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Gorseinon Food Festival We are proud to announce that our First Gorseinon food festival was a resounding success and we would give our thanks to all the volunteers, traders and the people of Gorseinon for making the day such a memorable event     Gorseinon's First Food Festival This year Gorseinon will be hosting a food festival for the first time, which will be held on SATURDAY, 24 APRIL 2010 at the Canolfan Gorseinon Centre. The event will take place between 9.30 am and 5 pm and, as well as local food producers, there will be trade stands, entertainment, local crafts, charity stands, community groups and much more. Entrance to the event will be free to anyone under 16 years of age and the fee for adults just £2.     For further information on the Food Festival please contact the Gorseinon Development Trust on 01792 897657 or call into the Centre at Millers Drive, Gorseinon. William Sweetman and Emma Higgon of Gorseinon Development Trust in preparation of the event The Gorseinon Food Festival is supported by

Gorseinon Sword Club's Championship Success The Celtic Sword Club, based in our Canolfan Gorseinon Centre, sent a team of 8 young fencers to enter the Welsh Youth Epee and Sabre Championships in Cardiff on Sunday, 24 January 2010.  They returned with a collective haul of 11 medals, including 3 Gold medals.  One of the youngsters, in fact the youngest at only 10 years old, Santino Luzzi from Killay, won 2 Gold medals himself! The competition was held at the Welsh Institute of Sport and Celtic Sword Club won more medals than any other Welsh club, making them the most successful fencing club in Wales. The team consisted of:  Santino Luzzi, Libby Davies, Bronwen Marsh, Catrin Smith, Emily White, Ciaran Foley, Thomas Gibbins and Ben Rees.  They range in ages from 10 to 14.  They all fought extremely well, most of them have only been fencing for less than a year, while Ben and Tom are "veterans" and have been fencing with the Celtic coaches for almost 3 year!  Catrin Smith was not available for the photograph. The Club is sending another team to Cardiff in 2 weeks time to fence at the Welsh Junior Foil Championships and hope to bring back more medals then. If you are interested in learning to fence with the Club or you are an experienced fencer, please contact Steve Dignam on 01792 369539 for details on attending classes.

Annual Christmas Lantern Parade 2009 The Gorseinon and Llwchwr Annual Christmas Lantern Parade took place on Tuesday, 1 December 2009 Bad weather during the evening did not stop the spectular parade of lanterns.  With all the fun of the fair and a fireworks display, it was an extremely enjoyable and fun event.  As always, the event was well attended by the local people of Gorseinon who had been busy making a wonderful and varied display of lanterns during the weeks leading up to the parade. A big thank you to the local schools for taking part in the Lantern Making Workshops once again, and also to Loughor Welfare Hall for providing a venue to the public for making the lanterns.

Seventh Annual Lantern Parade 2009 This year's Gorseinon & Llwchwr Annual Lantern Parade is on Tuesday, 1st December 2009 at 6:30 pm. Lantern making workshops will be held during the weeks of 9th, 16th and 23rd November 2009 in the local schools and at Loughor Welfare Hall and the Canolfan Gorseinon Centre. The workshops at the Centre are open to everyone and are on Saturday, 14th, 21st and 28th November 2009, from 10 am until 2 pm. Click here to download the Lantern Making Workshop leaflet with all the details you need to be able to join the procession on the night.

Open House at the Centre Canolfan Gorseinon Centre will, once again, be open to the public on Sunday, 13 September 2009, between 10am and 2pm for this year's Ty Agored Abertawe Open House weekend. The once a year free event to give the public a chance to see around buildings not always open to the public is now in its sixth popular year. Guided tours of the BREEAM excellent rated Centre will be conducted, giving a behind the scenes look at the interesting environmental aspects of the building. The building has full disabled access, so please come along on the day for a fascinating tour. For more information on the Open House event please click on one of the following links:- www.swanseaopenhouse.com        or www.tyagoredabertawe.com           for Welsh Speakers

Gorseinon Community Cinema The Trust has initiated a new Community Cinema for Gorseinon, which will be opening its doors on 31 July 2009, with the film Slumdog Millionaire .  A selection of the best films will be shown in the Canolfan Gorseinon Centre during the last Friday of every month. The cafe will be open and refreshments and snacks available during the film shows.  With ample free car parking in the grounds of the Centre and a 5% discount on the £2.50 entrance fee for Trust Members, this will be an affordable venue for all the family.  All films shown will be suitable for family viewing and during the school holidays extra children's films will be screened during the day. Tickets will be available from the Reception at the Centre, please telephone 01792 897657 for further details and keep checking this Website for information on the forthcoming films. Please click here for details of forthcoming films

Comic Relief at the Trust Children and staff at the Trusting Hands Nursery have been raising money for Comic Relief. All turned up throughout the week wearing different fancy dress costumes. Cafe staff made red nose cakes to raise money for Comic Relief on Friday, 13 March 2009, serving staff dressed in their unusual outfits (as seen below). The total amount of money raised by the Trust staff was over £220 and we would like to send a big thank you to everyone who contributed to the collection for such generosity.

