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  • They’re coming home!

    They’re coming home!

    The sound of marching boots will soon be heard in Hightown Barracks after the 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh, Wales’ only Army Reserve Infantry Battalion, has relocated their Anti-tank Platoon to the base and are now recruiting.

    Cllr David Griffiths, Armed Forces Champion, said: “This is excellent news and follows continual hard lobbying at every opportunity by the Council and its Armed Forces staff to make sure Wrexham maintained its reputation as a home to our armed forces”

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    The Royal Welsh has long historical ties with Wrexham and Hightown in particular. It was the depot for the Royal Welch Fusiliers for many years and the Headquarters of their 3rd Battalion until they were amalgamated in 1999. The 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh had a Company based there as recently as 2013.

    The Commanding Officer, Lt Col Ged Murphy said “It is great news that we as a Regiment are re-establishing ourselves for the long-term in Wrexham. The region, and specifically Hightown Barracks, is synonymous with The Royal Welsh and our antecedent regiments, particularly The Royal Welch Fusiliers. We are extremely proud of our links with the people of Wrexham and look forward to strengthening our relationships with all in the region over the coming months and years.”

    They’re also recruiting over the next few months for Army Reserve soldiers – with or without military experience to boost their ranks. And they’ll be on the streets of Wrexham drawing attention to their vacancies, in both their Regular and Army Reserve Battalions, anyone interested should visit www.theroyalwelsh.co.uk

    They undertake training on Wednesday evenings, some weekends and on a two-week annual training camp, which is often abroad. They deploy to Michigan, USA in July and have recently deployed on exercise to Germany, Spain and Cyprus as well as in the United Kingdom.

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  • 5 Wrexham country parks you should visit this summer

    5 Wrexham country parks you should visit this summer

    As of June 21, we’re officially into summer, which probably means you’ll all be looking to do your favourite outdoor summer things…whatever they may be.

    And there’s a lot of great stuff you can do outdoors in summer across Wrexham and the surrounding areas, but some of these things can often be quite tough on your wallet or purse.

    Do you know what’s a great outdoor summer thing that’s very easy on your pocket? Walking…and in Wrexham we have some truly great country parks that you and your family can enjoy. Just keep your fingers crossed for some good weather 😉

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    Here’s five of our best country parks you should take advantage of this summer 🙂

    1. Bellevue Park

    It’s close to the town centre, has wonderful scenery and is generally a great place to visit. What’s not to love?

    So if you want to start off with a not-too-strenuous stroll, this might be just the ticket.

    2. Alyn Waters

    Alyn Waters is always a good choice.

    There’s a variety of woodland, grassland or riverside walks for you to choose from.

    3. Tŷ Mawr

    Tŷ Mawr Country Park is a lovely place to visit.

    Whether you want long walks, short walks, great views or farmyard animals – this park has it all covered!

    4. Acton Park

    Acton Park needs no introduction, but if you haven’t visited in a while, you definitely should.

    5. Nant Mill

    If you want to learn about the history of the Clywedog Valley, spend time with your family amongst splendid views or have a ramble through the woodlands – Nant Mill caters for all.

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  • Working with young people to prevent offending and re-offending

    Working with young people to prevent offending and re-offending

    This blog is one of a number of stories we will be posting about Youth Work Week 2019

    Wrexham Youth Justice Service (YJS) works with children and young people aged 10 – 17 years in order to prevent offending and re-offending.

    It’s an agency team of professional staff who work within the Youth Justice system, and receive funding from the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, Welsh Assembly Government and local Strategic Partnerships.

    The team works closely with the Youth Courts and implements a range of statutory orders that the Courts impose. This includes working with young people who are sent to custody and their resettlement back into the community upon their release.

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    The YJS delivers an Out- of Court disposal process, called ‘The Bureau’. We work closely with North Wales Police to assess the young person and their offending behaviour and liaise with their victims when appropriate, with a view to finding a restorative solution, resulting in the young person not going to court. The YJS delivers a range of interventions with the young person, including advice and guidance offered to parents/ carers, to prevent further offending.

    There is a growing number of volunteers, who offer support to the team by undertaking a variety of roles that include ‘The Bureau Panel, Appropriate Adult and Referral Panel Members. People of all ages and backgrounds are encouraged to become involved.

    A major focus of the work is enabling young people to take responsibility for their behaviour and actions, and understand the harm that their offending causes others. We work closely with victims and encourage young people to undertake activities that repair the harm to individuals and to the wider community.

    For more information contact:

    youthjusticeservice@wrexham.gov.uk

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  • Wrexham’s Annual Golf Tournament is back!

    Wrexham’s Annual Golf Tournament is back!

    This mainstay event in the Wrexham sporting calendar returns on Friday, August 23 2019 again hosted by Wrexham Golf Club.

