Announcing our 2023 AGM: Monday, 21^st August 2023

Old School Hall, Llwyn-Y-Pia Road, Lisvane: 19:00 – 19:30

All welcome

The Friends were formed by local Thornhill and Lisvane residents to try and halt the deterioration of our beloved Country Park and bring it back to life.

We will be discussing our achievements and our plans for the year ahead. All are welcome attend (members and non-members), contribute to the discussions, and socialise with other Park users.

Being called an ‘Annual General Meeting’ is a legal requirement for us to continue and sounds very official, but don’t worry, we are very informal. Being an AGM, we must also have a minimum number of members attending, so if you can make it on the evening it would both demonstrate the support the Group has and be greatly appreciated.

Official small print: If you have any nominations for Committee posts (Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary, Treasurer and Committee Members) or suggested agenda items, please submit these for the attention of the Secretary by email to friendsofcefnonn@talktalk.net.

The Rhiwbina Society: 

Rosie James’

Parc Cefn Onn – Mr Prosser’s Garden talk

19:30 Tuesday 18th July 2023, Beulah Rooms, Rhiwbina

Come and hear the fascinating history of our North Cardiff Parc.

Admission: £2 members, £4 guests. Tea and coffee included.

Friends group members Margaret, Kath (pictured), Rose, Rob and Gareth were out in the Park on Monday 29 May informing park users of our work and accepting applications for membership and volunteering opportunities – part of the Coronation weekend’s The Big Help Out national day of volunteering on 8 May (delayed in our case due to rain). We are pleased to report that everyone said they were amazed by what we have achieved, we had a crucial few new household memberships, and nearly a foot of sunshine was measured (see photo) in Cefn Onn that day! If you are not already a member, missed us and wish to help by becoming a member, this is also possible on-line on our website (to the right of this article). It is only £5/year/household and goes so much further when we receive match fundings etc.

We are pleased to announce, in conjunction with Alec, Cardiff Council Park Ranger for Cefn Onn, our dates for 2023 and we are looking forward to our first Workday of the year on Sunday 22nd January (2-4pm).

If you feel like a volunteering a couple of hours a month this season – we will be delighted to see you. As past and current participants know we are a friendly group aiming to try and restore the Park to its past glories and leave it fit for future generations and you will receive a very warm welcome.  We have a wide variety of tasks to suit all abilities, with equipment and tea/coffee provided.

Below are photos of one of our autumn 2022 Workdays where we constructed the woodland classroom area:

A big thank you to a very kind couple in Lisvane who have donated these tools for our future Workdays. I am sure we will make use of them on our first Workday of 2022 (Sunday 23rd  Jan 2022).

We are pleased to announce, in conjunction with Alec, Cardiff Council Park Ranger for Cefn Onn, our dates for 2022. Our Friends Group has been extremely successful at making and enabling significant improvements in Parc Cefn Onn since we formed just over 10 years ago. However, our volunteering numbers have decreased somewhat over the last couple years and we would really appreciate it if you would consider becoming one of our new Spring 2022 volunteers and help re-establish some post-Covid momentum. Our vision is to always try and add small improvements to the Park one step at a time but without many volunteers at the moment this is difficult.

If you feel like a volunteering a couple of hours a month this season – we will be delighted to see you. We are a friendly group aiming to try and restore the Park to its past glories and leave it fit for future generations. You will receive a very warm welcome.  We have a wide variety of tasks to suit all abilities, with equipment and tea/coffee provided.

Following easing of Covid-19 restrictions in Wales we have organised with Cardiff Council Parks Department resumption of Workdays in the Park. Dates for the rest of 2021 are on the ‘Workdays‘ part of the website. It has been 18 months since our last Workday and whilst the Council have managed to maintain minimal levels of upkeep, our vision is to always try and add small improvements to the Park one step at a time. We think we have been extremely successful at this over the last 10 years, but would really appreciate some new volunteers to re-establish some post-Covid momentum!

During the building refurbishment 80% of the car park is closed and visitors are parking down the entrance road into the Park and also on Cherry Orchard Road. When approaching, this make it appear that the Park is ‘heaving’ with visitors when it is not necessarily more so than usual. Please try to arrive on foot but if you do drive, please continue to park sensibly so as not to block the entrance, particularly to emergency vehicles. Cherry Orchard Road is a wide road (with one pavement) so there is no need to park astride the pavement and upset our local neighbours with  pushchairs, wheelchairs, etc.

Following continuing government announcements with regards Covid-19, Cardiff Council continues to suspended all non-essential meetings and gatherings for the time being.