Letter from Grangetown Community Concern to Councillor Jim Regan, Grangetown, Cardiff, 2003

Disgrifiad

Letter dated 16 September 2003, to Jim Regan, Cabinet Member of Adult Services at Cardiff County Council, from Grangetown Community Concern stating that they are becoming "increasingly anxious about our immediate future and where we will be based. Our understanding is that we will be required to relocate our offices in Clydach Street Day Centre very soon after 20 years of occupation and service to the community". The letter continues, expressing their disappointment, "We feel that we are being overlooked and undervalued by the council." It reminds the council that they were the only organisation in Cardiff to be awarded the "Queen’s Golden Jubilee Award for services to the community", and that they have "the backing of the majority of residents".
A second page hopes that they will receive good news in time for their AGM on 24 September.
The archive also contains a letter sent by the Council on 25 September offering use of the Information Shop/Buzz Cafe at 185 Penarth Road.

Grangetown Community Concern is a voluntary group, partly funded by Cardiff Council but almost entirely run by volunteers. It was established in 1977 and is a registered charity. The group was set up as an umbrella group for other voluntary organisations with its aims and objectives to provide and encourage services for all age groups, with a particular focus on older people.

The group organises the week-long Grangetown Festival in June. It also organised lunches and trips for older people, and produced a quarterly local newspaper. The organisation has awarded community cups to children from local primary schools who have shown community spirit and has also been responsible for arranging an annual carol service.

The group was renamed Grangetown Community Action in 2014.

Glamorgan Archives, D1070/116
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