    The event is organised by Wrexham County Borough Council and is sponsored by CARLSBERG UK.

    The format is a pairs Betterball Stableford competition with over £400 of prizes.

    Competitors must be over 18 years of age and the entry fee of £45 per pair includes a main meal and two complimentary drinks

    Entry forms are now available

    For more information

    activewrexham@wrexham.gov.uk

    01978 298997

    Sports Development, Learning Centre, Whitegate Industrial Estate, Whitegate Road, Wrexham LL13 8UG

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  • TIC to relocate early 2020

    TIC to relocate early 2020

    Wrexham’s Tourist Information Centre (TIC) is on the move as it’s confirmed that it will move from its current base in Queens square to Chester Street.

    The demand for visitor information and local food and drink has increased over the last few years as more day and staying visitors choose Wrexham County as a place to visit. In addition, a large part of the Local Authority’s tourism work has focussed upon supporting local food & drink producers raise their profile by stocking their goods in the centre.

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    “One million visitors”

    Having opened in 1991, the TIC hit its one-million visitor mark in 2015 and continues to welcome both local and overseas visitors to town, many of whom visit attractions such as St Giles Parish Church, the football club, Wrexham Museum, Tŷ Pawb and Techniquest Glyndwr. Events have also played a large role in the growth of the visitor economy (today worth almost £120m per year) with the Victorian Christmas Market, the Wrexham Food and Drink festival and FOCUS Wales notably swelling numbers.

    The new TIC will be based in both units formerly leased by the Oriel Wrexham shop before their relocation within Tŷ Pawb. The units are due to be knocked together to create more floor space which will allow the team to stock their current range of tickets, non-refrigerated ales, local gins and souvenirs – plus new fresh produce. In addition, the unit will also have a flexible pop-up space for local food producers, cooking space to host chef demonstration evenings and private office and meeting space.

    “Fastest growing parts of the economy”

    Speaking about the new move, Lead Member for the Economy Cllr Terry Evans added; “It’s our aim as a Council to support tourism which has been one of our fastest growing parts of the economy in recent years. The town centre is now identified as a main visitor hub for the County and therefore we want to have a first class welcome with a quality, spacious TIC. This will also complement the relocation of Techniquest Glyndwr as they embark on relocating to Chester Street and of course Tŷ Pawb.”

    Chair of the This Is Wrexham Tourist Board Sam Regan also commented; “It’s a real sign of intent from the Council to continue their support for the tourism industry here in Wrexham with their investment in this move, plus it will create a first-class space for local food & drink providers to market their products in the town centre.”

    Architects plans are currently being reviewed and if all goes well, the move to the former Oriel Wrexham site on Chester Street will be complete this winter.

    The move supports the Destination Management Action Plan and the news that Techniquest will relocate to the former TJ Hughes building.

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  • “If you go down to the woods today…”

    “If you go down to the woods today…”

    …if you know the rest of the song, then you know what you’re in for!

    The Friends of Moss Valley Country Park and Broughton Community House will hold a teddy bear’s picnic at Moss Valley Country Park (off Poolmouth Road) from 1.30pm until 3.30pm on Sunday, July 7.

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    There’ll be plenty of teddy-themed activities taking place throughout the day, including a teddy bear trail; name the bear contest; raffle; hot drinks and cakes.

    Be sure to bring a picnic and something comfy to sit on – and don’t forget to bring your own bear!

    For more information, call Broughton Community House on 01978 756650, or e-mail communityhouse@hotmail.co.uk.

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  • Meet up, make friends, express yourself

    Meet up, make friends, express yourself

    This blog is one of a number of stories we will be posting about Youth Work Week 2019.

    Community youth work provides young people with a sense of freedom and security, enabling them to meet up, make friends, express themselves and have new experiences outside of school. In doing so, we support young people through the up’s and down’s of adolescence and aim to increase their sense of attachment to their local communities.

    Youth work provision can be developed in traditional youth club settings as well as from more bespoke places and spaces within local communities.  Community based youth work starts where young people “are at” and is based on voluntary engagement between young people and staff.

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    Wrexham County Borough Council work with young people between the ages of 11 – 25 years old, however community based youth work focusses on teenagers.  At present Wrexham Play and Youth Support Team, deliver youth work provision in a variety of local communities including:

    Brymbo, Tanyfron, Bwlchgwyn, Minera, Coedpoeth, Llay, Ruabon and Rhosllanerchrugog. .  In some communities this work is funded by Community Council as part of their ongoing commitment and support to their local community and young people.

    For further information email youthservice@wrexham.gov.uk or visit youngwrexham.co.uk. or alternatively telephone 01978 317952 where you will be directed to an appropriate department.

