Monday 4th December
Today we dressed in our best Christmas outfits for our Christmas party. We all brought food to share, the table was laden with delicious food.
We played party games , which everyone joined in with enthusiasm. Our first game involved putting paper plates on our heads, and drawing a Christmas picture of a snowman and Christmas tree, without looking. The results were hilarious. 
We had two teams and played a game of passing a balloon between our knees. This was much harder than expected , but good fun.
We brought lots of food to donate to the Trussell Trust , who are greatly in need at this time of year. 
Monday 6th November 
Our speaker was Afshan Morgan who spoke about the health benefits of diaphragmatic breathing techniques to help stress reduction and good sleep. She taught us ways of breathing for relaxation with the aid of a power point.
Monday 2nd October
Tonight was our Harvest celebration, we enjoyed a ploughman’s supper and an Autumnal quiz.
We collected food for the local food bank.
Monday 4th September
Tonight was a social evening. We all wrote one fact about ourselves, that we thought no one in the room would know about us. We then had to guess who had written what. We learnt some very interesting and quite amazing things things about each other, from sky diving, various jobs, where we were born, our pets, the size of our feet, who has a GCSE in Greek, who has met Lady Baden Powell, and much more.
Monday 3rd July
We had a fascinating talk by teacher Mary Watkins about her voluntary work in Rwanda. As a teacher she was asked to help train nursery teachers, with almost no resources, she found ways of recycling to make resources for the children. She and her husband also help train rugby teams and with fund raising has managed to provide kit and equipment for the teams. She has also helped provide sewing machines for some of the ladies. 
Monday 5th June
Our speaker – Peter James from Candwr Brook pharmacy, spoke about the role of the pharmacist and how pharmacies offer patients better access to Health Care.
Monday 1st May
After a very successful A.G.M. in which Sue was unanimously elected as President for another year, we had an enjoyable fish and chip supper.
The Edith Evans cup was presented to Sharon and Denise for their hard work every month with the trading stall.
Photos of everyone enjoying their fish and chip supper.
Monday 3rd April
Our speaker was Daphne Condon, who spoke of her experiences as an orderly and nurse at St Cadocs hospital from the 1950s to 2000. She was entertaining and funny, explaining some of the challenging but rewarding experiences she had working with the patients. It was a memorable talk. 
We congratulated our quiz team – Gill Wheeler , Pauline Hindle and Harriet Cousens for winning the Gwent Federation quiz competition. Very well done ladies.
We admired the Easter post box toppers made by our craft club to display on box boxes around Ponthir.
We collected food for the food bank to help families struggling at Easter .
Monday 6th March
A most enjoyable evening playing quoits. Well done to the winning team ‘Ponthir Hopefuls’, and the runners up – ‘Quoits are us’. 
Monday 6th February
Sharon and Jay from Newport and Gwent Samaritans gave us a talk about the work of the Samaritans, how to train as a Samaritan and ways they help.
We collected items for the food bank. Here is just some of the things we collected.
Monday 9th January
Tonight was our Resolutions Night. We discussed the Resolutions while enjoying cheese and wine and nibbles. What a lovely way to decide on which Resolution to vote for.
This years Resolutions are :-
1. Save our water, every drop matters
2. Women to women – turning over a new leaf in the lives of women tea workers
3, Online gambling harm, time for action
4, Clean rivers for people and wildlife 
