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Projects
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Christmas 2008
Once again we held our Christmas tree
lights switch on for Trevor and Fron, however this year we were able to
also erect a Christmas tree at Garth so that all three communities had
their own tree. The Fron have now planted their tree which is growing
well, whilst Trevor and Garth continue to have cut trees.
New for 2008 was a free Christmas party for
all pensioners from Trevor, Garth and Fron, the evening turned out to be
a great success with over 70 local pensioners in attendance. There
was free food, drinks (alcohol included !!!), prize bingo and a raffle.
Children from Trevor and Garth youth club kindly helped wait on the
local pensioners during the evening, see - not all kids are bad!!
There was entertainment for the evening including Christmas carols. A
free bus was also available for anybody who needed it.
Santa visited our villages 3 times during the early evening to chat to the children
and take their Christmas list away for Christmas day. Santa also
handed out chocolates to the children (Many thanks to Cadbury, Chirk for
supplying the chocolate) whilst on his busy schedule. All the
money raised during our Christmas activities went towards the cost of
the Pensioners party and to pay the £200 public liability Insurance we
have to pay for the Trevor basin Christmas tree!!!! |
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| November |
| The Aqueduct Community Association were
fortunate enough to gain some much needed funding for the Garth & Trevor
mothers and toddlers group. We had been approached by the toddlers
Chairperson Sharon Bateman asking if we could help them gain some
funding to replace old and unsafe equipment.
On November 30th 2008 Sharon Bateman and
Steve Edwards (Association Treasurer) travelled down to Henlle Golf club
near Gobowen, Oswestry to receive a cheque for £500.00 which the Par 5
Foundation had very kindly donated to the toddlers via the Aqueduct
Community Association. The Par 5 Foundation raises funds to help
out local community groups covering Shropshire and Border Counties, more
information on their website
here ...... |
| Pictured to the
right is Sharon Bateman (second left) and Steve Edwards (holding
cheque - centre) receiving a cheque for £500 towards the Trevor
and Garth toddlers group (Tiddlywinks) to fund new equipment.
Also pictured are members of the Par
5 Foundation who very kindly agreed to support our cause, for
this we are very grateful.
Many thanks,
The Aqueduct Community
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| Also during November we held a "Race
Night" at the Trevor and Garth Community Centre raising £560 towards
future projects, many thanks to all who attended the evening and made it
such a great success. |
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| August |
| During 2007 The Aqueduct Community
Association had been asked to help raise money for the upgrading of the
Trevor and Garth Community Centre, a project had been developed to carry
out much needed renovation work on the Community Centre. Work to
be carried out included new Double Glazed doors and windows, Upvc
cladding to the external woodwork, central heating and a new disabled
toilet (along with other minor work).
The Aqueduct Community Association made a
£2000 donation towards the project match funding along with other
donations from other sources which was enough funding to allow the work
to go ahead. |
| August is also the time of year we hold
our annual "Fun day" at Trevor basin, more details of the day can be
found
here .... |
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| May |
| We held a Cheese and Wine evening at
Trevor and Garth Community Centre to help raise funds towards the
renovation of the Community centre. A total of £378 was raised on the
evening, many thanks to all who attended. |
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January 2008 |
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Groundworks
On 30th January 2008 a meeting took place
with "Groundwork's" (Wrexham division) to discuss laying some flower
beds, planters and hanging baskets around our communities. A
Groundwork's representative is due to have a tour of the area to help
plan and action the projects. Our project manager is Julie
Williams (Fron) and she
has representatives from all three villages on her team, Dawn Needham
(Fron), Mark Valentine (Garth), Andrew Hughes (Trevor), Fiona Edwards
(Trevor). If you require any further information please contact a team
member. |
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