Author Archives: Lynne Thomas
Waste collection changes from June 1st
Your weekly collections for recycling and food waste will return to normal from Monday 1st June. Your collection day is not changing (so still pop rubbish out on a Wednesday evening after 4.30pm or before 6am on Thursdays in Splott, Tremorfa, Pengam and Adamsdown). This means that: ♻️ Green recycling bags and food waste will […]
Happy Birthday Keep Splott Tidy!
Keep Splott Tidy launched in August 2016 and celebrates its one year birthday this month. To mark the occasion, there is an evening litter pick in Moorland Park on Thursday 31st August, kicking off at 6pm, and the founders would like to invite along people who have never volunteered with Keep Splott Tidy before. It’s […]
Keep Splott Tidy Fundraising Evening: don’t skip this! Ha ha (I love a pun)!
Get your quiz groove on and prove your not rubbish by coming along to the very first Keep Splott Tidy fundraising event. On Thursday the 10th of November at 7pm, Keep Splott Tidy will be hosting its first community fundraiser with a quiz and a raffle at Splott’s own Cottage Pub. We want to buy our own […]
Coronavirus regulations in Wales – what we can and can’t do
New rules are now in force in Wales, which may differ to other parts of the UK, so it is important that we understand them. You can: Go out for exercise. The summary of the position on going out to exercise in Wales during the coronavirus lockdown is as follows: going out to exercise is a […]
Swap a plant this Saturday in Splott
Growing Street Talk’s Community Plant Swap is launching this Saturday 16 May in Splott, Tremorfa and Pengam Green If you’ve got spare plants to give away or swap or if you’re new to gardening and you’d like some plants here’s a message from founders, Liz and Michelle, on how you can get involved… 1. Facebook […]
Street Food Cinema bringing drive-in movies to Splott this summer
One of Cardiff’s biggest summer food events, Street Food Circus is bringing drive-in movies to the city this summer. From today, movie-goers can pre-register for the new Street Food Cinema events. Subject to final licensing the site at Splott Market Warehouse Complex will be open as soon as lockdown regulations allow. The planned Street Food Cinema will have capacity […]
The phenomenal food parcel projects in Splott
Lockdown and self-isolation has meant that Splott Community Volunteers hasn’t been able to operate in its usual fashion, but that hasn’t stopped the powerhouse team behind this organisation providing food, toys and support to some of the most vulnerable people in our area. Founding member, Angela Bullard, told Inksplott how the group has adapted to […]
The street in Splott that celebrated a special birthday
An NHS worker living in Splott couldn’t be with her family on her 30th birthday, but her sister got in touch with people on her street and asked for their help. The response was out of this world. Steph is from Bristol, lives in Splott and works at the Heath Hospital. When her street found […]
An Oasis for people in need
This is one silent auction that needs to be shouted about! Oasis Cardiff, one of the UK’s biggest refugee and asylum seeker centres, announces online auction to raise £5,000 for vulnerable people in Wales Oasis Cardiff, based on Splott Road, is currently delivering 2,500 meals to vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees every week and is […]