THE latest community news from Tywyn

Young Reporters Club

YSGOL Uwchradd Tywyn has established a new club, namely, The Young Reporters Club.

This came as a result of entering The Young Reporters for The Environment competition which was held last month. The club’s aim is to develop young people’s skills and knowledge regarding environmental issues. It will also enhance communication skills, individual initiative, teamwork, social responsibility and leadership skills.

The group will be holding a workshop on photography as well as film making. The club is off to a very good start with a generous donation from The Rotary Club of Tywyn for the sum of £200. The money will be used to purchase an iPad for members of the club to use and will be a very valuable tool to allow them to film and edit.

Sean Garrett, a member of the Young Reporters Club is also an active member of the school’s Eco Club and Greener Tywyn. He works towards making a difference by encouraging others to make changes in their daily lives. Sean produced a 1,000-word essay for ‘The Young Reporters for the Environment’ competition.

In his essay, he outlines the affects and impacts on our environment, which is not just a local problem but also a global issue.

Picture: Nancy Clarke, Rotary Club president, presenting a cheque for £200 to members of The Young Reporters Club, Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn.

Church

HOLY Week and Easter celebrations at St David’s begins on Holy Thursday with Commemoration of the Lord’s Supper (including washing of feet) from 6pm.

Good Friday will see a walk of witness at 11.30am and Passion of the Lord at 3pm.

Holy Saturday will see an Easter Vigil take place in the church from 7pm and will be followed on Easter Sunday at 7am with a sunrise service on Tywyn’s seafront at 6am, morning mass at 9am.

A morning mass will also be held at 10am on Monday.

Rotary Club

ON 4 April, The Rotary Club of Tywyn welcomed the return of Maureen Jones to speak to the club about her recent adventure trekking the Himalayas in India for Marie Curie.

Maureen is a qualified midwife with GIG Cymru/NHS Wales and together with her brother, two other family members and two work colleagues, pledged to raise £3,500 each for Marie Curie by completing the Himalayan trek. Maureen described her gruelling training schedule – it took her a year and a half to get fit and strong enough to endure the five-day hike in high altitude conditions - all the time raising money by siting collection boxes around the local Tywyn community, a sponsored coastal walk and an event at the Marine Hotel, Aberystwyth with a raffle and auction prizes.

A group of 21 intrepid walkers met at Heathrow airport for the flight to Delhi, then onward by bus, tuk-tuk and overnight train to McLeod Ganj, 2082 metres above sea level, twice as high as Snowdon, and the starting point of their five-day trek.

Tents, sleeping bags and supplies were transported each day by pony and each person carried their personal belongings in backpacks. The highest point on their circular route was 3,400 metres where the altitude became almost too much to bear – causing shortness of breath, dizziness and tiredness.

Maureen personally raised over £6,500 for Marie Curie, her group total was £24,000 and between the whole team of 21 people, the total was an impressive £100,000 which will provide vital funds to help care and support people living with any terminal illness and their families.

On behalf of the Rotary Club of Tywyn, president Nancy Clarke thanked Maureen for her inspirational talk and presented her with a cheque for £100 for Marie Curie.

Picture; Nancy and Maureen.

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