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GRENFELL PARK, ST THOMAS & PORT TENNANT COMMUNITY MAGAZINE

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GSP NEWSThe Community Magazine for

Grenfell Park, St Thomasand Port Tennant

Chair: Les Jones

Vice Chair: Chris Lewis

Secretary: Pat Brown

Editor: Dave Lloyd

Contact GSP News atSt Stephen’s HallGelli StreetPort TennantSwanseaSA1 8NJ

Call the GSP Office on 01792 472021

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What’s on at St Stephen’s

Monday:

Second Chance 10 AM — 1 PM

Fitness League 7:30 PM — 8:30 PM

Tuesday:

LASA Credit Union 10 AM – 12 PM

Homework Club 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM

Karate 6 PM — 7 PM

Wednesday

Second Chance 10 AM — 1 PM

Thursday:

Mother and Toddlers 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Weight Watchers 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Friday:

Karate 5 PM—6 PM

For more information about any of the above

activities, contact the GSP office on:

Tel: 01792-472021

GSP Directors

Les Jones ChairPat Brown SecretaryDave Lloyd TreasurerJune AsplandCynthia LloydJanet Roberts-LewisRichard BrownRev Chris LewisMartin SummonsJohn Tancock

Second Chance Team of Volunteers

Joan GroveMaria JonesJill PooleClare WilliamsPat Williams

PLEASE NOTEThe next magazine

No. 26All articles for this issue should

be submitted by14th February 2011

December 2010 Page 3

As most of you will be aware, when the GSP moved from St. Thomas Church Hall to St. Stephens Hall ourrental was paid by grants from the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) up to November 31st 2010.

We are now in the position of having to find the means to pay the rent if we want to keep St. Stephens as themain base of the GSP. In the present economic climate the majority of funding streams have dried up and wehave not been able to secure funding for future rental of St. Stephens and we don't feel it would be the correctuse of our reserves if we used it to pay the present rental. We have been in discussion with the St. Thomas par-ish and are hopeful that we can agree a rental that is affordable for us even if it is only for our use of the Hallon the Second Chance days of Monday and Wednesday. We will keep you informed of any changes.

The main emphasis for us now is therefore to become sustainable in our own right and this is what the Board ishoping to achieve during 2011. We find that we have a cost of over £1,500 with just the Public Liability andEvents Insurance that we are forced to pay just to exist. If we include the communication charges and basicoffice costs that figure increases to close to £3,000. After the amount of Rent that the Parish decides upon isadded to the £3,000 we will have a figure that we must decide whether it is achievable and sustainable.

We have identified 3 main streams of fundraising to pay our costs and become sustainable:

The Eastside Carnival is the biggest event we organise and as was shown this year when we had no outsidefunding we were still able to make over £300 profit. If we had been able to sell the full 1,000 programmes thatwe had printed and also reduced expenditure on the Carnival Queen Event we think that it is possible to have asurplus of over £1,000 from the Carnival.

Another fundraising event is the Awards Night where we are able to raise funds through the Sponsorship ofthe various categories and when we receive the 2 outstanding Sponsorships from this years event we will havea surplus of over £1,200 on the event. As we were only able to secure Sponsorship for 6 of the 10 categoriesthere is scope for a further £1,000 income so this event can raise between £1,000 and £2,000. As the AwardsNight is a bi-annual event we have decided to run a GSP Fundraising Event in the intervening years and hope-fully raise a similar amount as the Awards Night. Further details will be announced early in the New Year.

The final fund raising event is The Second Chance Project as reported on page 6. Assuming that the sales levelis maintained and we increase our Commission to 20% we think that we can raise over £1,000 from this pro-ject.

The GSP Board is truly grateful for all the support we get both from the Business Community and the GeneralPublic and we sincerely hope that in 2011 we can improve on 2010. We therefore call upon the Whole Com-munity to fully support all our events in 2011.

GSP COMMUNITY MEETINGDue to the very poor attendance at the last Community Meeting held on November 26th it has been decided tohold a further Open Community Meeting of GSP Members and Residents on Tuesday January 25th in St.Stephens Hall starting at 7:30 PM.

This is the first of what we hope will be regular Quarterly Community Meeting so that we can report back to youwhat we have achieved, what we would like to achieve and to hear from you what you would like us to try andachieve on your behalf. However if we again get no Residents attendance at this meeting the GSP Board willhave to reconsider their position within the Community.

One of the main items at this first meeting will be a report back on the 2010 Carnival, what we have plannedfor next years Carnival and to hear what YOU, the Residents would like us to change for next year.

Remember it is your Carnival, the GSP is only organising it, without your support nothing will happen. PutJanuary 25th in your Diary and turn up to the Community Meeting.

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CROSS OF PEACE REMEMBERANCE SERVICE

October 30th was the date of this years Remembrance Service at the Cross of Peace at Danygraig Cemetery.