Parc Melin Mynach Celebration Event A successful celebration was held at Parc Melin Mynach on Tuesday, 17 February 2009, to mark the end of the Cydcoed funding for the park.  The event provided the opportunity for families to get active outdoors, with plenty to do at the Half Term break. More Info and Photographs

Winter Wonderland in Gorseinon The recent snow showers at the start of February 2009 turned the Canolfan Gorseinon Centre into a Winter Wonderland which brought some icy visitors to the Centre's Nursery. The Centre was forced to close for one day only due to the snow, which changed the whole atmosphere surrounding the new building, as shown in the photographs.

New Planning Applications for Gorseinon Over the last month, Gorseinon has seen a number of planning applications for new retail developments in and around the town. Gorseinon Development Trust does not support or oppose any of these developments but feel we should make the information available to the wider community in order that people may make their own informed decisions. For information on the proposals, please go to the following links: http://www.gowercc.org.uk/gorseinon/gorseinonhome.php http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15402 http://www.asdagorseinon.co.uk http://www.aldi.co.uk Information in opposition to the plans can be found here Say No to Asda document Asda's response to the above document can be downloaded here Asda's Response to the Say No Document If you require further information on the proposals, documentation is available at the Trust Office:- Gorseinon Development Trust Canolfan Gorseinon Centre Millers Drive Gorseinon Swansea SA4 4QN

Santa Arrives at the Canolfan Gorseinon Centre Santa visited the children at the Trusting Hands Day Nursery Christmas Party with a sack full of presents on Wednesday and Thursday, 17th and 18th December 2008. The children enjoyed party games, sang Christmas Carols, had lots of party food and had their faces painted.  Mums, Dads and family members also took part in the celebrations, enjoying the Christmas Festivities at the fabulous new Centre.

Centre Achieves BREEAM Excellence Only the second building in Wales to achieve the BREEAM standard, Canolfan Gorseinon Centre has been awarded an Excellent rating by the BREEAM Assessors, who look at a broad range of environmental impacts of the building, including: Management, Health and Wellbeing, Energy, Transport, Water, Material and Waste, Landuse and Ecology and Pollution. The Centre has many environmentally friendly features, such as a Biomass Boiler, Earth Cooling Tube, rainwater harvesting and the use of recycled materials in the fabric of the building. The only other building in Wales with this achievement is the The National Assembly for Wales' Senedd building.

Christmas Lantern Parade 2008 This year's Gorseinon & Llwchwr Christmas Lantern Parade took place on Tuesday, 2 December 2008 and, as usual, there was a magnificent display of lanterns made for the procession. The event was compared by Denny Twp and was attended by about 5,000 people on the night. As well as Santa, there were stilt walkers, fire jugglers, Tan Dance, ATC Santa Band and the Swansea Pipe Band in Kilts. More Info and Photographs of the Parade

Children in Need 2008 Our Zest Cafe staff, Rhian Smith and Lisa Snell, dressed up for Children In Need on Friday, 14 November 2008.   Serving customers all day as Snow White and a Bunny Girl they raised £100 towards the appeal. A big thank you to all who donated money for this worthwhile cause on the day.

Lantern Parade 2008 The 2008 Gorseinon and Llwchwr Lantern Parade will be taking place on Tuesday, 2 December 2008 at 6:30 pm. Lantern making workshops commence on Monday, 10 November until Saturday, 29 November 2008 in the local schools, Llwchwr Welfare Hall, Gorseinon Cubs and at the Canolfan Gorseinon Centre.

Catherine Collins It is with great sadness that, following a tragic accident, Catherine Collins, our Finance Officer, passed away on Monday 29 September 2008.   We wish to extend our condolences to Rob, Mia and Jamie and all Cath's family and friends at this sad time. Cath was very gifted and blessed with her own style, which will be missed by everyone who knew her. The Trust has opened a book of condolence for anyone wishing to pass on to the family their thoughts and love for Cath. Please call into the Canolfan Gorseinon Centre and ask at Reception.

HM Lord Lieutenant Officially Opens New Centre The Canolfan Gorseinon Centre was officially opened on Friday, 5 September 2008, by HM Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan, D. Byron Lewis. A Guard of Honour, formed by the Gorseinon Army Cadet Force and the Air Training Corp welcomed him into the new building to unveil a commemorative tablet.  Officials and dignatories attending the opening were treated to a presentation showing photographs of the site, starting from the Bryngwyn Steelworks days, through the construction stages of the building, to the final completed Centre and its facilities. More Info

The Canolfan Gorseinon Centre has Landed Newly opened, the new Centre is the result of 6 years work between Gorseinon Town Council, Gorseinon Development Trust, The City and County of Swansea and the Welsh European Funding Office.  More Info

Volunteering With The Trust Volunteering is about giving your time to do something useful, without getting paid.  In return you get the satisfaction of time and effort well spent.  In addition, volunteering can be a great way to meet new people, learn new skills, develop new interests, gain useful experience and be part of the community. The brand new Canolfan Gorseinon Centre will provide even more volunteering and work placement opportunities within the Trust as the Centre will be run and managed by the Trust. If you are interested, you can download a volunteering information pack from this page (above)

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