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  • WATCH: Trader in South Arcade chats about what it’s like trading in Tŷ Pawb and Wrexham…

    WATCH: Trader in South Arcade chats about what it’s like trading in Tŷ Pawb and Wrexham…

    Have you ventured to the South Arcade in Tŷ Pawb?

    Funnily enough, it is the busiest entrance into Tŷ Pawb with hundreds of you using the entrance off Chester Street every week.

    But, do you know what unique businesses are there? There are tables and chairs for you to enjoy a snack and a drink from Café in the Corner. And, have you taken a moment to look up and take in the old hippodrome light that hangs from the ceiling?

    The South Arcade is a bustling nook of Tŷ Pawb and includes traders such as Dexterity Ink, Gemini Blinds, Café in the Corner, Gallery 01, Karma Wellbeing, DJ Carpets and Wrexham Jewellery Repairs.

    We went to have a chat with one of the traders, an artist from Dexterity Ink, to see what he thinks of Tŷ Pawb and Wrexham….

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    Contact Phone number: 01978 447100

    Full list of Tŷ Pawb traders

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  • World Heritage Site fun day on the way this weekend

    World Heritage Site fun day on the way this weekend

    There’s a community fun day on the way to mark 10 years since the inscription of a World Heritage Site right on our doorstep.

    Thursday, June 27 will mark 10 years since the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and an 11-mile area from Shropshire to Denbighshire was inscribed as a World Heritage Site (WHS) by UNESCO.

    A World Heritage Site fun day will be held at Trevor Basin from 2pm until 6pm on Saturday, June 29, to mark the 10 year anniversary of the UNESCO inscription.

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    There’ll be a load of activities on offer throughout the day for families to enjoy – including a community dance project, circus skill training, music, mini golf, community stalls and even the chance to take part in the Big Build LEGO workshop to build the Pontycysyllte Aqueduct in miniature.

    There’ll also be the chance to step on to canal boats, and try your hand at paddling in coracles and canoes – and Techniquest Glyndŵr will be on hand providing insight on building aqueducts and bridges.

    But the celebrations won’t stop with the community fun day.

    The fun, music and bright lights of Underneath the Arches are on the way and the aqueduct’s 10th year anniversary will also be represented at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod.

    And as part of the celebrations, we’re also inviting children to take part in a poetry contest, which could see them winning a trip along the Llangollen Canal in a horse-drawn boat – find out more details about the children’s poetry competition on the Glandŵr Cymru website.

    The World Heritage Site stretches 11 miles from Gledrid in Shropshire, through the Wrexham County Borough to Horseshoe Falls near Llangollen in Denbighshire.

    This event is organised by the Canal & River Trust, Denbighshire Countryside Service and Wrexham County Borough Council as part of the Pontcysyllte aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site anniversary celebrations, and has received funding via the Regional Tourism Engagement Fund (RTEF) and supported through the Welsh Government Rural Communities – Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the Welsh Government, the Fund to improve the visitor experience and create stronger destinations by working together, Visit Wales and The National Lottery Heritage Fund through Our Picturesque Landscape Project.

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  • Planning your next event? Why not Tŷ Pawb?

    Planning your next event? Why not Tŷ Pawb?

    Are you having trouble finding a venue to suit the needs of your next town centre event? Well then you need to read this…

    Some of you may know Tŷ Pawb as an arts centre, a market or a foodcourt, but have you ever thought of it as the venue for your next event?

    Tŷ Pawb is one of the town centres most versatile and unique venues boasting the facilities to accommodate almost any event you may have planned. Could you name many town centre venues with the facilities suited to host business meetings, music concerts and art exhibitions?

    Providing access to a multi-story carpark, state of the art amenities and a cracking town centre location, Tŷ Pawb really is tough to beat! Whether it be a children’s birthday party or a large room function you have in mind, Tŷ Pawb is ready to create a bespoke package to suit your needs.

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    Choosing Tŷ Pawb for your next big event will not only provide you access to a range of excellent facilities, it will also provide you with a number of other benefits…

    Consider hosting a business meeting at Tŷ Pawb as an example, it would not only give off an impression of professionalism to your colleagues but can also provide you with a scenic back drop as well as amazing food and drink from the foodcourt, a wide range of independent shops and even a fully stocked bar!

    The range of different rooms available to hire in Tŷ Pawb also allows you to get creative with the kind of event you’re able to put on, fancy a public screening of your self-made movie? Why not hire out the theatre? With Tŷ Pawb the possibilities are limitless.

    If you’re in need of a town centre location to host your upcoming event or have any other enquiries for Tŷ Pawb you can contact them on the following:

    Email: roomhiretypawb@wrexham.gov.uk

    Telephone: 01978 292144

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