Caerleon Churches
St Cadoc’s will be holding a ‘Back to Church’ Sunday Harvest Festival on October 5th. The main services will be at 10.30am and 6pm. All are very welcome.

Caerleon’s Young People
The new school year is underway with all our children who are starting or returning to their schools beginning to settle into school life. AGMs and meetings are already taking place with Governors and staff working to ensure this school year provides the very best for all our young people .
We are exceptionally lucky in Caerleon, and Newport, with all our schools providing first class education, support and a large variety of opportunities and experiences for pupils.

Caerleon Youth Clubs, based in the Caerleon Town Hall and University’s Caerleon campus, are also well supported and successful in providing activities for many of our youth including the Duke of Edinburgh Awards. Young people from both the Caerleon Comprehensive School and Youth Clubs will be presented with there awards this month at the Riverfront Theatre. It takes great commitment to achieve these awards so many congratulations to everyone.

For further information contact Newport City Council on: 01633 656656

University of Newport, Caerleon Campus
The University’s city centre development is well underway and many of you will have seen the almost completed student accommodation block alongside George Street Bridge, which will joined by the new campus building situated further along the river bank.
The University has kindly agreed to provide the Boardroom, Caerleon Campus for a future Neighbourhood Committee meeting, which will include a presentation on the University’s city centre development.

Caerleon Campus has also provided accommodation for Georgian fireman this month, visiting from their war torn country in order to gain vital specialist training. The visit was arranged and hosted by the Newport Kutaisi Association and Cllr Noel Trigg, Mayor of Newport, has kindly launched the following appeal for humanitarian help:


Action for Kutaisi
The recent tragic events in Georgia caused a huge flow of population from the Khadori Gorge in Abkhazia and the bombed town of Gori to find shelter in Kutaisi. The appearance of many internally displaced people without adequate shelter and any means for living is stretching what few resources our twinned city of Kutaisi has.

The Mayor of Newport Cllr. Noel Trigg & members of the Newport Kutaisi Association heard Koba Lomidze speak movingly of his experience of visiting the makeshift camp that has been set up in Kutaisi. Before he left, the following day, to travel to Newport in his role of interpreter to the delegation of Kutaisi fire fighters, he saw at first hand, the conditions in the camp.

He told of the deprivation, of the lack of basic hygiene materials, simple equipment to set up even the modest of homes. Mothers and children with only the clothes they had on. Winter will soon be setting in and with Georgia facing an uncertain future the people have little hope of returning to their bomb damaged homes. At this stage the chances seem remote

On Friday the Mayor and NKA members launched an appeal for aid to help to alleviate the distress of all these people and to demonstrate to the Mayor of Kutaisi that Newport, as it’s twinned city have not been forgotten by us.

The appeal ACTION FOR KUTAISI has been set up.

We invite you to support the call for humanitarian help with financial donations to the Mayor’s Office, Civic Centre, Newport in envelopes marked ACTION FOR KUTAISI.

Cheques made payable to ACTION FOR KUTAISI

You will find further info and contact details on the NKA website www.nkta.org

Christian Aid coffee mornings are held on the third Saturday every month St Cadoc’s Church room. It’s a great way to meet people, have a coffee and a chat. Look out for notices on local notice boards.


Newport Women’s Aid
Newport Women’s Aid ( NWA), this year alone, has provided safe refuge for over 100 women and children who experienced domestic abuse. Women are given, care, support and advise to help them escape from very difficult and sometimes life threatening situations.

Many completely change their lives, and those of their children, through finding new accommodation, jobs and/or education. Each year at its AGM, one of these remarkable women speaks about her experiences and how she has survived and it is always very moving to hear what they have had to endure and then overcome. This year’s meeting also heard a presentation from Shaheen Munsif, Education and Raising Awareness Manager, Bawso, on how domestic abuse affects women from ethnic minorities, some of whom have to suffer forced marriages and even the threat of honour killings.

The AGM, opened by the Mayor and Mayoress of Newport, Cllr and Mrs Noel Trigg and chaired by Sue Collingbourne, had a packed audience including NCC Councillors and representatives from many community associations. Rosemary Butler AM and Jessica Morden MP, spoke about the vital work being done by NWA and congratulated the committee, volunteers, staff and clients on their continued success.

If you would like to volunteer or need help NWA can be contacted confidentially on: 01633 840258 or email: nptwomensaid@tiscali.co.uk


Caerleon Neighbourhood Committee Meetings are held three times a year and open to all. The next meeting is at 2pm on Tuesday 7th October at Caerleon Town Hall. For further information please contact Newport City Council on 656656.
Caerleon Police will be holding separate PACT meetings during the year. For police information you can contact Caerleon police on 420222.



Gail Giles 13 Hazel Walk Caerleon NP18 3SE