Community Police and the Community Council

This week the local councillors and the local police team have been busy with several meetings together in Hendy and Pontarddulais about various different issues. They met local residents and a county officer outside Barries the local butcher and Hendy Post Office to discus parking issues, there will be changes to parking conditions at both locations on the grounds of safety.

B.O.B.B

At another meting earlier in the week, the Police safety team introduced BOBB, BEHAVE OR BE BANNED, to local licensed premise, there were twenty three public houses involved in the scheme from Llwynhendy, to the Bryn, Llangennech and Hendy. There are 7 landlords in the Hendy and Fforest Group signed up to the initiative, If anybody is banned from one pub they will be banned from all, not only will the landlords be able to choose which trouble makers to ban from their group, but if police arrest anyone for anti sociable behaviour at a pub or club, photos will be provided to all 23 licensed premises by the police, advising them of the incident so that these people can be banned.  

Joint PACT meeting

Pontarddulais Town councillors and six members of Llanedi community council turned up at another packed Pontarddulais Rugby Club, Police meeting, along with two Members of parliament from both counties, there were some twenty representatives from both police forces including many youth organisations coordinators. The Chief Inspectors from both Hendy and Pontarddulais addressed the forum with statistics and action plans agreed from the last meeting.  They stated that when patrol cars from both counties are patrolling the two villages in the evenings in future, they will now no longer stop at the bridge and turn around they will cross the boundary and work together, as they understand the small core of yobs causing the anti sociable behaviour, travel between both villages ignoring the boundaries. The Hendy Community Police Team also stated they now have community boxes in both the Hendy and Fforest Post Offices, if any residents want to write comments or give any information about any crimes or anti sociable groups, residents can put their comments into the boxes (if they didn’t want to ring) for the police to follow up, these boxes will be emptied daily.

Hendy Pool

Two representatives from the county council attended a meeting with the consultants and the Hendy Pool Committee and work has now commenced on the study, there was also a representative from the Head Quarters of the Wales Scouting Movement and Amman Valley Enterprises at the meeting. The consultants will be conducting a study and will be consulting with some youth groups to look at what are the best feasible options to put in the Hendy Park to help engage the youth. At the Police meeting later in the week there were also lots of discussions about facilities for the youth of both villages. After the Hendy Pool feasibility study was mentioned, three youth coordinators from three different organisations, at the police meeting approached us and stated they would like to engage the consultants with input from the youth that attend their schemes.

Hendy Park    

Work has almost been completed with the installation of new park equipment the Llanedi Community Council bought a state of the art youth shelter, which will be the last piece of equipment to be installed.

Future Community Police Meeting

At the Pontarddulais joint meeting the local police officer for Hendy Jane Macdonald approached the local Hendy Community Councillors and agreed a date with Inspector Bailey to hold a police surgery in Hendy Cricket Club. In previous meetings Jane has attended on behalf of the police. The inspector stated he would like to attend the next meeting to meet Hendy residents, once the Hendy Cricket club has confirmed that the club is free for the meeting more information will be made available.

Welsh lessons starting in September

The university of Wales is starting welsh classes in September, there will be twelve locations throughout Carmarthen where courses will be run, each venue will hold classes two evenings a week, Hendy school will be holding a course, which will task thirty weeks to complete, the emphasis will be on conversational Welsh and this course will give the ideal momentum for learning a new language, the lessons are held during school term times. Further details can be obtained from 01792 295766 or 01792 602070

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Keep Fit

Wanted to keep fit with some fun and learn self defence at the same time then why not visit the Shiru Karate Club in the Institute St Teilo Street Pontarddulais, the club conducts professional tuition with qualified insured instructors of traditional Wado Ryu Karate class times are Tuesday Evenings 5.30pm till 7.00pm and Saturdays 10am 12pm

Pontarddulais Walking club

Club members would like to say a very big thank you, to Mr Denis Sheehan for the organisation and the arrangements made for last weeks tour of North Devon. The club stayed in the picturesque small village of Exford. On the Saturday the group walked to Exmoors highest point at Dunkery Beacon. This walk was a two day event the following days trek took them to Barnstable Bay. The club had a lunch stop on the headland of Baggy Point, a place made famous, by Author Henry Williamson for the inspiration to write his famous book, Tarka the Otter. After lunch the group proceeded to Braunton Bay overlooking the Taw estuary, with stunning panoramic views of Westward Ho in the distance. Local walks take place almost every weekend starting from the car park by the library in Pontarddulais.

Anniversary dinner

The walking club will hold its anniversary dinner at Pontarddulais Rugby Club on Friday, September 7th.

Pontarddulais and Hendy Carnival Committee

Preparations and planning are now underway for next year’s big event, it will be the 40^th anniversary of the local carnival, and there will be a meeting of the carnival committee Thursday 6^th September, in the Pontarddulais Rugby club.