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Tŷ Pawb is to be the name of the new arts and markets facility currently being built in the town centre.

The name was agreed at this morning’s Executive Board and followed a public vote which took place earlier this summer.

The name will also have the strapline  “Marchnadoedd Celfyddydau/Cymuned/ Markets/Arts/Community”

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897 votes were cast with 444 in favour of Tŷ Pawb.

The £4.5 million facility is due to open in the Spring of 2018 with an official opening event planned for  April 2 – “Dydd Llun Pawb” an event for the whole family.

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Using funds from Welsh Government’s Vibrant and Viable Places scheme, designer Tim Denton will work with members of the community to manufacture 90% of the furniture to be used in the new arts and markets facility.

The centre is due to open in spring 2018.

Tim will be making use of various workshop facilities in Wrexham, including those at Caia Crafts and at Undegun on Regent Street.

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Over the coming weeks and months Tim will lead workshops on skills such as wood turning to create elements such as chair legs for the new centre.  It is hoped that skills learnt at these workshops will enable people to go forward to produce their own products in the future.

Tim said:

“I’m really looking forward to getting started on the project. All participants have been really positive about their involvement in helping to make the various items of furniture for the facility. We’ll be wood turning, joint making and assembling a number of different items. I’m looking forward to see how people make their mark during the workshops.”

As well as learning key skills, participants will be visibly contributing to the legacy of the new facility.

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Four local charities in Wrexham have had their coffers boosted by the Mayor of Wrexham today after he presented them with cheques following his first year in the civic office.

Representatives of all four charities, Nightingale House, League of Friends at Maelor Hospital, Dynamic and The Lauren Brown Fund,  were invited to the Guildhall where they received cheques totalling £6287.00.  Nightingale House also received a cheque for £1910.00 from the West Cheshire MG Owners Club.

Each year the serving Mayor works and holds events for his chosen charities and over the last few years many thousands of pounds has been raised for local charities in this way.

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Unusually, the current Mayor, Cllr John Pritchard was asked to serve for a second term in office after the nominated Mayor wasn’t re-elected in the local elections earlier this year.

“staffed by volunteers who work tirelessly”

The Mayor, said:

“Local charities are often staffed by local volunteers who work tirelessly for their cause.  It’s always a pleasure for me as Mayor, and I know all former Mayors, to help that work by fundraising during our year in office.  I will have that privilege for another 12 months  and this year I will be fundraising for Nightingale House, the Lauren Brown Fund, Dynamic, Wrexham Renal Comfort fund and Bloodbikes Wrexham.  I would also like to thank staff in the civic office who are responsible for arranging many of the fundraising events.  Their work is very much appreciated.”

Featured photo shows left to right: Debbie Barton and Caroline Siddall from Nightingale House, Menna Story and Margaret Bryden from The League of Friends at the Maelor Hospital, Carol Gardner and Peter Butler from Dynamic and Rosemary and Clare Brown from The Lauren Brown Fund.

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A trio of terrific triathletes ran, swam and cycled their way to victory in a local competition.

The successful team, who named themselves “The Tri-hards”, were cyclist Trevor Coxon, swimmer Sue Wyn Jones, and runner Aled Rowlands, all of whom work in the Council’s Corporate and Customers Services department.

The three were one of 11 teams in the DW Fitness Corporate Challenge, which saw representatives from a number of companies and bodies across the Wrexham take part.

The team took their challenge on August 17.

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Both Aled and Trevor set the records in their respective events, with Trevor cycling 25k in 38  mins 40 seconds and Aled running 3k in 11 minutes 20 seconds.  Sue boosted the team’s chances of victory by swimming her 500m in 10m30s.  The total challenge was completed in just 30 secs over 1 hour.

“outstanding achievement”

Trevor Coxon, Head of Corporate and Customer Services at Wrexham Council, said: “I’m really very proud of our efforts. I was pleasantly surprised to note my own time – all the cycling I did in the run-up certainly paid off!

