PLANT SALE AND COFFEE MORNING 20/5/17
It's that time of year again ..... our annual fund-raiser and social event has been arranged for Saturday 20th May, 10am in Church House, Gresford and we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible there. We will be grateful for donations of any plants, cuttings and seedlings that you can spare. All funds raised will go towards maintaining Maes y Pant, and we always look forward to hearing your (constructive) ideas, comments and suggestions for future work and improvements.
So please come along and join us for tea, coffee, juice, teacakes and biscuits, cake stall and raffle and to donate / sell / buy lots of plants.
HOG ROAST April 8th 2017
Thanks to a grant from the Big Lottery 'Community Celebrations' award scheme, Maes-y-Pant are holding a Hog-roast close to the car park on Saturday April 8th from 1.30pm to celebrate receiving a 'Green Flag' award for the site. Also hopefully, to celebrate completion of the childrens adventure play area.
We are inviting all those people who have helped over the past six years to get Maes-y-Pant up and running - people like the Friends of Maes-y-Pant; Gresford Community Councillors; Maes-y-Pant Board members, and neighbours of the site as well as other individuals who have supported us so strongly. Numbers are limited and invitations will be sent out shortly, so if you receive one please be sure to respond so that we can cater accordingly. There are likely to be over 200 people attending and we will need to maintain a list of acceptances to make sure everyone who replies to the invitation is fed!
For people whose email addresses we have on record, you will be contacted electronically. Where we only hold addresses, you will receive a letter before the end of March.
We look forward to meeting you in Maes y Pant on 8th April, and thank you for your continuing support.
And please, bring the sunshine with you!!
It's that time of year again ..... our annual fund-raiser and social event has been arranged for Saturday 20th May, 10am in Church House, Gresford and we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible there. We will be grateful for donations of any plants, cuttings and seedlings that you can spare. All funds raised will go towards maintaining Maes y Pant, and we always look forward to hearing your (constructive) ideas, comments and suggestions for future work and improvements.
So please come along and join us for tea, coffee, juice, teacakes and biscuits, cake stall and raffle and to donate / sell / buy lots of plants.
HOG ROAST April 8th 2017
Thanks to a grant from the Big Lottery 'Community Celebrations' award scheme, Maes-y-Pant are holding a Hog-roast close to the car park on Saturday April 8th from 1.30pm to celebrate receiving a 'Green Flag' award for the site. Also hopefully, to celebrate completion of the childrens adventure play area.
We are inviting all those people who have helped over the past six years to get Maes-y-Pant up and running - people like the Friends of Maes-y-Pant; Gresford Community Councillors; Maes-y-Pant Board members, and neighbours of the site as well as other individuals who have supported us so strongly. Numbers are limited and invitations will be sent out shortly, so if you receive one please be sure to respond so that we can cater accordingly. There are likely to be over 200 people attending and we will need to maintain a list of acceptances to make sure everyone who replies to the invitation is fed!
For people whose email addresses we have on record, you will be contacted electronically. Where we only hold addresses, you will receive a letter before the end of March.
We look forward to meeting you in Maes y Pant on 8th April, and thank you for your continuing support.
And please, bring the sunshine with you!!
BIG LOTTERY COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS 'HOG ROAST' on SATURDAY APRIL 8TH
The 'Big Lottery' have awarded Maes y Pant funds to hold a Community Celebration event, to celebrate the site receiving a Green Flag award. It has been decided to hold a Hog Roast on site, and the date has been arranged to suit two other events happening early in 2017. These are the removal of swathes of Corsican Pine trees (these will be replaced with native broadleaved trees, or maintained as clearings); also the installation of an adventure play area for young children which should be completed before 8th April.
The Friends of Maes y Pant, volunteers who help out on the site and others who have supported the purchase and development of the site will receive details and invitations in February.
ALL SAINTS CHURCH GRESFORD
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL
1-7 DECEMBER 2016
Along with 35 other local groups and organisations, Maes y Pant is participating in the Christmas Tree Festival in All Saints Church which takes place from 1 December until 7 December, from 10-5 daily, 10-4 Saturday and Sunday.
Well worth a visit, lots of effort has gone into decorating the trees and they look splendid in the wonderful, atmospheric setting of All Saints. Our thanks to Joyce, Jenny and Gordon for their creative decorations!
All proceeds are being donated to Hope House and Nightingale House Hospices.
