Mural unveiled at the Riverside Centre

A colourful mural representing the diverse wildlife at Glantawe Riverside Park was officially unveiled by Gwenda Thomas AM on Friday 22nd of July at the Riverside Centre. Over 50 people attended including friends and families of the students from Cwmtawe Community School who took part in the project, the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, funders partners in the project and local park users.

Professional artist Dave Marchant praised the efforts of the students and the 4 United Nations Association (UNA) volunteers; Paulo Severo (Italy), Raphaelle Bossiroy (Belgium), Kristyna Hnevsova, (Czech Republic) and Guillaume Dubeouf (France).

Helen Wales from UNA gave a short speech explaining the principles of UNA and the importance of exchanges in breaking down cultural barriers.

A timely shower prompted a move into the centre where the student's art work was on display and a spread of food prepared by the UNA volunteers composed of traditional dishes from their countries.

Funding for this project came from the West Glamorgan Crimebeat Community Award - thank you to Rowland Jones, former High Sheriff. Funding also came from the NPT Community Safety Partnership. Thank you Sian Morris, Community Safety Officer. Part of the project was also funded by the Big Lottery. The volunteers also thanked Celtic leisure for loan of their showers!

A big thank you to all involved including Riverside staff, Lynne Lewis and Eleanor Flaherty.

Orienteering Training at Riverside

On Friday 17th of June, 12 people from local community groups and schools took part in training course on how to teach orienteering with Mair Tomos from British Orienteering. Dodging the showers the participants learnt how to teach others on basic map reading skills, setting the map and understanding the symbols on an orienteering map. They can now plan and deliver orienteering sessions that meet the safety standards required by British Orienteering.

Glantawe Riverside Park has its own fixed orienteering course and equipment that schools and community groups can hire to teach orienteering. For further details contact Roger at the Riverside Centre.

Organised Kaos at Riverside!

The sun shone on 37 people who turned up on Saturday to take part in circus skills workshops with local youth circus group, Organised Kaos. Participants had the chance to walk around on power stilts, juggle, use a diablo and hula hoop amongst pieces of kit. Afterwards there was a show where Organised Kaos showed off their skills which featured in the recently televised "Passion of Port Talbot"

Anyone interested in joining Organised Kaos can contact Nicola Hemsley on 07799 266505 emailinfo@organisedkaos.org.uk or visit their web page at www.organisedkaos.org.uk