NEW HOMES • NEW DEVELOPMENTS South Wales Good Causes Given Cash Boost
A social club in Barry and a community dance company are both financially better off aſter winning grants from a leading housebuilder. Barry Island Sports and Social Club and Rubicon Dance are the latest regional recipients of Persimmon Homes’ Community Champions scheme, each pocketing £1,000. Te social club will use the cash to install air conditioning, while Rubicon Dance wants to expand its dance programme for older people. Lee Jones, of the social club committee, said: “Tis is tremendous news. Te club is the heart of the community but it’s a real struggle to stay open in today’s climate. “We desperately need to install air conditioning in our function room to keep the community coming back. “Tis money will go a long way to helping us achieve that.” Lauren Williams, of Rubicon Dance,
said: “We
work throughout Cardiff, Newport and Te Vale of Glamorgan and we currently have Wales’ largest elderly dance programme, as well as an extensive dance and disability programme. “Tis programme helps provide social inclusion for members of society who feel socially isolated. Without funding, this would not be possible. “We are delighted to receive this support from Persimmon.”
Each month Persimmon Homes donates up to £2,000 to community groups in each of its 31 geographical operating areas. Tis means up to £62,000 is dished out every single month – a total of £744,000 a year, and more than £2million since the scheme started back in 2015. Victoria Williams, sales director at Persimmon Homes East Wales, said: “As always, it was very tough to select two winners from a strong batch of applications. “We were impressed with the work Rubicon Dance is doing in getting older people socially involved, and
Redrow to the rescue as graduates head ‘back to school’ to help local Welsh primary
A team from Redrow has gone ‘back to school’ to help transform a local Cardiff primary in need of a bit of a boost.
As part of the Redrow Graduate
Programme, a team from the most recent intake spent time at Ysgol Gymraeg
social clubs remain a fabric of the local community. “We are proud of our Community Champions scheme and the way we support the local community – and we’re not finished yet.” Persimmon Homes has houses for sale right across South Wales including at St Ederyn’s Village in Cardiff and at South Haven in Barry, where prices start £120,995. Visit
www.persimmonhomes.com for more information, or
www.persimmonhomes.com/charity to apply for funding.
Coed y Gof - a Welsh medium school in Pentrebane – helping to renovate recreational areas much in need of repair. Te graduates from various Redrow divisions across the UK - along with special guest, ex-Welsh professional rugby player Alix Popham – were delighted to show the excited pupils exactly what had been achieved as they officially handed over the new areas. Graduates were on site
for a week
working on five zones within their redevelopment plans which included new rubber bound bark chipping, blackboard walls and Wendy houses, as well as literacy, numeracy and sports corners. Zone five undertook the biggest change, being transformed into a new sensory garden for the pupils comprising of a sensory path, log seating, and herb garden. Closely located to Redrow’s Cae St Fagans development at Plasdŵr, a lack of funding has seen the school’s external areas sadly neglected but it was Redrow to the rescue! Te team of 20, along with the help of staff and much appreciated donations from Redrow contractors and suppliers - including Ginkgo, Gwent Gardens, Bell’s, Parker’s, Jewsons, Rexel, Dulux, DAS Outdoors, Speedy Hire, Lex Autolease, Golley Slater, Office Supplies and Accenture – made sure work was
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completed in time for pupils to enjoy. Speaking
about the Redrow project,
Huw Darch - Form Teacher at Coed y Gof - said: “Myself, the staff and most importantly the pupils are delighted with the result. External playground facilities are just as important as in the classroom, and the Redrow graduate team has gone above and beyond to help create a safe, fun space for the pupils to enjoy during their time with us. I’d like to say a huge thank you on behalf of Coed Y Gof to everyone that helped make this project such a success.” Redrow Graduate
trainee, William
Morgan added: “It’s been a total team effort – it’s been very exciting, and we are so glad to see how happy the pupils are with the final result. “We strongly believe that as a community we have come together to improve the learning environment for these children. We hope we have shown the positive aspects that development can bring to a community and that
it will inspire
the future generation consider careers within the construction industry.” Beverley Wookey, Sales Director of Redrow Homes South Wales added: “It’s wonderful to see how the graduates and many of our suppliers have joined forces to help a Welsh medium school transform its external educational and play areas. We are so glad to have played our part in making this happen.”
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