Author Archives: Lynne Thomas
Splott charity founder recognised in national awards
The St David’s Awards is an annual celebration of the incredible contribution to business, environment, heroism and activism in Wales. This year, Angela Bullard of Splott Community Volunteers was nominated for an award in the Community Spirit category. Splott was firmly on the map last week when one of the three founders of Splott Community […]
April activities in Splott
Spring has sprung and there’s a lot going on in our neck of the woods. People are under the misconception that there’s nothing going on in Splott, that we’re a ‘deprived’ area of the city (oh, poor us, poor poor people!) with nowt but bad things happening. But they are very, very wrong! There’s so […]
2 Spooky in Splott!
Another spooky storytelling event is coming to Splott and organisers are looking for people to participate. Last December saw the launch of Spooky in Splott, an evening of original ghost stories and music held at Inkspot venue at the top of Clifton Street. The evening was a spooktacular success with just over £50 raised for […]
Splott v Adamsdown! The great litter pick challenge!
This Saturday morning, two volunteer groups will take to the streets in competition to see who can collect the most litter from their areas and declare themselves litter picking champions! Between 10am and 12noon on Saturday 23rd of March, Keep Splott Tidy and Keep Adamsdown Tidy will go head-to-head as part of Keep Wales Tidy’s […]
Talking Trash with Keep Wales Tidy
Members of Keep Wales Tidy will be in Splott tomorrow to hear people’s thoughts on litter and waste and how we can tackle the problems together. From 10am to 2pm on Friday the 22nd March, members of Keep Wales Tidy Cardiff will be at Splott Community Volunteers’ facility within the old STAR Leisure Centre on […]
No more using Moorland Road as a rat run plead Splott residents
A group of residents living on Moorland Road in Splott have joined forces with local Councillors to appeal to drivers to stop using their Victorian residential street as a cut through. Community comes together to appeal to drivers Moorland Road has become increasingly congested in recent months and the residents have organised themselves through WhatsApp […]
Vintage not Vanished Exhibition Launches
Splott charity joins anti-ageism campaign and shines a light on their older volunteers Splott Community Volunteers has signed up to the first national Action Day of Age Without Limits – a major new anti-ageism campaign from the Centre for Ageing Better. The theme of this year’s Action Day is ‘See and Be Seen’ and […]
Splott moves to new bin collections
From the 20th of February, residents in Splott will have to separate their recycling into different receptacles. Cardiff Council has announced that they are rolling out a new waste collection model across Splott and Tremorfa from the 20th of February 2024 (though If you live in a block of flats with communal bin collections, this […]
Snow White the Opera comes to Splott!
It’s not every day that a mini-opera comes to Splott, but that’s exactly what’s happening this half term. When the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Schools’ Opera decided to tour their performance of legendary fable Snow White and put feelers out for community venues, Splott Community Volunteers leapt at the opportunity. Now, thanks […]