tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post1991462942586389845..comments2023-05-08T10:46:34.371+01:00Comments on Y Cneifiwr: Grants III - Tourism and LeisureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-66021705630328229162017-07-27T07:50:40.060+01:002017-07-27T07:50:40.060+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650055417381003449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-87977765357119088332014-09-01T14:33:24.740+01:002014-09-01T14:33:24.740+01:00I see the National Botanic Garden of Wales in Carm...I see the National Botanic Garden of Wales in Carmarthenshire has just been awarded £300,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of a £6.7million spend to uncover the original Middleton Hall, and restore seven ornamental lakes and garden waterfalls. They were originally created by Sir William Paxton Perhaps Carmarthenshire County Council will be erecting suitable monuments in keeping with the history of how the hall came into existence and how the original ornamental lakes were funded. Here are my suggestions...(a) two black slaves manacled to the entrance gate to represent the slave trade, (b) a burnt French Canadian to celebrate the bombardment of Louisburg, (c) a path of blooded coins to commemorate the Bengal currency and the Dutch East India massacres, (d) three flagons of ale, the purchase price Paxton paid at the time for representing Carmarthen in the Westminster parliament.....Why is it they can get millions of pounds in grants for heritage commemorating incoming colonialists who bought nothing but shame on Wales, while real Welsh heritage schemes are scratching around for pennies? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-5434985864190792412014-08-28T16:20:07.499+01:002014-08-28T16:20:07.499+01:00Nicholas Gallivan is no longer company secretary o...Nicholas Gallivan is no longer company secretary of Scarlets Regional Ltd. He terminated at the end of July. The accounts for the year to end-June 2013 have still not been submitted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-30169221845147621272014-08-27T09:45:04.155+01:002014-08-27T09:45:04.155+01:00Carmarthensire Heritage Regeneration Trust is no l...Carmarthensire Heritage Regeneration Trust is no longer confining itself to the county, as this comment to my blog makes clear. What is going on?<br /><br /><b>"In a massive geographical expansion, Carmarthenshire Heritage Regeneration Trust has recently purchased the title freehold to the empty YMCA building in Pontmorlais, in the county of Merthyr Tydfil. They have also secured £12.8million from cash strapped Merthyr Council and a chunk of £58m from the EU sourced Vibrant and Viable Places regeneration programme. Merthyr is of course the constituency of Huw Lewis AM, who was at the time the deal got signed off, the then regeneration minister for the Welsh Government. I was wondering what interest a Carmarthenshire Heritage charity has in Merthyr Tydfil? The currently empty building is tipped for use as the “Universities Heads of the Valleys Institute”. No surprise then that Huw Lewis AM is now the minister for Education and Skills.<br /><br />http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/merthyr-tydfil-set-128m-funding-7284306<br /><br />This coincided with the announcement that the Pontypridd YMCA, a fully solvent and popular community facility which owns it’s own substantial premises in Pontypridd town centre, is to get a similar cash injection to deck it out with internal kit for services previously provided by the council This decision coincided with the closure of RCT council owned ‘Municipal Hall’ situated just round the corner from the Pontypridd YMCA. This was due to cutbacks from RCT council. As it happens, a trustee and treasurer of YMCA Wales, Mr Skinner, also happens to be a trustee and treasurer of YMCA Pontypridd. The CEO of the Pontypridd operation is Cllr Steve Carter, a Labour member of RCT council, who supported the closure of the council run ‘Muni’ in Pontypridd, in the face of stiff local opposition.<br /><br />http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/pontypridd-town-centre-set-6m-7283189<br /><br />Whatever financial gymnastics went down in Llandovery, it’s peanuts compared the sums of public money the YMCA is to be showered with in the central valleys. Maybe the departure of Mo Sykes from YMCA Wales was just the result of a financial probity exercise uncovering something naughty by a Cardiff civil servant. The Welsh Government have a clear policy of displacement of council services in Wales as public services are being hived off to the YMCA under the guise of ‘community regeneration’. I ask again, what interest has a Carmarthenshire Heritage charity have in imposing Victorian halls in Merthyr Tydfil, and what pre-determination did Labour Minister have to close/supplant the main council owned community facility in RCT with a massive expansion in the public funds handed over to the YMCA in Pontypridd?"</b><br />Jac o' the North,https://www.blogger.com/profile/02032744625666336148noreply@blogger.com