GRESFORD FESTIVAL SUNDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER 2016
Come along and join in the fun at Gresford Festival on 11th September, 12.30-5.00pm.
Maes-y-Pant will have a gazebo close to the tennis court, where you will be able to try your luck at a Tombola; there is a Treasure Hunt for children; we'll have some plants for sale, a display board plus lots of information on what MyPAG (Maes-y-Pant Action Group) has achieved so far this year, and what plans we have for the near future. And we have many!
BOOT CAMPS AND SENIORS FITNESS GROUPS
Thanks to the generosity of our funders, we have some pretty useful exercise equipment in Maes-y-Pant, and we hope to site more equipment as and when funds allow. The Woodland Gym area is at the bottom of the steps on the BLUE footpath. Claire Sutcliffe of Time2Train runs a Senior's Fitness group every Wednesday afternoon 4-5 (3-4 after the clocks change in October) , suitable for those who feel the need to keep moving, but not quite up to BootCamp standards. Age is no barrier, without giving too much away we have two increasingly fit and very impressive 80+ year olds in the group as well as one or two 30 years younger! Meet in the carpark at 3.50. This project is supported by ActifWoods. Claire also runs Bootcamps on Friday mornings at 9am, and Wednesdays at 6pm until fading light becomes a problem. Claire is a highly qualified, fully insured BTF Level 3 qualified coach and personal trainer, and a highly successful triathlon trainer and competitor.
And Claire lives in the village, we are very lucky to have her support.
For further information contact Claire on 07834 494818
PLANT SALE AND COFFEE MORNING SATURDAY 21ST MAY 2016
Please come along and join us for our annual fund-raising event on Saturday 21st May
in Church House, Gresford (LL12 8RG) . Admission £2, accompanied children free.
Tea, coffee, juice, scones, teacakes, biscuits included.
There will be (as you would expect!) a plant stall: also cake stall, bring and buy stall, and a raffle.
Proceeds for benefit of Maes-y-Pant projects and running costs.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED THE EVENT, WE RAISED ALMOST £400 FOR MAES-Y-PANT FUNDS!!
The 'Big Lottery' have awarded Maes y Pant funds to hold a Community Celebration event, to celebrate the site receiving a Green Flag award. It has been decided to hold a Hog Roast on site, and the date has been arranged to suit two other events happening early in 2017. These are the removal of swathes of Corsican Pine trees (these will be replaced with native broadleaved trees, or maintained as clearings); also the installation of an adventure play area for young children which should be completed before 8th April.
The Friends of Maes y Pant, volunteers who help out on the site and others who have supported the purchase and development of the site will receive details and invitations in February.
ALL SAINTS CHURCH GRESFORD
CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL
1-7 DECEMBER 2016
Along with 35 other local groups and organisations, Maes y Pant is participating in the Christmas Tree Festival in All Saints Church which takes place from 1 December until 7 December, from 10-5 daily, 10-4 Saturday and Sunday.
Well worth a visit, lots of effort has gone into decorating the trees and they look splendid in the wonderful, atmospheric setting of All Saints. Our thanks to Joyce, Jenny and Gordon for their creative decorations!
All proceeds are being donated to Hope House and Nightingale House Hospices.
GRESFORD FESTIVAL SUNDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER 2016
Come along and join in the fun at Gresford Festival on 11th September, 12.30-5.00pm.
Maes-y-Pant will have a gazebo close to the tennis court, where you will be able to try your luck at a Tombola; there is a Treasure Hunt for children; we'll have some plants for sale, a display board plus lots of information on what MyPAG (Maes-y-Pant Action Group) has achieved so far this year, and what plans we have for the near future. And we have many!
BOOT CAMPS AND SENIORS FITNESS GROUPS
Thanks to the generosity of our funders, we have some pretty useful exercise equipment in Maes-y-Pant, and we hope to site more equipment as and when funds allow. The Woodland Gym area is at the bottom of the steps on the BLUE footpath. Claire Sutcliffe of Time2Train runs a Senior's Fitness group every Wednesday afternoon 4-5 (3-4 after the clocks change in October) , suitable for those who feel the need to keep moving, but not quite up to BootCamp standards. Age is no barrier, without giving too much away we have two increasingly fit and very impressive 80+ year olds in the group as well as one or two 30 years younger! Meet in the carpark at 3.50. This project is supported by ActifWoods. Claire also runs Bootcamps on Friday mornings at 9am, and Wednesdays at 6pm until fading light becomes a problem. Claire is a highly qualified, fully insured BTF Level 3 qualified coach and personal trainer, and a highly successful triathlon trainer and competitor.
