Upper Amman Valley Christmas Fayre

Today was a very festive day in the Upper Amman Valley, with the Communities Firsts annual Christmas Fayre!

The day long event was held in the GCG Community Hall to kick start the Christmas season which included an extended wintry warm welcome to the whole community.

The event was well attended and gave an opportunity for local residents to get together for a cup of tea (or coffee), some cakes and even some hots dogs to help fund raise for their local community.

(The Hot Dog Lads!)

A number of local stalls were present selling all sorts from home made cakes and mince pies, local produce, second hand goods (always good to find that Christmas bargain) to jewelery and of course Christmas cards.

(Original gifts & Accessories by Anna & Nigel Smith)

(Home made Jewelery)

(GCG Happy Wanderers with their fund raising stall)

(A range of precious crystals, a perfect gift)

(Christmas cards from Adele at CAVS)

Community organisations also had stands promoting their good causes and providing advise to the people of the Upper Amman Valley. This included the Warm Wales initiative funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and Neath Port Talbot to help people keep warm this winter by providing sound advise on energy tariffs and free loft and cavity insulation, Safer Neath Port Talbot (community safety partnership), Keep Wales Tidy, the local Credit Union, Care & Repair Neath Port Talbot and the Welsh Language Board.

(The ladies from Warm Wales)

(Safer Neath Port Talbot)

Entertainment was provide by the brilliant children's choir of Tair Gwaith Primary School who sang a number of traditional Christmas songs as well as some unusual ones!

CTR Enterprise were also on hand with a second hand stall and to promote their various ventures in the area including the CTR Fruit & Veg shop.