail@communitymag.co.uk.

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Dumping rubbish outside a household waste recycling centre has cost a Neath Port Talbot resident £200 after they were fined by Powys County Council.

The council’s Waste Awareness and Enforcement Team issued the fine after the individual was caught on CCTV fly-tipping black bags of domestic refuse outside the gates of the household waste recycling centre in Lower Cwmtwrch on Saturday, June 1.

The resident was fined for depositing controlled waste on land, breaching Section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Since April, Neath Port Talbot residents have been able to use the centre in Lower Cwmtwrch as part of a collaborative agreement between both councils.

Cllr Phyl Davies, Cabinet Member for Recycling and Waste, said: “We want to make Powys a welcoming place for our residents and visitors and this starts by having a clean environment.

“Household waste recycling centres are there for residents to recycle and dispose of their waste in the correct way.

On this occasion, there was a short queue of just a few cars waiting to go into the centre while staff were assisting visitors and directing traffic to maintain traffic flow. It is completely unacceptable to take the law into your own hands and fly-tip the rubbish outside the centre.

This person’s impatience and not want to wait for a few minutes has now cost them £200. All our centres are covered by CCTV and we will not hesitate to clamp down on such behaviour.

We would encourage all visitors to our centres to be patient, especially during peak periods such as weekends, and pre-sort your waste and recycling before you visit to help keep the traffic flowing freely.”

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Glynneath Town Mayor 2019/20 – Simon Knoyle Following my Inauguration Service on Sunday 9th June 2019, I wanted to update everyone on the theme of my speech for the coming year, my thoughts, plans and ideas for our great community.

I am humbled to have been nominated, seconded and elected by my fellow Councillors for this very prestigious post, although still very new to the role as a Councillor, I aim to do my very best.

hopefully completed during the year.

Something we have to drive forward as a Council is to access more Community Funds to help drive and deliver more innovative, sustainable and new initiatives as possible. This is an exciting time in Glynneath and we have many schemes that we are working towards: Welfare Park Development, Town Hall Events Plan, Street Enhancement Phase I, Cemetery Drive Drainage and Resurfacing Scheme plus many others. It is my intention to get as many of these schemes started and

Accessing the local Community Grants is something I believe we should be doing more of as a Council, with money from the Local Authority becoming less each year and Statutory Services the priority, we can do so much by using these Grants more effectively.

During the last few months, I helped to set-up FOGL (Friends of Glynneath Library) and they are already starting to make a difference to this valuable community resource which was under pressure from closure from NPTCBC. I have also met with Cllr Dean Lewis, newly elected in our neighbouring ward of Resolven and we share similar beliefs, the main one of these being to help develop the Upper Neath Valley, we have so much potential in this area and we must work in partnership in order to achieve the best possible results.

Working closely together with organisations, groups and societies, we can make a difference.

I will also be working with my chosen Charity – NRWales (Neurological Rehabilitation Wales) to help raise awareness of what they do in our Community, helping people from the age of 5 to 88 with neurological injuries such as strokes, cerebral palsy and Guillain-Barre syndrome. Based in Glynneath and led by David Francis, they can provide consultations, specialist intensive therapy and intensive limb therapy to their clients. For more information: www.arni.uk.com It is my intention to fund raise throughout the year with events and activities which will raise the profile of this great organisation and raise much needed funds for them

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Hi, Phil I will quickly pass over your revolting account of your age-related hairy embellishments.

Please spare us any more such details!

Recently, a Gower-based chap who was doing a job for me said how nice it was to come up to Ystradgynlais. He felt a community spirit here, so often missing today. Walking round the village, we can understand what he means. Attendance at this year’s talent show at St Cynog’s Church hall on June 7th was greatly increased and more shoots of fellow-feeling involvement are showing. Fact is most of us long back to the times when we came out of our homes and joined in with each other in some activity or other.

Around town, so much is being done by volunteers, in particular the ‘Blods’ (the hardworking plant enthusiasts in ‘Blodau’), to increase our chances of scoring in ‘Britain in Bloom’, pursuant to winning ‘Wales in Bloom’ last year. (I gather they welcome more volunteersđ&#x;˜Š.) Also, the now established Town Festival is imminent.

