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Cathays Monthly Update – March 2020 Cathays Monthly Update – March 2020 Check out the regular events on the Y/C calendar: www.yourcathays.org.uk Click on the links below to take you down to your area of interest: Contents 3 years of monthly updates – can we make it any better? ........................................................................................... 2 Cathays Compass – deferred to April............................................................................................................................ 2 March 2020 comments: .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Compass Spring Quiz (Mini Fund Raiser) ...................................................................................................................... 2 Cathays Fair 2020 – Stall Reservation Forms: ............................................................................................................... 2 Meeting Room Café – new venue – new date!! ........................................................................................................... 2 Library Survey – one for kids/one for adults!! .............................................................................................................. 2 Cathays March calendar at a glance: ............................................................................................................................... 3 Teacups and Cupcakes – re-opening in April..................................................................................................................... 4 Cardiff Council – launch of ‘See pink and stop and think’ waste campaign! 2nd March ................................................... 5 Vulcan Pub – new management & new entertainment programme! MARCH events! .................................................... 6 World Book Day Party @ Cathays Library – Thursday, 5th March .................................................................................... 7 KCT: Keep Cathays Tidy – @ Gelligaer Park - Saturday 14th March .................................................................................. 8 Meeting Room Community Café @ St Michael’s Church – Saturday, 21st March............................................................. 9 Tree planting day @ Friends of Cathays Cemetery – Saturday, 28th March ................................................................... 10 April 2020 – Cathays Monthly Update – spring is coming !!........................................................................................... 11 SHARE CARDIFF All contributors are responsible for their own Content, images and contact points. March 2020 comments: 3 years of monthly updates – can we make it any better? Compass Spring Quiz (Mini Fund Raiser) If you dislike the fomat – criticise away; all Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/188843632356997/ feedback welcomed. Venue: Bar 105 on Cathays Terrace Please note it is created in a format that all The Compass volunteers are holding a ‘one-off social-cum-quiz’ age ranges can access. where we gather …… a reward for everyone’s volunteering in recent years. Cathays Compass – deferred to April Cathays Fair 2020 – Stall Reservation Forms: March meeting will be the immediate Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1511011525741750/ committee having 2nd site visit for where If you wish – you can download a Cathays Fair 2020 Stall Fair will be held – everyone back together in April !! reservation BOOKING form from the main Cathays Compass website. All initial information for the day is one the 2 page booking form. If the Cathays Compass facebook page just got 1000 ‘likes’ from local residents Meeting Room Café – new venue – new date!! we’d really be able to get the The Meeting Room Community Café is now being held at St. information out to the majority of you Michaels & All Angels Anglican Church Parish of Cathays, Cardiff – as quickly as possible – AND you can entrance is at top of Gelligaer Street. put your own messages up there too!! Cathays Compass on Social Media: Library Survey – one for kids/one for adults!! Message your posters over to Cathays Compass The Libraries are running a customer survey in March – could you on Facebook!! please include these links in the newsletter to encourage people to www.facebook.com/cathayscompass take part? Adults survey:https://www.snapsurveys.com/wh/s.asp?k=158151305231 Child survey: https://www.snapsurveys.com/wh/s.asp?k=158158848884 Cathays Monthly Update: Please encourage your neighbours to sign up: [email protected] SHARE CARDIFF All contributors are responsible for their own Content, images and contact points. Cathays March calendar at a glance: Please check out the www.yourcathays.org.uk for a snapshot calendar of events happening on a regular monthly basis all across Cathays. A rough idea is the image below of what you will find. New updates to the calendar have been added in recent weeks – a lot of positives happening all over Cathays – please get involved. SHARE CARDIFF All contributors are responsible for their own Content, images and contact points. Teacups and Cupcakes – re-opening in April SHARE CARDIFF All contributors are responsible for their own Content, images and contact points. Cardiff Council – launch of ‘See pink and stop and think’ waste campaign! 2nd March Check link on https://www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk/releases/c25/23119.html?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_c ampaign=SocialSignIn&utm_content=Pink+Sticker According to our council workers – the worst culprits for waste is food not going in food caddies, babies nappies going in normal waste bags (should be yellow bags) and textiles going in wrong bags too!! Find out more here: socsi.in/aD03M #seepinkstopandthink When you put the wrong things in the wrong green bags / caddies / regular waste bags – the council staff will leave sticker on your waste bags and an automatic letter will be sent out to your home. The new campaign will see bright pink stickers placed on recycling and garden waste bags or bins alerting residents that they contain incorrect items. If a pink sticker is put onto a container, residents will have to take their waste back into their property to remove the incorrect items before they put their recycling out again on the next collection date. Find outmore here. Incorrect presentation of waste and recycling may result in a fixed penalty notice of up to £100. However, before it gets to this point you'll see a pink sticker on recycling bags that have been presented incorrectly. We're asking that if people see pink, we want you to stop and think. This scheme will be rolled out from 2ndMarch 2020. SHARE CARDIFF All contributors are responsible for their own Content, images and contact points. Vulcan Pub – new management & new entertainment programme! MARCH events! Kyle Harris has taken over the Vulcan Pub in recent months & welcomes everyone to Vulcan’s events!! Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheVulcanLounge/ SHARE CARDIFF All contributors are responsible for their own Content, images and contact points. World Book Day Party @ Cathays Library – Thursday, 5th March World Book Day Party - please come to Cathays Library on Thursday, 5th March and celebrate this amazing event !! SHARE CARDIFF All contributors are responsible for their own Content, images and contact points. KCT: Keep Cathays Tidy – @ Gelligaer Park - Saturday 14th March Location: Saturday, 10am – meeting at Gelligaer Park New litter pickers/new hoops/more volunteers participating!! Litter pickers, bags (and rings) will be provided – please check weather and wear SPF/Sun block if necessary as not to get sun burn on the morning. Please click on the www.keepcathaystidy.org.uk and click on the social media icons for Facebook KCT and Twitter KCT and keep in touch of all our updates. Many people are using FB & Tw to message KCT to apprise them of potential future sites to litter pick. www.KeepCathaysTidy.org.uk Please nominate areas around Cathays you’d like to see get some community TLC to start 2018 on the right foot !! Thank you to everyone supports the community clean up efforts! Ceri, Sarah, and Chris – Keep Cathays Tidy SHARE CARDIFF All contributors are responsible for their own Content, images and contact points. Meeting Room Community Café @ St Michael’s Church – Saturday, 21st March New Location – Same Amazing Set Up!!! VEGGIE & VEGAN GRASSROOTS CAFÉ ST. MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS’ CHURCH, @ GELLIGAER STREET, CATHAYS, CARDIFF, CF24 4LA 11am to 2 pm Great food – great company …………. And most impotantly you!!!! Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TeilosMeetingRoom/ SHARE CARDIFF All contributors are responsible for their own Content, images and contact points. Tree planting day @ Friends of Cathays Cemetery – Saturday, 28th March Website: http://www.friendsofcathayscemetery.co.uk/ FB page: https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfCathaysCemetery/ Tree planting day @ Cathays Cemetery Start time: 10am Everyone meet at the Chapels (image above) Entrance halfway down Fairoak Road Regards, John – Friends of Cathays Cemetery SHARE CARDIFF All contributors are responsible for their own Content, images and contact points. April 2020 – Cathays Monthly Update – spring is coming !! Anything else – just check out the www.yourcathays.org.uk calendar and other info on the website. Spring events? Please submit your posters. Regards, Paulus SHARE CARDIFF All contributors are responsible for their own Content, images and contact points. .
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