For more information about the activities, please contact the group organiser directly on the numbers below, or follow the links to their websites.
Tiny Toes Ballet
Through imaginative role-play combined with movement and music, your child will learn the foundation of dance, and develop their confidence, creativity and social skills – all whilst having fun! https://www.tinytoesballet.co.uk/
Mondays – Ystradowen Village Hall
From 13.45 – for details Contact: Jess Barnes – 07770 321502
Pilates meets on Thursday mornings 11.00-12.00. Contact Jo Tripp on 07815 046005.
Lace Contact Mrs Mary Turner on 01446 793778
Goldwork contact Mrs Salinder Gammage on 01443 224550 or 07796 697158
SL Exercise contact Chris Clemett on 01656 658647
Rendezvous Club
The Rendezvous Club is a friendly group of older people who enjoy socialising. We meet for coffee on the 3rd Monday of the month at the Village Hall at 11.00 am. Monthly lunches at various venues are also arranged.
If you are interested in joining us please phone Stella Cheeseman 01446 774827
Women’s Institute (WI)
We are a friendly club of 30+ members who meet on the 1stWednesday of each month at 2.30pm in the village hall. We have guest speakers, walks, coffee mornings and a range of other activities – definitely NOT ‘Jam and Jerusalem!’ We would be delighted to welcome you to our fold. Please contact Bab Richards (Secretary – 01446 775256) or Shena Sarjeant (President – 01446 774703).
Sewing Groups
The sewing group Cutting Edge Textiles meets in the village hall on the second Tuesday of each month 10.00 til 3.00pm. For more information, contact Monica Dennis on07811 159 800 mdennis.wales@gmail.com.
Glamorgan Quilters also meet in the hall on the second Saturday of each month 10.00 till 3.00pm. Please contact Corinne Roberts 07999351466 or email glamquilt@gmail.com
Note: there is a waiting list to join these groups but you can come as a visitor for £10.00 which would be taken off the joining fee. Both groups have blogs if you want to see what we get up to!
Gardening Club
It would hard to miss the well-kept lay-by behind the bus stop and telephone box at the centre of the village. From 2001-20, the village of Ystradowen entered and won the Best Kept Village in the Vale of Glamorgan competition no less than FIVE times, coming second and third in other years. In 2004, the village won the Community Award in the Calor Gas National Competition. The prize money has allowed the gardening team to continue to upkeep the lovely gardens and plants pots at the centre of the village.
To keep Ystradowen looking pretty and pristine, the Gardening Club are keen to recruit new members. No gardening experience necessary – just enthusiasm – and some gardening gloves and a green recycling bad if you have one free. So if you enjoy the outdoors, and want to de-stress after a busy week as well as meet some friendly faces, come along to on the first Saturday in the month from March to October at 10.30am(weather permitting) for about one and a half hours. For more information, please contact Rose Ives (774809) or Mavis Burnham (774808).
Tidy Plots Allotments
Just past the Highgrove estate, on the opposite side of Sandy Lane, you may have spotted a series of allotments. This is Tidy Plots Allotments, an initiative started by Alun and Norman Jenkins.
The allotment site has good soil, on-site water supply, and is close to the road and village. All plots can be pre-tilled if required and a large supply of farmyard manure is available. So all you need for enjoying the country experience. If you fancy taking on the challenge of an allotment, growing your own fruit, vegetables or flowers, and wish to savour the wonderful outdoors our village has to offer, do get in touch with Norman Jenkins on 01446 774036, Email: tidyplots@gmail.com
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