It was, therefore, with great sadness and disgust that I heard that some low-life has nicked a number of plants from the pots around the Church Hall, all skilfully extracted and earth replaced. I understand that a pot from the nearby Sacred Heart Church entrance was also stolen recently. CCTV will of course catch these beggars eventually.

What is wrong with such people? Have they no conscience, no decency? Everyone who is proud of our town needs to be vigilant and report any people they see doing such things.

Of course, ‘what goes around, comes around’ is certainly a well-grounded saying. In the end, God is watching! Call it karma, or whatever you wish, but no good will come to such deviants.

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EXTINCTION REBELLION FORMS NEW NPT GROUP Following the successful protests in April that closed down the centre of London for over a week, subsequently forcing the UK Parliament and Welsh Assembly to each declare a Climate and Ecological Emergency, a new Extinction Rebellion group has been formed locally.

Extinction Rebellion (XR) Neath Port Talbot has already held three meetings in Neath and Ystalyfera, and are currently in the process of organising an outreach and information event in Neath town centre on Saturday, 29th June, in order to highlight the climate and environmental crisis we’re now living through, globally.

Founding member, Kat Roberts, commented: “We are facing a climate crisis - a complete breakdown of the natural world around us and its ecosystems. We are not only rebelling against the extinction of countless other species but the possibility of our own as human beings.

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Ms Roberts added: “A UN report last year stated we only have 12 years remaining to avert a climate catastrophe - that is, if we start now; not in twelve years’ time.

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Michelle Holland was at her wits’ end when she made an appointment to see her GP. She couldn’t cope with her son’s challenging behaviour and, with an eight-month-old baby to look after as well, she desperately needed help.

Luckily for Michelle, the doctor was able to prescribe just what she needed – a guiding hand from ‘super nanny’ Jo Edwards.

Jo has already helped hundreds of worried parents in her role with the Primary Care Child and Family Wellbeing Service, working with families in their own homes to help them find better ways of managing their children’s behaviour.

“A GP can only do so much in a ten minute appointment but we go into people’s homes and spend two hours at a time with them over a period of time and that’s when you really start to get to the root of the problem,” said Jo. It has worked wonders for Michelle, her partner Rob and seven-year-old Alex.

“Without Jo, I don’t know where I’d be,” said Michelle.

“Alex has high functioning autism, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and ODD (oppositional defiant disorder). From the age of two it became clear there was a problem. What I thought were the ‘terrible twos’ went on to three and four and the school started to highlight it.

“Everything is high speed with Alex. He would want something there and then and if he didn’t get it his frustration would boil over and he would lash out.

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“He would call me early every morning, and he would shout for me at least 40 times in the time it took me to get out of bed and go to his room. Now I say: call Mum once and then count 20 and I’ll be there by the time you get to 20.”

They found that Alex responded well to rewards. “He has no fear and he would jump out of the car and run across the road when we got home from school. Now he knows he can earn three stars and therefore 15 minutes of iPad time if he gets out of the car nicely, goes into the house and takes off his coat and shoes,” said Michelle.

“We’ve developed that further so he gets a star if he has a good day at school and if he gets five stars from Monday to Friday I take him to the newsagents where he can pick a magazine out of the rack.”

Said Jo: “Sometimes children get labelled as ‘naughty’ when it is the behaviour that is naughty and not the child. Alex is now being rewarded for good behaviour.”

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Service helps parents cope benefit from the work we are doing with Alex,” said Michelle. “He used to slam the door in my face to get a reaction. He was attention seeking, so now I ignore that behaviour, and give him attention when he’s good, and he’s stopped slamming the door.”

“When we first started seeing Jo, Alex was at a pupil referral unit for four days a week and in mainstream school one day a week. Now that is the other way around.”

The Child and Family Wellbeing Service is a joint initiative run by the local health board, GPs and Swansea Council. It started out as a pilot scheme but has been so successful that it has been expanded to cover a wider area and employ a second worker, Elle Matthews. Jo and Elle work with families with children aged 0-11 in the Penderi, Llwchwr and Cwmtawe areas.