And Claire lives in the village, we are very lucky to have her support.
For further information contact Claire on 07834 494818
PLANT SALE AND COFFEE MORNING SATURDAY 21ST MAY 2016
Please come along and join us for our annual fund-raising event on Saturday 21st May
in Church House, Gresford (LL12 8RG) . Admission £2, accompanied children free.
Tea, coffee, juice, scones, teacakes, biscuits included.
There will be (as you would expect!) a plant stall: also cake stall, bring and buy stall, and a raffle.
Proceeds for benefit of Maes-y-Pant projects and running costs.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED THE EVENT, WE RAISED ALMOST £400 FOR MAES-Y-PANT FUNDS!!
VOLUNTEER SESSIONS AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER
30th August - Scything and raking hay in the meadow (behind Pant Lane). Meet at Main Entrance at 9.30am, or come up to the meadow and find us. If you'd like to try scything this is the opportunity - you can learn how to scythe yourself, or help with gathering up the hay.
Early September - Help needed to earth up the sides of the pond where recent heavy rain has washed the sandy soil away, revealing the mesh covering the pond liner. Contact us via the form on this website for dates when working parties plan to tackle the work, which will be weather dependent.
27th September - Main Entrance, 9.30am - help to plant cowslip and foxglove plants, also to clear about 4 patches in the meadow to sow some more wildflower seeds.
All are welcome to come along and help at these events. The planting and seed sowing in particular would be a good project for younger volunteers to help with, and we would be very happy to have them join us.
13TH SEPTEMBER …. GRESFORD FESTIVAL
Come and visit the MyPAG stand at the Gresford Festival on September 13th. Find out more about your local community recreational facility and the people behind it: see a display of the entries into the Young Peoples' Artwork Design competition (winners will be announced at the Festival): find the buried treasure on the Maes-y-Pant site map. Learn about future plans, and how you can get involved in the project.
SUMMER HOLIDAYS ………. YOUNG PEOPLES' ARTWORK DESIGN COMPETITION
The closing date for entries into this competition, which is looking for ideas from children and young people for art installations in Maes-y-Pant is 31 August 2015. Further details of the competition appear on the 'News from MyPAG' page.
VOLUNTEER DAYS 2015
Volunteer days will take place on 2nd Sunday monthly, from 10am to 1pm, commencing February 8th.
Please meet in the car park off Pant Lane. There is always a variety of tasks to carry out, so plenty of choice and you won't be asked to do anything you aren't comfortable with. Don't worry if you can't arrive by 10am or can't stay for a full three hours .... any time you can spare during the morning will be really useful to the project, and you'll meet some of the nicest people!!
2015 - FORWARD PLANNING!
Saturday 9th May:
We've booked Church House in Gresford for a fund-raising Coffee Morning and Plant Sale. Not for ages yet, but if you are tidying your garden this Autumn and in Spring, please think of us and let us have any spare plants or cuttings, or seedlings if you have been growing them and have too many .... we will be very grateful for such contributions that we may be able to sell to others to raise funds. We'll arrange collection / delivery nearer the time.
AUTUMN VOLUNTEER SESSIONS
These will take place from 10am on the following Sundays:
19 October; 23 November; 7 December
Please come along and lend a hand, even if you only have half an hour to spare. Plenty of different autumnal tasks to be carried out, and you won’t be asked to do anything you can’t cope with.
OCTOBER ACTIVITIES
Week commencing 21st October, work will commence to improve the surface on the green 'All-Abilities' footpath. Loose stones will be brushed off, and a smoother surface laid which will make the footpath easier for people using wheelchairs and pushchairs to get around. Please avoid areas where work is being carried out: keep dogs on a leash and comply with any notices and instructions from the contractors - these will be for everyon'e safety.
Three more benches are being sited on Wednesday 8 October, as well as four interpretation boards imminently. In addition a 'sit-up' bench has been ordered for the Woodland Gym area.
The benches are destined for the Meadow, the Pond, and the Woodland gym areas. The sit-up bench is being donated to us by Actif Woods/Coed Lleol, an organisation which promotes 'getting healthy the woodland way'.
