Dear Readers, Everything is Golden is the theme for this month’s magazine, but with our neighbouring counties going into lockdown (at time of press) and the infection rate rising, you’d be forgiven for feeling a little bit grey as opposed to golden at the moment. What we hope to do here at the Focus, however, […]
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Abergavenny’s New Community Hub Opens
Residents of Abergavenny will now be able to visit the new Community Hub located at the Town Hall. The new hub opened its doors on Monday 14th September for essential face-to-face council services. Initially the facility will be opening with a reduced service and where possible residents are asked to self-serve still. Opening hours will […]
MCC Future of garden waste collections
Monmouthshire County Council has launched a consultation to hear views from residents on how garden waste should be collected going forward. It comes as the council looks to explore the best options for delivering the service for the council and residents. Kerbside garden waste has been collected by the council for the past seven years, […]
Green Minds Project
The Green Minds Project is a new community ecotherapy service based at Brecon & District Mind. Heading up the project are green fingered gardeners Jess Tanner and Em Charles together with Brecon & District Mind Volunteer Rich Shone, whose combined experience includes backgrounds in community arts, social and therapeutic horticulture, mindfulness, nature-based facilitation and mental […]
Llangattock Honours Wartime Heroes with Memorial Garden
Llangattock’s VJ Day Commemorations were marked by the unveiling of two decorative benches, which will form the centrepiece of a new Memorial Garden in the village’s recreation ground. The seats, which carry the motif ‘Lest We Forget’, were paid for by donations from the public and council funds, including Councillors’ personal allowances. Forty people attended […]
Springtime Castell Roc
In this world of doom & gloom, when everything seems unlikely, with no one knowing what the future holds and live events having ceased to exist for 2020, we must have some light at the end of the tunnel, surely ?! – Which is why we are planning a very special ‘SPRINGTIME CASTELL ROC’. We […]
Abergavenny Community Centre: September 2020
The Community Centre recently received a welcome boost with the news that the charity has been awarded a Keep Wales Tidy, Local Places for Nurture, Development Package. This award was very welcome in view of the Centre’s long-held vision of the site as a space for cultivation and food growing. The award comprises a package […]
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