The service is helping take pressure off GPs and saving time and money for the NHS. Dr Kannan Muthuvairavan, lead GP in the Llwchwr area, said: “There has been a reduction in demand for GP appointments from parents and children as they are now being seen by the service. This is a financial saving for us as a GP practice and increases the availability of appointments for our other patients.”

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Of course, if you’re keeping more than one rabbit housed together you need to make sure they are the same gender or neutered to avoid ending up with kits. Male and female rabbits can be paired together as long as they have been neutered. Neutering is strongly recommended as it can help decrease fighting and aggressive behaviour, as well as make your pet easier to handle. It also has great health benefits, particularly to female rabbits that have 60-80% chance of getting uterine cancer as they get older.

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Everything is possible and you open the doors to new relationships you will make plans together.

There is a partial lunar eclipse in your travel zone on the 16th which may become a trigger to travel and the start of new enterprises. Something changes for you, that is definite and you will be relieved to let go of the past.

Gemini : There is lots for you to deal with in a positive way, and you will focus on money. Your attention will be drawn to a possible new project which you are interested in. The solar eclipse falls in your finance zone on the 2nd as this is an ideal time for you to invest money. Joint finances are highlighted around the 16th and help you to finalize things. Good negotiations also help your relationships grow.

Cancer : This is a great month for you as you have a solar eclipse in your own sign and you will feel revitalized. You wish to develop ideas that you have put on hold and now is the prime time for this. You are extra confident and dynamic. It is a starting point and you will see immediate results. The full moon in your one to one relationship zone brings you a very positive partnership.

Leo : Mercury and Mars make you more outspoken and pushy about your point of view. This is a good for you so take the lead and make progress in whatever you plan to do. You will certainly be hard to resist or ignore. The full moon which is a lunar eclipse in your daily work zone pushes you forward, so that you can meet targets. Success is on the horizon. A busy month ahead.

Virgo : Your friendship zone is highlighted with the solar eclipse on the 2nd July, and this motivates you to put more energy into shared goals. It helps you to make more time for social events, which can help to create a balance between work and home. Neptune in your one to one relationship zone makes you see partnerships in a very idealistic way, and sometimes brings disappointment.

Libra : Lots to do in your home environment which includes family members. This is just a case of setting things right and making proper boundaries. It will be a turbulent time. Career objectives improve and will take a boost with the solar eclipse in this part of your chart, heralding new beginnings. You feel enthusiastic about new plans. Friendships and social life will increase.

Scorpio : Travel and communication take priority and you add positivity into all you do. Both Venus and Mercury enter this part of your chart and encourage you to get out and about to enjoy new conquests, and discover new things. Uranus in your one to one partnership zone continues to bring surprises in your newly found relationships. You have new allies for work projects who will support your plans.

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Sagittarius : A good and productive time for you, which gets better. You are very confident and sure about what you want. You do find the right helpers. In money and joint money zones you will have good news and a push in the right direction to assist your plans. Your usual love of life and faith that you have in people also helps projects get off the ground. A good time to mix and match, and to make changes that work.

Capricorn : Upheavals and stress that you have are ebbing slowly away. Take action towards your goals and put efforts into achieving the most you can in your career. The full moon is a partial lunar eclipse in your own sign on the 16th and this enables you to end one situation and start another. It will take a load off your mind and give a sense of relief. Partnerships help you to start on new projects.

Aquarius : The Sun, Venus and Mars enter your opposite house of close partnerships during July helping you meet new people that you can work with and hang out with. You create new involvements. The solar eclipse falls in your daily work routines zone on the 2nd and pushes you to make more of your time, fitting in more activities. This is a also good for learning new skills. You like to create healthy routines.

Pisces : A great time for you to plan something like a personal venture. You will feel creative and inventive. The new moon is a solar eclipse and falls in this part of your chart on the 2nd of July.

You can be confident and adventurous in your plans and ideas. A very fruitful time for career objectives and more talks and negotiations give you renewed motivation to expand your business.

