Following the commitment shown locally to help fund the new playground at Clos Parc Radur (including money from the community council, from local residents and a crowd-funding campaign), the Chair of the community council has written to the Chair of Cardiff Council asking that he helps ensure that money is found to pay for the essential drainage works required before any new equipment an be installed.

You can read the letter in Welsh, here.

And in English, here.

We will let you know when we hear back from Huw Thomas.

Here's another vibrant and colourful piece of art installed by the pupils of Radyr Comprehensive School at the skatepark on the Mound Field. This is certainly brightening up our community!

This piece - and the others we showed you recently - were done as part of a Creative Collaboration project with the artist known as Unity (you can see more of her work on her millimagic website). The project was funded with an Arts Council Wales grant.

Unity has also coordinated artwork at Tongwynlais Primary School - and a new piece will be painted soon, near Radyr station.

Do you know of any more dark corners that could benefit from some community art treatment? Let us know in the comments box, below!

Frequent users of the Drovers' Way playground will see that the facility is now locked - with the sign shown above making it clear that the playground is closed for maintenance.

What we know at present is that:

• site visits have taken pace where engineers have studied the flow of water in this area - to develop solutions to prevent mud and water flowing over the playground (which leads to early demise of play equipment as the supports rust in the ground)
• a stakeholder meeting, organised by Redrow, is to be held on 12 June to consider the engineers' report - with a view to agreeing on the work required to keep the site free of mud and water
• the community council will press hard for the required engineering work to be undertaken as soon as possible (with the aim of getting the new play equipment installed in time for the better weather that lies ahead)
• play equipment has been purchased - and is now in storage, ready to install as soon as the surface water work is completed (we have some sympathy with the view that the equipment should not be installed before then - in case JCBs have to dig up part of the playground - and to prevent the new equipment being degraded by mud and water).

​In the meantime, local resident Jamie Grundy has launched a crowdfunding campaign to 'fill the final quarter' of the circle. You can read about his campaign here. Over £600 has been raised already - a great example of positive community action.

We will update you after the 12 June meeting.

The Radyr and Morganstown Association has published details about the festival on its website, here.

There's plenty for all to enjoy - so please go along to enjoy yourself and help raise money for this year's good cause, which is Action For Children.

The picture above shows Windsor Gardens prepared for a display of Maypole dancing, to be given by children from Radyr and Bryn Deri primary schools (at 2.00pm on Monday, 6 May). The grass, as you can see, has been cut quite short - and in a circle. No rain is forecast!

And what, exactly, is Maypole dancing? Find out here!

Here are Cardiff Council's draft plans for the playground.
​
​Let us know, here, if you have any comments or suggestions to offer.