Community Pact Meeting
Last months community issues were discussed at the community PACT meeting with the Hendy and Llangennech residents that turned up, there were also some new priorities for both villages discussed, The police promised to continue monitoring the traffic going down the wrong way of the one way system on the bronallt, they also pledged to monitor the situation of youngsters playing football on the streets around Heol Morlais, Llwyn Bedw and Maesyderi areas a small number of cars have had damage when the balls hit the parked cars, they also promised they would address the anti sociable behaviour thats been occuring occassionally on Clayton Road, The PACT Meetings normally meet the first Monday of the month, However next month it will be on the Tuesday because the Monday is a bank holiday.
HENDY EISTEDDFOD
The annual Eisteddfod which is organised by the Hendy aelwyd committee will be held at Hendy Primary school hall on Saturday May 9th. The first competitions will be for local children under 12 , followed by the open competitions up to the champion solo and recitation.
Highlights include the chairing of the bard ceremony and the choral competition.
Come along and enjoy a day at the Eisteddfod.
Dewch yn llu i gefnogi Eisteddfod Hendy eleni eto,bydd gwledd o gystadlu . Darperir lluniaeth gan Ferched y Wawr Pontarddulais
Photographic Competition
The annual photograph competition for the 2009 Hendy and Pontarddulais carnival is now open, this competition offers cash prizes for the best three photos, your photos must be unmounted in black and white or colour, digitall photos are also accepted, the only rules are they must be no larger than A4 and you can only enter a maximum of three, the closing date is 13th June, please send all your entries to Mrs E Evans 18 Alltiago Road, Pontarddulais, Swansea enclosing a Stamped Addressed Envelope
Public Exhibition and meeting
During 2007 there was a public exhibition for a feasibility study for the Hendy Pool, 98% of the respondees favoured the community park option, as a result of this feedback plans to regenerate the park have now been drawn up which include a community park, the county council and pool committee will have the original exhition of the feasibility study and the new plans on display for a week in the Hendy rugby club, you can go along after 6pm to view these drawings in the club from Wednesday 22nd April until Wednesday 29th April, There will then be a public meeting on the Thursday 30th at 7pm in the Urdd Hall to discuss the future of the park. Officers from the county council will be at the public meeting and The accounts from the pool committee will be available at the public meeting at the Committee's AGM to discuss all the fund raising that has taken place over the last ten years as the committee would like to use these funds to regenerate the park, in partnership with the community council and the county council.
Hendy Green
Many people having been asking about the village green and the recent work on two of the trees, Welsh Water are busy putting an inspection chamber in the green in the main sewerage line to modernise the system., they have agreed with the county council and the community council that they will be replacing some new trees on the green, as two of the trees are growing over the main sewerage pipes.