Ann from Actif Woods has worked with Claire, of Time"Train, to set up 'Seniors' exercise sessions in Maes-y-Pant and currently Actif Woods subsides the classes. The sessions are £2, and take place from 3-4pm every Wednesday, meeting in the car park. The 'Seniors' participating so far are roughly between 50 - 85 years old, exercises are flexible enough to accommodate everyone and you can work as hard, or as little, as you are comfortable with. Everyone is welcome, - its fun, its sociable, and of course very good for you!
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION - SPONSORED WALK IN MAES-Y-PANT
Thursday 25th September, 6pm.
Look out for posters about the above event, which is being organised by and in support of the British Heart Foundation. It looks like it will be a 4 mile walk, £10 entrance with funds raised going of course to the BHF. Further details from Sion Edwards (British Heart Foundation Cymru) 01745 888161; mob 07714 069128
email edwardss@bhf.org.uk
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY 'GRASSROOTS GIVING'
Throughout September
We have applied to Skipton Building Society's 'Grassroots Giving' initiative and Maes-y-Pant has been short-listed for funding! We received the following message:
"We have had hundreds of amazing applications and we've really loved reading about all the fantastic work going on in communities throughout the UK. To make it to the short-list stage you beat off hundreds of other applicants and were able to clearly demonstrate the positive impact you make in your local community.
In order to fairly allocate the 161 pots of £500, we're asking the public to tell us who they want to see receive the funding out of our 304 short-listed groups. An individual profile has been created for your group and it can be seen here:- http://www.skiptongrg.co.uk/apply-for-funding/whos-applying/
Voting goes live on the 1st September and this link is also where you will click through to begin voting to receive the donation.
Voting is open for a month and so please spread the word to your group, family and friends in order to gain as many votes as possible. "
* * * *
Free exercise sessions for overs 50's organised by Actif Woods will start on Wed 13th Aug 4pm-5pm for 6 weeks.
Claire Sutcliffe of Time2Train will put those of us in our 'late youth' through our paces! Essential to book by emailing claire@time2train.me.uk or calling Claire on 07834 494818
Where do we meet? Entrance to Maes-y-Pant community woodland off Pant Lane, Gresford
What will we do? Light exercise suitable for all abilities; Work at own pace; Exercise tailored to the individual; Power walking ; Mobility; balance and strength training.
What should we bring? Essential – comfortable clothes and suitable footwear
Optional – gloves, walking poles and something waterproof to sit on
Friends and family !
Feel the health benefit and above all HAVE FUN
http://www.coedlleol.org.uk/
http://smallwoods.org.uk/
30th August - Scything and raking hay in the meadow (behind Pant Lane). Meet at Main Entrance at 9.30am, or come up to the meadow and find us. If you'd like to try scything this is the opportunity - you can learn how to scythe yourself, or help with gathering up the hay.
Early September - Help needed to earth up the sides of the pond where recent heavy rain has washed the sandy soil away, revealing the mesh covering the pond liner. Contact us via the form on this website for dates when working parties plan to tackle the work, which will be weather dependent.
27th September - Main Entrance, 9.30am - help to plant cowslip and foxglove plants, also to clear about 4 patches in the meadow to sow some more wildflower seeds.
All are welcome to come along and help at these events. The planting and seed sowing in particular would be a good project for younger volunteers to help with, and we would be very happy to have them join us.
13TH SEPTEMBER …. GRESFORD FESTIVAL
Come and visit the MyPAG stand at the Gresford Festival on September 13th. Find out more about your local community recreational facility and the people behind it: see a display of the entries into the Young Peoples' Artwork Design competition (winners will be announced at the Festival): find the buried treasure on the Maes-y-Pant site map. Learn about future plans, and how you can get involved in the project.
SUMMER HOLIDAYS ………. YOUNG PEOPLES' ARTWORK DESIGN COMPETITION
The closing date for entries into this competition, which is looking for ideas from children and young people for art installations in Maes-y-Pant is 31 August 2015. Further details of the competition appear on the 'News from MyPAG' page.
VOLUNTEER DAYS 2015
Volunteer days will take place on 2nd Sunday monthly, from 10am to 1pm, commencing February 8th.
Please meet in the car park off Pant Lane. There is always a variety of tasks to carry out, so plenty of choice and you won't be asked to do anything you aren't comfortable with. Don't worry if you can't arrive by 10am or can't stay for a full three hours .... any time you can spare during the morning will be really useful to the project, and you'll meet some of the nicest people!!
2015 - FORWARD PLANNING!
