Members
Our 27 members come from a range of backgrounds and ages and length of service with the Club. One member has been with us since the Club was chartered in 1980 and one member only joined recently.
We all take responsibility, however large or small for different projects as part of Programme Action work.
When and where we meet
We meet on the second Monday of the month(with the exception of August and December) at Greenmeadow Golf and Country Club (just off the A4042 on Treherbert Road, Croesyceiliog) at 7p.m.
In addition we have events either to raise funds for our different Charities and Projects or as awareness sessions about our Programme Action work
Our AGM is usually held in April when the new President(s) present their programme for the year and also choice of Charities. For 2023/24 hese will be St David’s Hospice and the MS Society
Officers for 2023/2024
| Presidents | Paddy and Sallie | |
| Vice President | Vacant | |
| Secretary | Ruth (M) | |
| Treasurer | Yvonne | |
| Programme Action Convenor | Marian | |
| Membership Convenor | Gill | |
| Programme and Events Convenor | Jen and Mary |
Committees
There are 2 sub-Committees:
- Executive
- Events
Friendship Club
Gdansk
South Perth (West Australia)
Winchester
Other Meetings
Regional/national/international
Four times a year there are Regional meeting when members from the different Clubs in South Wales meet and new members are encouraged to attend these. Once a year there is an annual conference usually held in the UK but it has also been held in Barbados and in Malta and every 4 years there is an international Conference.
artREGEN
SI Cwmbran together with the Women’s institutes of Cwmavon and Pontnewynydd set up artREGEN in 1998 to help in the regeneration of Pontypool through the Arts; some members are on the artREGEN Committee whilst other members help/support their events and fundraising.
Our Insignia
When the Club was chartered in 1980, the founder members felt that the insignia should reflect the past and present history of the Torfaen Valley. This was a time of great change in the industrial fortunes of South Wales. The coalmines were closing and the steelworks contracting. The members wanted to show that the heavy industry workers would not be forgotten, Panteg Steel Works was approached to provide the stainless steel. The Management of the works offered to make and donate the insignia. This was done.
The base of the ‘gong’ is made of stainless steel. The black circle represents the coal industry. On this is the engraved stainless steel bearing the name of the Club. The illustration is a depiction of the valley, the Afon Llwyd, and the mountains over which is an illustration of a crow which is the symbol of the New Town – “Cwm’”being valley and “bran” crow.