Youngsters from the local Primary Schools of Danygraig, St. Illtyds and St. Thomas joined with Civic Dignitaries,Veterans and the General Public to pay their respect to all those who have given their lives in the Service of theCountry.

The Royal British Legion organised event was again very well attended with a Bugler, Piper and both Regimental &Service Standard Bearers in attendance.

After the laying of Wreaths it was a pleasure to see the pride that the children took in planting small wooden crossesin the garden at the foot of the Cross.

GSP COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUND

At the last GSP Board Meeting it was decided to formally establish a GSP Community Projects Fund of £1,000.

Any organisation based in the St. Thomas Ward is entitled to apply for a grant not exceeding £200. Final decisionson the grant will be decided by the GSP Board.

An Application form and associated documents are available from the GSP at St. Stephens Hall.

2011 GSP CALENDARThe GSP has published a free 2011 calendar containing dates of Special Events and other Special Dates happeningwithin the GSP Area.

Collect your copy from St. Stephens Hall when Second Chance is open on a Monday or Wednesday from 10am to1pm.

St. DAVID’s DAY LANTERN PARADESt. David's Day, Tuesday March 1st has been set as the 2011 lantern parade.

An Artist is being funded to assist with both our Lantern Parade and Eastside Carnival and it is hoped one will beappointed by the New Year.

The Artist will hold Workshops in the Local Primary Schools, Community Centres and other Public Places within theWard.

As soon as the Workshops are arranged they will be published in the local media and on the Notice Boards through-out the Ward.

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The Ship InnThe Ship InnLunch served daily 12.00 ~ 2.30pm

Home cooked Sunday Lunch12.30 ~ 2.30pm

Only £6.95 for three courses(For Sunday Lunch we advise

you Book in advance.)Group & family bookings welcome!

Tel: (01792) 644047

ROBIN HOOD - OH YES IT IS!

The St Thomas Dramatic Society is busy organising andpreparing for a pantomime based on Robin Hood whichwill be performed early in 2011.

The performances take place in St Thomas Church fromTuesday, 25 January 2011 – Saturday 29 January2011. Doors open at 6.30 pm for evening perform-ances beginning at 7.00 pm (Tuesday – Friday). OnSaturday there is one performance which is a matineewhen doors open at 1.30 pm ready for a performancebeginning at 2.00 pm.

Tickets are available from the 1st week in December thisyear. Telephone number for tickets and enquiries –(01792) 427011 or 07969 560520.

Good luck to all taking part. To others, book your tick-ets now before the dates pass and it is all behind you!

Grand Santa Project

A MESSAGE TO ALL OUR YOUNGER READERS

Our Younger Readers will be glad to hear that the GSP has been appointed by the Manfrom The North with a White Beard to become one of his Postal Agents.

This appointment enables us to collect your LETTERS TO SANTA and forward them tohim at the North Pole so that he can read them and then reply to you.

You will see special Red Santa Post Boxes like this in each of the 3 Doctors Surgeries inSt. Thomas, there will also be a box in St. Stephens Hall.

If you want to receive a LETTERS TO SANTA get started writing your letter now and postit in one of the special Santa Post Boxes.

Don’t forget to include your NAME & ADDRESS in your letter so that Santa can send hisreply to you.

FOR THE MUM’S & DAD’S

SANTA POST BOX LOCATIONS

The Santa Boxes are located at the following locations:

St. Thomas Surgery Port Tennant Surgery Tawe Medical Centre St. Stephens HallYsgol Street 125 Port Tennant Road 6 Thomas Street Gelli StreetSt. Thomas Port Tennant St. Thomas Port Tennant

To avoid disappointment please make sure that the Name & Address is clearly legible, possibly you could write it onthe back of the envelope.

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ST THOMAS PARISH

St Thomas’s Church

Dec 17th: 6:30pm ChristingleDec. 19th: 11.00am Holy CommunionDec. 21st: 10:30am Holy Communion

7:00pm Tapestry of CarolsDec 24th: 6:30pm Carols & Family Communion

around the Crib

St Stephens Church

Dec 19th: 9:30am Worship with St. StephensPlaygroup

Dec 25th: 9:30am Holy CommunionJan 2nd: 10:00am Parish Communion

All Saints Kilvey

Gwyn MissionKilvey Road

Dec 6th: 6:00pm Carol Singing withFather Christmas

Dec 19th: 6:00pm Children's Carol Concert

CHRISTMAS services in the gsp area

Fabians Bay Congregational ChurchBalaclava Street

Dec 19th: 11.00am Children's Service6:00pm Candlelight Service

Waterfront Community ChurchLangdon Road

The Waterfront Community Church schedule was un-available when we went to press.

