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Monday, November 17, 2025

Church members send Love in a Box to Eastern Europe

Llangollen Methodist Church have shown their support for this year's Christmas appeal from Teams4U, a Christian charity based in Wrexham. 

Members of Llangollen's Holy Cross Church also contributed to the collection of 65 boxes, which are filled with small gifts and taken to the warehouse.

The boxes are delivered to partner agencies in Eastern European countries such as Ukraine and Romania by Teams4U and then distributed to children of all ages. 

During yesterday's service a short video was shown of children receiving their boxes and there was no doubt about the joyful impact they make.

* For information, go to: www.teams4u.com 

Lads cycling to Thailand look back with pride on first 100 days

* Relief as James realises he hasn't lost his passport after all.

As they pedalled through the landmark first 100 days of their marathon journey to Thailand the three cycling lads from Llangollen re-capped on what they've achieved so far.

Friends Dyfan Hughes, James Thomas and Louis Dennis, all 18 and known collectively as the Westheads, have set themselves an 18-month challenge to reach Asia where they're planning to meet their friend Harrison who moved there after his dad died from a heart attack.

Along the way they're aiming to raise £10,000 for the National Heart Foundation and in their video diary look-back on what they've managed after the first 100 days in the saddle they were delighted to record that over half that total has already been pledged by their hundreds of well-wishers back home.

The Westheads also noted that they've so far journeyed through 11 countries and two continents. 

But all that could have come to an abrupt halt because of an incident on day 99 when James realised to his horror that he'd lost his left-hand pannier containing his passport.


* Westheads hit the Black Sea coast after 100 days in the saddle. 

He was very relieved to find he'd left the bag at the lads' last stop at a local shop - a good thing as not long afterwards the trio were stopped by the police who asked to see their passports.

Later there was a difficult and dangerous ride through a road tunnel beside the Black Sea coast which they had by now reached - so scary that they scraped up the cash to take a taxi through the next one along the route. 

To follow the journey on their social media and make a donation if you wish, go to: https://linktr.ee/westheads

Volunteers needed for town square bulb planting

Llangollen Town Council is looking for volunteers for a bulb planting session in Centenary Square on  Monday November 24, dropping in between 11am and 3pm.  

A council spokesperson said: "Thank you in advance for your help and support, we really do appreciate it and are looking forward to seeing the bulbs flower in the Spring, for the benefit of wildlife and the community, brightening up the town square at a time when little else if flowering."

New dementia aware project now registering

new Dementia Aware Project by Denbighshire Voluntary Services Council aims to deliver a series of creative art workshops and dementia aware sessions in collaboration with Denbighshire Leisure Ltd in both Llangollen and Corwen.

They add: "These sessions for everyone – those living with dementia, knows someone with dementia, wants to learn more about dementia awareness."

Sunday, November 16, 2025

County encourages take-up of free school meals

Denbighshire County Council is encouraging parents to make sure their children don’t miss out on healthy, nutritious meals by signing up for the Welsh Government backed Universal Primary Free School Meals.

Across Denbighshire, the Catering Service’s 54 school kitchens work hard every day to create 13,500 freshly prepared meals for pupils — that’s an incredible 67,500 meals served during the school week to help children learn, grow, and thrive.

Free school meals not only ensure that pupils have the energy to thrive in class, but they can also help families manage with the current cost of living. Many families are eligible and may not realise it, so the Council is urging parents and guardians to make sure their children receive the free meals.

All children are asked daily by their school if they would like to have school meals. There is no application process to check if a pupil is eligible for Universal Primary Free School Meals.

You can contact your child's school to find out more about how to get Universal Primary Free School Meals.

Cllr Barry Mellor, Lead member for Environment and Transport, said: “Our catering teams across Denbighshire are passionate about providing healthy, balanced meals that give our children the best start to their school day. We don’t want any child to miss out on that. Having these free school meals could make a big difference for both families and primary pupils.”

“Denbighshire’s school kitchens are proud to be part of a service that provides thousands of meals made with care, local produce, and nutritional balance every single day.”

* More details on the Universal Free Primary School Meals can be found at: https://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en/education-and-schools/grants-and-funding/universal-primary-free-school-meals.aspx

Further information regarding the primary school meals menu can be found at: https://www.denbighshireschoolmeals.co.uk/primary-menus/