A bit of Pomp and Circumstance

This month has seen some more progress in getting the Friends of group off the ground.  My main aim is to help keep the area around Mayhill Washing 'Lake' tidy, and as far as possible free from flytipping.  But now we have others on board interested in a community garden, that gives us more scope and hopefully more activists.

I continue to be involved in Swansea Bay Fair Credit, one of many groups trying to point out the issues in using payday lenders and such like.  We realise that for some payday loans are their preferred choice, and actually work fine for them, but we simply want to help the public know the alternatives, such as credit unions, when getting a loan, so they can make the right decision.

May is the month when the new Lord Mayor is elected and this year it happens to be one of my fellow ward councillors, David Hopkins.  He gave a great acceptance speech, and I get the feeling that not only will he make a very good job of it, he will also have a great time doing it!

And a triple dose of the Phoenix Centre, with my regular monthly surgery, and meeting of the Hill Community Development Trust, plus a birthday celebration for 15 years of the centre itself.  The latter was an outdoor event, with that particular Sunday starting off very wet, but by some wonderful miracle the clouds disappeared, the sun came out and a good time was definitely had by all!

Les