“I’d also like to congratulate my team-mates for their outstanding achievement”

Trevor added: “This has been very useful for me as it will form part of my training for an upcoming fundraising cycle I will be undertaking  in June next year when I shall be riding the First Stage of the Tour de France to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK

Trevor has set up a fundraising page for sponsorship at

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/trevor-coxon3

“excellent example of what our staff can achieve”

Cllr Joan Lowe, Lead Member for Health and Adult Social Care, said: “I’d like to congratulate the team from the Corporate and Customer Services department for their fantastic performance during this challenge – well done to each of them.

“This also ties in very much with our Corporate Health and Well-Being Strategy – we always want to ensure our staff stays fit and healthy. It’s vitally important and this team serve as an excellent example of what our staff can achieve.”

The Tri-hards attended an award ceremony on 4^th September and received DW goodie bags from their Fitness Duty Manager Dave Brown.

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There’ll be some comings and goings at Bellevue park next week when work starts on refurbishing the main tennis courts and putting in a new Multi Use Games Area.

Cllr David A Bithell, Lead Member for the Environment and Transport, said:

“The funding for this has come from contributions via a Section 106 to the council and also funding from Offa Community and we are very grateful for their support.  This park is very popular and it is good to see investment taking place to improve it for everyone to enjoy.”

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“loved by local people of all ages”

Local Member, Cllr Phil Wynn  welcomed the news and said:

“This park is so well used and loved by local people of all ages and it is essential that it continues to be attractive to everyone.  These works will see improvements to two outdoor sporting facilities and I am very pleased that they are about to start.  I would like to thank Offa Community Council for their financial support.”

“some disruption”

The works will cause some disruption to regular park goers but they will only take a couple of weeks.  When they cause disruption to the main path an alternative route will be made available to make sure people can still enjoy this popular park whilst works continue.

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A major heritage project featuring attractions dating back millions of years could soon receive a boost from Wrexham Council.

The Brymbo Heritage Project, which looks to unlock the potential of Brymbo’s rich industrial and prehistoric past, has gathered momentum over recent years looking at ways to regenerate the village and the surrounding area.

The project – led by Brymbo Heritage Trust – has some ambitious plans for the village – including restoring the former Brymbo Iron and Steelworks site, and the exploration and conservation of the nearby Brymbo Fossil Forest; a major site of geological interest with fossils dating back more than 300 million years.

Thanks to backing from Wrexham Council, the Trust was able to attract nearly £2,000,000 from the Big Lottery Fund’s Create your Space program, allowing it to kick-start its Roots to Shoots initiative, which looks at ways of making use of former industrial open spaces in and around the village.

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The funding has already helped the Trust secure three new jobs, with two Development Officers and a Finance Officer appointed for its Roots to Shoots plans.

But in order to make further progress, the Trust has asked Wrexham Council for a loan of £170,000, which would provide it with the funds needed to progress these plans further.

The loan would be repaid to Wrexham Council by the Trust, using funds reclaimed from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The lead members of Wrexham Council will discuss the loan at the next meeting of the Executive Board on Tuesday, September 12.

Help with grant funding

Under some funding arrangements, organisations are sometimes required to spend their own funds and then reclaim them from grant money – but this can be difficult for smaller organisations which don’t have such large funds to begin with.

If approved by the Executive Board, the loan would see the authority help ease Brymbo Heritage’s cashflow pressures, providing it with funds to help kick-start individual projects which the council will then recoup from grant funds.

Nick Amyes, Chair of Brymbo Heritage Trust, said:  “We’re incredibly grateful for the enthusiasm Wrexham Council shows for our plans, but without their practical support we simply couldn’t process some of the larger grants we need to make the plans a reality. Our next step relies on us being able to ‘spend first and reclaim later’ so we need working capital, and the loan from the Council is a perfect solution.”

“The council’s support will help us to manage to the flow of funds and help us get started on work sooner rather than later.”

Webcasting of the Executive Board meeting will be available online here

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