St. Illtyd’s Roman Catholic ChurchSt. Illtyd’s Crescent

Dec 22nd: 5:30 - Sacrament of Reconciliation &

6:30 pm Individual Confession

Dec 24th: 6:00pm Christmas Vigil Mass12:00pm Midnight Mass

Dec 25th: 9:30am Christmas Day Mass

Dec 26th: 9:30am Feast Holy Family Mass

SECOND CHANCE UPDATEThe Second Chance Project officially started on Monday September 21st 2009 when the general public came along to join andleave their goods for sale by Second Chance. Four weeks later on Monday October 19th payment was made to those who haddeposited their goods on the first day. The first weeks total sales amounted to £67.95 and after the 10% commission had beendeducted we were able to distribute £61.16 to those members who had participated.

We have now been operating for over 12 months and have a total of 181 members from all areas of Swansea with a few residingin Neath, Port Talbot and Llanelli. During the first year we have had sales of £5,231.55 giving us a commission of £523.16, butbetter still £4,708.40 was the amount members received from the sale of their goods

Although we received commission of £523.16 we did have initial set-up costs such as purchasing clothes rails and storage boxeswhich amounted to over £250. As is mentioned elsewhere in this Issue Second Chance needs to try and become more self sus-taining and with that in mind the commission in the New Year will increase from 10% to 20%.

I am sure everyone agrees that Second Chance Project has been a great success for the Area and we look forward to possiblyexpanding during our 2nd year.

2011 GSP CALENDARThe GSP has published a free 2011 calendar containing dates of Special Events and other Special Dates happening within theGSP Area.

Please collect your free copy when Second Chance is open on a Monday or Wednesday from 10am to 1pm.

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AWARDS NIGHTThe 2010 GSP Awards Night was held on Friday November 12th at the Swansea Dockers Club.

It was a very well attended evening which saw the announcement of the winner of each of the 10 Catego-ries, a Raffle, a Buffett, entertainment from local vocalist Beca Lynn and the evening concluded with Mi-chael Roberts, our DJ for the evening playing his music until the end of the event.

The GSP were unable to obtain Sponsorship for the full 10 categories this time but are extremely gratefulto the six Sponsors that did support us this year. A big thank you also to the Sponsors Representativesfor presenting their Awards.

Thanks must also go to Sian James MP for her kind words in opening the evening and to Val Lloyd AMfor presenting the GSP Sponsored Awards.

Everyone who attended the event will testify to the excellent Buffet available on the evening. The buffetpreparation was a joint effort so a big THANK YOU to all the LADIES who helped in the preparation of thebuffet. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

Winners & Nominees

Lloyds TSB Young Citizen of the YearWinner: Sam ClementOther Nominees: Eli Garner

GSP Citizen of the YearWinner: Percy GilbertOther Nominees: Charles Thomas

Daniel Thomas

The ABP Child/Youth of CourageWinner: Rebecca LilleyOther Nominees: Bailey Challis

Macey-Lou Griffiths

Eastside Insurance Sportsperson of the YearWinner: Clive RaddenburyOther Nominees: Nigel French

Rhys Leonard

Premier Cement Ltd Neighbour of the YearWinner: Maureen ScannellOther Nominees: Bill Osborne

GSP Outstanding Contribution to the CommunityWinner: Billy AsplandOther Nominees: Jannette Thorne

Edith Allen

The Grwp Gwalia Cyf Unsung HeroWinner: Jack WebbOther Nominees: Paul Squires

Bryn Bidder

The Admiral Insurance Lifetime AchievementWinner: Herbie WilliamsOther Nominees: Georgina Scannell(Michael Sullivan accepted on behalf of Herbie Williams &

Edith Allen accepted on behalf of Georgina Scannell)

GSP Business Support to the CommunityWinner: MAKZOther Nominees: Mile End Inn (Hooker Dyers)

Jo-Jo’s

GSP Spirit of the EastsideWinner: Dianne TelferOther Nominees: Clive Jones

(Michelle Treasure accepted on behalf of Clive Jones)

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HOOKER DYERS(THE MILE END INN)

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

Sunday HDFC Football TeamPool Team

Monday Pool Tuesday Every Other Week - SUPER LEAGUE DARTS Wednesday Thursday BIG MONEY BINGO Friday Saturday

2011 NEW OPENING HOURSAs from Monday January 3rd 2011 we will be open as follows:

Monday - Saturday 11 am - 11 pmSunday 12 noon - 11 pm

HAPPY HOUR - 11 AM - 4 PM

Everyone at the MILE END would like to thank all ourCustomers both Old & New for their continued support

during 2010.

We would further like to wish everyoneA MERRY XMAS & A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

BOXING DAY

PUNCHLINES(Live Duo)

Performing 4 - 6

NEW YEARS DAY

Fresh from ZanteLocal Legend

KARL LEWISFrom 4 PM