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Alzheimer’s Society – Dementia Community Roadshow @ The Dragon Circle (near Asda) Blackwood
Drop by the Dementia Community Roadshow for information about dementia and support in your area. Thursday, June 16, 2016. At the Roadshow we have: • Free publications • Trained Alzheimer’s Society staff and volunteers • Information if you are worried about your memory • Local service information to provide assistance in your area Asda, Blackwood (The Dragons Circle) Thursday 16th June. 10am – 4pm More information here: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/roadshow
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The Simon and Garfunkel Story @ Blackwood Miners’ Institute
Brand new for 2016, The Simon and Garfunkel Story rolls into Blackwood Miners’ Institute on Saturday 4th June for one night only at 7:30pm! Using huge projection photos and original film footage, this 50th anniversary celebration features a live band performing all the hits including Cecelia, Mrs Robinson and Bridge Over Troubled Water – this promises to be an evening not to be missed! Tickets cost £19 per adults or £18 for concessions. For more information or to book tickets please visit www.blackwoodminersinstitute.com or call the box office on 01495 227206
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Pop Factor @ Blackwood Miners’ Institute
Music lovers can enjoy Pop Factor which comes to Blackwood Miners’ Institute on Thursday 2nd June at 7:30pm. Pop Factor celebrates the biggest popstars and current chart hits from Taylor Swift to Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry to Olly Murs – all have been included in this Number 1 pop show! The cast features top professionals performing a set list full of current smash hits, creating the perfect entertainment for children of all ages. There is also the chance to meet the cast of the show, pose for photos and have autographs! Tickets cost £15 for adults, £13 for concessions and £52 for a family ticket. For more information or to book tickets please visit www.blackwoodminersinstitute.com or call the box office on 01495 227206
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RecRock / GoConnect Open Day @ Welsh ICE – Innovation and Enterprise Centre
RecRock are holding a series of open days to showcase our their office and the exciting new projects and programmes that they are able to offer the local community. It’s a fantastic way to find out more about what they can deliver for you. GoConnect is an organisation that specialise in youth engagement with a focus on enterprise and employability. They work closely with the business community to encourage and support cross-sector collaboration, ensuring genuine social mobility for those furthest away from the labour market. RecRock is a music based social enterprise that aims to give volunteering opportunities to a wide range of disadvantaged people in the community through music and media. They can offer: Employability and Enterprise programmes Work experience on real micro-businesses Music (performances, events, teaching) Gaming Coding / ICT Media Accredited work-related education programmes Volunteer programmes Outdoor and Environmental projects Youth activities + events Duke of Edinburgh Programme Supervisor support for youth work students Bespoke education + youth programmes They are based right in the heart of a thriving Innovation and Enterprise Centre (Caerphilly) and use the skills, knowledge and experiences of local businesses and entrepreneurs to enhance our delivery. Recrock and GoConnect offer progressive opportunities for those who want to take their skills and ideas further and support volunteer placements and shadowing opportunities with local employers We would love for you to pop by and see what we are doing and to have chat about how we can support your organisation and the people you work with. Dates are: Wed 25th, Thurs 26th and Fri 27th…
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A Shed load of fun! @ Aberbargoed Grasslands National Nature Reserve Education Centre
The Cwm a Mynydd (Hill and Valley) Development Team are teaming up with Men’s Sheds Cymru, Caerphilly Mid Valleys West Communities First and Groundwork Wales to explore opportunities for new Men’s sheds. We have arranged an open meeting where anyone interested in learning more about Men’s Sheds, what they are, what you can get up to and what support is available can get the info straight from the horses mouth as Men’s sheds Cymru will be on hand to talk about sheds from all over Wales and see what we can do here. Please feel free to give us a call here at Cwm a Mynydd (01443 838 632) or check out http://www.mensshedscymru.co.uk/ If you’re a man in need of a shed, have knowledge, skills or experience to share, want to meet up with others or know a man that does, please pass on and share this page. We hope to see you at 2pm on Thursday 19th May 2016 at The Education Centre, Aberbargoed Grasslands, Heol y Beddw Hirion, Bedwellty, NP12 0BE. …We’ll even provide biscuits!
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Bat Night @ Parc Cwm Darran
See bats and moths in the moonlight at Parc Cwm Darran on Saturday 21st May from 8pm until 10pm. Visitors will have the opportunity to use a bat detector and to see the ways in which bats and moths hunt for their food within Parc Cwm Darran. The session costs £1.50 per person. For more information or to book a place please contact 01443 875557. Originally posted here and here.
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South Wales Armed Forces Day 2016 @ Owain Glyndwr Playing Fields near Caerphilly Castle
The day will begin with an impressive parade through the streets of Caerphilly town centre, featuring over 600 service personnel, including representatives from the British Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, as well as cadets and Armed Forces veterans. More details here: The countdown is on to Armed Forces Day South Wales in Caerphilly
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Wales International Documentary Film Festival (WIDF) @ Blackwood Miners’ Institute
The first Wales International Documentary Film Festival (WIDF) comes to Blackwood on Thursday 12th to Saturday 14th May. Over the three days, Blackwood will be taken over by film makers from around the globe. More than 50 films will be screened at the Blackwood Miners’ Institute, the newly refurbished Maxine Cinema and throughout pop up venues along the High Street. Networking events, masterclasses and training programmes will also be on offer for attendees to enjoy and participate. Cai Howells, Festival Co-Ordinator, said: WIDF offers a unique opportunity for local people to attend a world-class film festival which will showcase an array of documentary films, masterclasses, performances and parties. On Thursday 12th May, WIDF will host a large ‘Pathways’ event which will feature presentations and representatives from many of the major media training providers and employers in South Wales and beyond, ‘Pathways’ aims to inspire young people by giving them the vital information and connections that are the key to unlocking their potential and fulfilling their aspirations. Caerphilly residents are able to gain free day passes to watch the release of the documentary ‘Candidate‘. The film focuses on a residents’ association on a social housing estate, along with the challenges the locals face. A film discussion will take place after the screening, where residents have the chance to give their valued feedback. Please be aware, all events held at the Blackwood Miners’ Institute and the Maxine Cinema, are on a first -come, first- served basis. Registration for each event will open two hours before doors open. The event is open to…
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Caerphilly Business Forum @ The Celt Experience
Join Caerphilly Business Forum at The Celt Experience for a brewery tour and sampling session. “With a home-brewing background from an age that was a bit naughty, beer sommelier Tom Newman, born of Welsh blood, gave up his day job in 2003 to take brewing seriously… well, as seriously as Tom can get anyway. Tom worked as a trainee at Butcome brewery as a 17 year old in 1992, but began his commercial exploration from his dad’s garage in 2003. Tom learnt quickly by trial and error but was blessed with some good fortune along the way, like being able to buy up the majority of the sadly defunct Smile’s kit in Bristol. Soon after creating Newman’s, Tom decided to let it go quietly into the night and returned to his ancestral roots by launching the Celt brand, which consisted of Celt Golden, Bronze and Bleddyn. Originally, all organically brewed, Tom found himself hampered by organic ingredients in an ever expanding craft beer landscape and decided to start experimenting with all kinds of malts and hops and in 2011, he dropped the organic mantra and the brewery has gone from strength to strength and has welcomed the addition of the on-going Shapeshifter series of collaboration brews, as well as the high ABV Ogham series to the roster. In 2013 Cell Rebirth was launched by the team at Celt to explore the use of indigenous yeast and bacteria to develop Welsh farmhouse beers using local produce. Celt continue to search for ways to innovate new beers and give beer lovers an…
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