The year ahead for

CANCER

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At exactly 06.00 pm gmt on 21st June 2019 the sun enters the sign of Cancer and for all of you born with this sun sign, the following ingredients colour your year ahead. Modifications and alterations need to be made according to your own particular time, place and date of birth which are individual only to you..

Personality : A general feeling of optimism will be underneath everything you do. You feel passionate and strong and determined. Your usual shyness will be replaced by bravado.

People know they can rely on you!

Love : You seek independence at the core of your relationships and make this clear to others.

Love will involve you in partnerships, which are linked to working together.

Money : Hard work and careful planning enables you to succeed. You show a willingness to persevere and find that others are willing to back your ideas. You will take opportunities.

General : A very colourful year for, with a purposeful approach and the ability to keep going by looking on the bright side. You do succeed in ventures, increase your circle of friends and in the end, you ll feel rewarded by your achievements.

Lots of love and best of luck from Izabella Vlahavas

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CONFIDENCE TO USE YOUR CYMRAEG Confidence is an important part of learning to speak Welsh as an adult.

It can sometimes take confidence just to walk through the classroom door – particularly if it’s been some time since leaving formal education.

Some people may also lack confidence in their own ability to take on a new subject such as Welsh, however the message at Learn Welsh Swansea Bay Region is that anyone can learn.

All our courses are run in a friendly way, where the emphasis is on speaking and enjoying the Welsh language right from the start.

We deliver a range of courses in Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot at different levels of fluency, whether learners are new to the language or already speak a little. Courses are also available for fluent or lapsed Welsh speakers who are eager to brush up their skills.

Free, digital resources are available to support people’s learning, while there are also countless opportunities to practise speaking Welsh, whether pub quizzes, book clubs, coffee mornings, guided walks or gigs.

With Welsh, people often underestimate how much they already know. The Welsh language is all around us, in place names and road signs, in schools, libraries and the community in general.

Getting people through the door is one thing, but confidence continues to play a part as people progress through our courses, strengthening their skills.

Many of our students say that learning Welsh has given them greater confidence in other areas of their lives, and there’s no doubt adult learning can transform lives.

As our tutors get ready for the new academic term, it’s never been easier to find a course near you, and from September onwards, all courses will be priced £90 (concessions also available).

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To find a Welsh course or opportunities to practise your Welsh, go to learnwelsh.cymru. Get started with our free online courses, which are also available on our website.

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TRUSTED LOCAL SERVICE

A BRAND NEW BRAND FOR LOCAL EATERY Rob Megson and head chef Neil Rochard have long been fixtures in our valley pubs and restaurants, and the popularity of the pub restaurants they have created is testament to their continued success, with eager armies of hungry diners and pub goers having followed them from place to place over the years.

It’s a kind of loyalty that is built on knowing their business and understanding what the customer wants, and then offering it at the highest standards.

Having come to the realisation that their continued success is down to what they do rather than where they are, the duo have decided to rebrand their unique service as ‘The Cow & Pig Pub Company’. The branding means that whenever you see the name you’ll be able to enjoy the now famous Rochard’s Ribs and Grill Menu that is currently enjoyed at The Aubrey and sister site The Tregib Arms.

The pair are clearly excited about the development and the opportunities it could bring in the future, and rightfully so. For us diners it will mean an easy way to identify a quality restaurant. Watch this space for the new logo to look out for.

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Gig Guide JULY Sat 6th

Gough Con Club, Ystrad 9.30pm Penrhos Social Club

Sun 7th

Gough Con Club, Ystrad

Sat 13th

The Bomb, Glanrhyd 7.30pm SOUTHERN BLOOD The Bomb, Glanrhyd 10.0pm THE POLLEN COUNT Gough Con Club, Ystrad 9.30pm T-ANNA Penrhos Social Club PETER GODDARD

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Sat 20th Penrhos Social Club

Gough Con Club, Ystrad 9.30pm

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Sun 21st Gough Con Club, Ystrad

5.00pm

NO DIRECTION (Acoustic)

Sat 27th The Bomb, Glanrhyd THE VOICE TONES

Gough Con Club, Ystrad 9.30pm RONNIE JOHNSON

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