Saturday 9th May:
We've booked Church House in Gresford for a fund-raising Coffee Morning and Plant Sale. Not for ages yet, but if you are tidying your garden this Autumn and in Spring, please think of us and let us have any spare plants or cuttings, or seedlings if you have been growing them and have too many .... we will be very grateful for such contributions that we may be able to sell to others to raise funds. We'll arrange collection / delivery nearer the time.
AUTUMN VOLUNTEER SESSIONS
These will take place from 10am on the following Sundays:
19 October; 23 November; 7 December
Please come along and lend a hand, even if you only have half an hour to spare. Plenty of different autumnal tasks to be carried out, and you won’t be asked to do anything you can’t cope with.
OCTOBER ACTIVITIES
Week commencing 21st October, work will commence to improve the surface on the green 'All-Abilities' footpath. Loose stones will be brushed off, and a smoother surface laid which will make the footpath easier for people using wheelchairs and pushchairs to get around. Please avoid areas where work is being carried out: keep dogs on a leash and comply with any notices and instructions from the contractors - these will be for everyon'e safety.
Three more benches are being sited on Wednesday 8 October, as well as four interpretation boards imminently. In addition a 'sit-up' bench has been ordered for the Woodland Gym area.
The benches are destined for the Meadow, the Pond, and the Woodland gym areas. The sit-up bench is being donated to us by Actif Woods/Coed Lleol, an organisation which promotes 'getting healthy the woodland way'.
Ann from Actif Woods has worked with Claire, of Time"Train, to set up 'Seniors' exercise sessions in Maes-y-Pant and currently Actif Woods subsides the classes. The sessions are £2, and take place from 3-4pm every Wednesday, meeting in the car park. The 'Seniors' participating so far are roughly between 50 - 85 years old, exercises are flexible enough to accommodate everyone and you can work as hard, or as little, as you are comfortable with. Everyone is welcome, - its fun, its sociable, and of course very good for you!
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION - SPONSORED WALK IN MAES-Y-PANT
Thursday 25th September, 6pm.
Look out for posters about the above event, which is being organised by and in support of the British Heart Foundation. It looks like it will be a 4 mile walk, £10 entrance with funds raised going of course to the BHF. Further details from Sion Edwards (British Heart Foundation Cymru) 01745 888161; mob 07714 069128
email edwardss@bhf.org.uk
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY 'GRASSROOTS GIVING'
Throughout September
We have applied to Skipton Building Society's 'Grassroots Giving' initiative and Maes-y-Pant has been short-listed for funding! We received the following message:
"We have had hundreds of amazing applications and we've really loved reading about all the fantastic work going on in communities throughout the UK. To make it to the short-list stage you beat off hundreds of other applicants and were able to clearly demonstrate the positive impact you make in your local community.
In order to fairly allocate the 161 pots of £500, we're asking the public to tell us who they want to see receive the funding out of our 304 short-listed groups. An individual profile has been created for your group and it can be seen here:- http://www.skiptongrg.co.uk/apply-for-funding/whos-applying/
Voting goes live on the 1st September and this link is also where you will click through to begin voting to receive the donation.
Voting is open for a month and so please spread the word to your group, family and friends in order to gain as many votes as possible. "
* * * *
Free exercise sessions for overs 50's organised by Actif Woods will start on Wed 13th Aug 4pm-5pm for 6 weeks.
Claire Sutcliffe of Time2Train will put those of us in our 'late youth' through our paces! Essential to book by emailing claire@time2train.me.uk or calling Claire on 07834 494818
Where do we meet? Entrance to Maes-y-Pant community woodland off Pant Lane, Gresford
What will we do? Light exercise suitable for all abilities; Work at own pace; Exercise tailored to the individual; Power walking ; Mobility; balance and strength training.
What should we bring? Essential – comfortable clothes and suitable footwear
Optional – gloves, walking poles and something waterproof to sit on
Friends and family !
Feel the health benefit and above all HAVE FUN
http://www.coedlleol.org.uk/
http://smallwoods.org.uk/
MARFORD GUIDES will be handing out leaflets at Gresford Trust Fun Event on Bank Holiday Monday (and hopefully receive £2 back!) to advertise this year's Scarecrow Trail.....they want it Bigger and Better!
Leaflets and Guides will be at the MyPAG table advertising the event, with maybe a Scarecrow for support!
UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT HAS TO BE POSTPONED, REVISED DATES WILL BE ADVISED ASAP.
