LETTERS FUNDRAISING FOR DEFIBRILLATOR
Have your say info@seasidenews.co.uk back on track! We’re calling for the creation of a fully immersion co-design process that sees the community design their space hand in hand with the council. The last two visuals have sadly failed to inspire faith, but hopefully by working together something more aspiration can be achieved for our wonderful town. A Voice For The Future avftf@gmail.com
FUNDRAISING FOR UKRAINE
Dear Editor, Less than one in ten people will survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. However, survival rates can increase significantly if a Defibrillator is used, and CPR is performed. That is why friends and neighbours of The Retreat, Nottage, Porthcawl have made it their mission, with the help of the charity Calon Hearts, to have access to a fully working and publicly accessible defibrillator close to their homes in The Retreat and plan to have many of them trained in how to use it. The group has begun raising funds and accepting donations for this equipment (via their just giving page www.justgiving. com/fundraising/friendsoftheretreat), by holding regular coffee mornings, raffles, beginners art classes, cheese & wine parties and quiz nights. As well as working towards a worthy cause the events are a fantastic way to socialise and a great deal of fun is being had by all! Verne Farrugia, Porthcawl
A VOICE FOR THE FUTURE It’s been a roller-coaster (excuse the pun) month for A Voice for the Future! Following our discussions over recent months we had eagerly awaited a decision from Cabinet regarding the reduction of residential numbers and the inclusion of a linear park on Salt Lake. The 8th March came and, to much excitement, it was agreed that a 200m x 70m coastal park along the Eastern Prom would go ahead and that it would progress through further placemaking. Unfortunately the accompanying public reports pack contained a revised place-making strategy; within which this potentially amazing space was shown as including within the area, the Promenade to the East, a service road to the West and an enormous paved area in between. Needless to say that excitement about opportunities to create a wonderful, inclusive, accessible, green, adaptable, protected space was soon downgraded to just a small step towards, to be honest, disappointment. Onwards and upwards is the plan for April - time to get this
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Dear Editor, I am so proud of my 7 year old grand daughter Cosy Lewis who has raised an amazing total of £202 for the Ukrainian appeal that I thought she deserved a mention in your magazine not just for the total achieved but also by way of a thank you to all those generous contributors. This achievement was reached by firstly sitting all Saturday afternoon on the drive at her home in Newton where she had set out a stall of her and her brother Oshi’s toys and clothes for sale. Next she took a home made cake into school and left it in the staff room for the teachers to buy. Topped up by more contributions from friends and family she reached her £202 total. I think this is a very impressive achievement for such a young person and demonstrates how passionately even the youngest amongst us feel about this dreadful war in Ukraine. I sincerely hope you have room in your magazine for this short letter. I am also sending a photo to accompany it. Thank you from a very proud Nanny. Fiona Christie, Porthcawl
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