Caerphilly Observer

18/08/2024

A Live Band Day of great music raising funds for Velindre Cancer Center in our 30th year.

17/08/2024

"⚠️🚧 Road closed 🚧⚠️

🚨 Emergency services are dealing with a road traffic collision between Cedar Tree and Hendredenny roundabouts. 🚨

Please avoid the area and find alternative routes for your journey.

Thank you."

16/08/2024

The family-friendly day consists of tractor and vintage car displays, trade stands and craft stalls, as well as the usual livestock.

16/08/2024

Jacob Bryan, 18, will head to Portsmouth University in September to study Physical Geography.

16/08/2024

Bethany Evans, 18, from Caerphilly, will head to the University of Manchester in September to study sociology after receiving an A* and two B grades.

16/08/2024

Tayla Williams, 19, used her passion for makeup to help her overcome her social anxiety - and it is now taking her to the University of South Wales in September.

16/08/2024

Labour's Christine Bissex-Foster has won the Aberbargoed and Bargoed council by-election by a single vote.

15/08/2024

Polls have closed in the Caerphilly County Borough Council by-election in the Aberbargoed and Bargoed ward, as well as in the Bargoed Town Council by-election.

15/08/2024

Ffos Caerffili is up for a national construction award, and will go up against developments from across the UK.

15/08/2024

The Local Environmental Awareness on Dogs (LEAD) Initiative was launched last year as part of efforts to tackle dangerous dog attacks.

15/08/2024

Students across Caerphilly County Borough are today receiving their A-level results.

15/08/2024

Gwent Police's chief constable, Pam Kelly, has retired after a 30-year policing career.

15/08/2024

A county borough council by-election is being held in the Aberbargoed and Bargoed ward today, alongside a by-election in the Bargoed Town Council area.

14/08/2024

Campaigner Matt Davies began collecting signatures online after he learned late last year of the proposal for up to 13 wind turbines on Mynydd Maen.

13/08/2024

A manufacturer leading the move away from single-use plastics has secured a £5 million investment from the Cardiff Capital Region - a partnership of ten local authorities.

13/08/2024

The crash happened on Pandy Road, near Llanbradach, at around 6.25am on Monday August 12.

12/08/2024

In its first appearance since 2004, Risca Male Voice Choir has been crowned the best in Wales at this year's Eisteddfod.

12/08/2024

The family-friendly day consists of tractor and vintage car displays, trade stands and craft stalls, as well as the usual livestock.

12/08/2024

The by-election will be held on Thursday August 15 and follows the death of ward councillor Dianne Price, who passed away in April having represented the area for 20 years.

12/08/2024

A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of drink and drug driving after a car crashed into a house on Pandy Road, Llanbradach.

12/08/2024

High Street in Bargoed will be closed for the majority of Sunday August 25 to allow for water works to take place.

12/08/2024

Gerwyn Price stormed to his second World Series title of the year after destroying Luke Littler in the Australian Darts Masters final.

09/08/2024

09/08/2024

Are you a business owner in the Caerphilly borough? Becoming a member of the Caerphilly Business Club could be one of the best choices for your growth.

09/08/2024

Caerphilly County Borough Council has granted retrospective planning permission for a beer garden area next to the clubhouse, in Ystrad Mynach.

09/08/2024

South Wales East MS Peredur Owen Griffiths discusses the appointment of Eluned Morgan as First Minister and the Eisteddfod in his blog for Caerphilly Observer.

09/08/2024

Christopher Murray, 63, has been jailed after admitting to a series of sexual offences against four children during the 1990s.

09/08/2024

Students from Caerphilly-based Elevate Dance will grace the theme park’s Videopolis Theatre in a 20-minute show slot after successfully completing an audition last year.

A group of talented young dancers are heading off to France this month for a special performance at Disneyland Paris.

09/08/2024

Members of White Rose Dementia Coffee Morning group
celebrate their National Lottery funding

A volunteer morning coffee group that supports people and families affected by dementia has secured a £7,800 National Lottery grant.

The group meets every Monday, except Bank Holidays, from 10 to 12 noon in White Rose Resource Centre, New Tredegar.

It provides a time and space for people living with dementia and their carers to meet over refreshments for informal support and conversation.

The group also hosts visiting speakers, music, craft, games, day trips and other memory and cognitive stimulation activities that benefit those with early stage dementia.

Each weekly session is run by a small number of volunteers, who make up the group’s committee.
These are treasurer Carol Andrews, councillor for Gilfach and the council’s dementia champion, her daughter Megan is secretary and the chair is Wendy Short.

The group began as the Alzheimer’s Society Peer Support Group based at The Winding House in New Tredegar around 2016.

Megan began volunteering with the group during sixth form as part of her Welsh Baccalaureate course, because her grandfather had been diagnosed with dementia.

Wendy Short began as a volunteer driver for the group.

The group continued through the pandemic, but the Alzheimer’s Society were changing direction and could no longer support the group.

https://caerphilly.observer/news/1041584/deri-dementia-care-group-climbs-pen-y-fan-to-raise-awareness/

Two of the members decided they would run the group themselves and become the New Tredegar Dementia Support Group in September 2020 and the group was launched by Carol, who was then the county borough mayor (https://caerphilly.observer/news/994364/nurse-who-worked-on-frontline-against-coronavirus-appointed-mayor/).

Unfortunately, due to ill health, the group was on the verge of folding when Wendy contacted Carol asking for help for the group.

As dementia champion and a relative of someone living with dementia, Carol realised how important this group was to existing members. With the support of Caerphilly Cares and GAVO, Wendy, Megan and Carol, set up the White Rose Dementia Coffee Morning as a constituted group, in September 2022.

https://caerphilly.observer/news/991579/deputy-mayor-working-on-frontline-against-coronavirus/

Carol, as treasurer, applied for Lottery Funding earlier this year and was delighted to find they had been successful. The funding will be spent on room hire and funding day trips including transport and tickets.

Cognitive stimulation does not cure or reverse dementia but for many people with mild or moderate dementia, it could make a difference, not just in cognitive tests but in social interaction, mood, wellbeing and day-to-day function.

The group works in partnership with Upper Rhymney Valley Dementia Friendly Community, New Tredegar Community Council, Caerphilly County Borough Council, Integrated Wellbeing Network, GAVO and the Greater Gwent Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Partnership Dementia Friendly Communities.

White Rose Dementia Coffee Morning welcomes new members and their relatives and anyone who would like to volunteer with them.

The group welcomed Rhymney MS Dawn Bowden on Monday July 29, who presented them with their funding cheque and joined them and other guests for a small celebration.

Members of White Rose Dementia Coffee Morning group celebrate their National Lottery funding A volunteer morning coffee group that supports people and

08/08/2024

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