THE latest community news from Llanidloes

Reuse, recycle, reduce

ARE you having a clear out?

Don’t forget that Woosnam & Davies News are a drop off point for recycling, raising money for charities, reusing or redistribution.

It includes any of the following: new toiletries, girls and boys; dried food, pasta, rice; old jewellery; spectacles; used stamps; egg cartons; bicycles; foreign, old, coins and notes; tinned food, beans, peas; hot water bottles; new or clean winter bedding; euros notes and coins; clean plastic carrier bags; glass milk bottles; wool; knitting needles; crochet hooks; buttons; broken and odd earrings; old mobile phones; medals; clean polystyrene or paper cups with or without the lids.

Anything new/suitable for raffle prizes and teddy bears.

If you would like further details please contact 01686 412263.

Tadpoles

CHRISTIAN fun for babies, preschool children and their carers.

Song time, story time, crafts and snacks on Wednesday, 19 June at St Idloes Church Hall from 10am to 11.30am.

Further details from Julia on 07768 861377.

Rohingya refugees

ON Tuesday, 4 June, Montgomery GP Alan Woodall gave an illustrated talk to a meeting organised by Llanidloes Refugee Support Group of his experiences working in a camp for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

The Rohingya people who have fled from horrific violence and persecution in Myanmar (formerly Burma) to Bangladesh and are now housed in a camp of more than a million people, the largest refugee settlement in the world, with no proper schools or medical facilities.

Alan regularly spends his annual leave giving medical help and training refugee helpers to give assistance.

With limited supplies and equipment Alan says: “What I can do is a mere drop in the ocean, and probably the most valuable thing is to come back home and tell people about what is going on.”

Alan also recently spoke to children at Llanidloes Primary School who raised money for the project.

The talk was very well received with a number of people staying behind to ask questions and discuss the issue.

Generous donations from the evening have enabled Llanidloes Refugee Support Group to send £350 to Medicin Sans Frontieres for their work with the Rohingya.

Wool and Willow Festival

THE 15th Wool and Willow festival takes place from 8 June until 6 July at the Minerva Arts Centre.

A selling event featuring good quality goods and materials made by Artisans in Wales and the borderlands.

Workshops and advice from experienced craft workers available. Free admission, come to look or buy.

See the website www.woolandwillowfestival. org for more details or phone 01782 657605.

Côr Llanwnog concerts

ON Sunday, 16 June, at 7.30pm Côr Llanwnog is holding a joint concert with Voices in Unity in the Presbyterian Church, Caersws. There will be soloists and supper.

Tickets will be available at the door on each occasion.

For further information contact Graham Marshman, 01686 412442 or Angela Swindell, 01686 413728.

Guide Dog Walk

THE walk, in aid of Guide Dogs for the Blind, which was cancelled due to storm Hannah in April has now been rescheduled for Saturday, 10 August.

Starting and finishing in Kennel Fields at 10am.

Entry is just £5 per dog or free entry if your dog is sponsored for more than £5 by your friends and family.

Your dog will need to be on a lead as the 6km route is on public roads and footpaths passing near sheep.

A route map will be supplied and your dog will get a rosette and some dog treats when you finish the walk.

Sponsor forms are available from Woosnam and Davies, Llanidloes, Llanidloes Rotary Club and other locations.

If you were sponsored for the last walk, hang onto your sponsorship form and money and bring it with you on the day.

Please bring the sponsor form with you so we can see how much you have raised and help President of the Rotary Club of Llanidloes John Selwyn Smith reach his target of £10,000 to train a Guide Dog Puppy.

For more information please contact John Selwyn Smith on [email protected] or 01686 413589.

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