Rebecca Fogarty - Councillor for West Cross

11/09/2026

Today's visit to Mumbles Repair Cafe turned into a sewing class! So brilliant to talk to people coming from different parts of Swansea to save their household items and clothes from landfill. Huge thanks to volunteers Dave, Keith and Helen!

Mumbles Community Council runs Repair Cafe at Underhill Hub the second Friday of every month, 10am-1pm. Bring along your broken goods to see if they can be repaired - if they can, they will, for free! Next one will be Friday 9th October.

Today repairs were made on:
Dehumidifier💧
Nutri bullet 🍊
Food blender 🍲
Lawn mower 🌱
Garden shears 🌿
Two dresses and a jumper 👗
A bag 💼
A child’s 🧸
A bike 🚲
And more…!

26/08/2026

A lot of excitement at Baywood Community Centre this evening for Community Bingo, with this family winning prizes including a £10 voucher donated by RAG & BONE 👏👏

Community Bingo runs the last Wednesday of the month, doors open at 6pm, free of charge. Next one will be 30th September - get it in your diaries! 📆

We had some very happy players at Community Bingo tonight after they won prizes including a £10 voucher kindly donated by RAG & BONE café. Huge thanks to Rag & Bone, we look forward to seeing the pictures of more happy faces when the voucher is used!

Date for your diaries! Next Community Bingo is on Wednesday 30th September, at Baywood Community Centre on Kenilworth Place, doors open at 6pm. Prizes will include a £10 voucher generously donated by Cheers Wine Merchants Ltd - not to be missed! Please share and bring your friends - entry is free of charge!

24/08/2026

Thanks to the great campaign from Tonia Antoniazzi MP, we took delivery of a box of stationery for West Cross Foodbank today. This will be distributed to families who need a bit of extra support with the costs of back to school - thanks to all who donated to the campaign across Gower! The donation box will be in Oystermouth Library for another week so please contribute if you can. 🖊️✏️🗒️

22/08/2026

This morning we've been on the free bus down to Mumbles thanks to Swansea Council and had a great time playing Find it for the Foodbank raising money for West Cross Foodbank. Organised by the Mumbles Sea Wall Sale, it's a brilliant way to spend a couple of hours to support a good cause and get to see what's on offer from our wonderful local small businesses. More info in the comments, on for all of August, give it a go!

19/08/2026

Another brilliant Family Fun Day this morning with Mumbles Community Council at Clyne Gardens. Thanks to everyone who came and made it such a success! The last one is next Wednesday at Highmead Park, 10am-12pm. Not booked? Don't panic, just email [email protected] 🤸

17/08/2026

A reminder that through August Sara and I will be helping at Family Fun Days around Mumbles. These are Wednesday mornings so we won't be at surgery at Linden. You can chat to us at these events or contact us directly to make an appointment at a different time - my email is [email protected].

We can’t wait to see you for our 3rd Family Fun Day of 2026 at Clyne Gardens! 🩷🧡💛🩵

We have all sorts of exciting entertainment lined up for you including mountain boarding with Brd Gravity Centre 🙌

** please don’t forget to bring your trainers to enjoy mountain boarding with BRD, they are necessary to take part ✨✨

If you didn’t manage to grab yourself a food ticket, fear not! Bring along a picnic and just pop us an email and we’ll add you to the list: [email protected]

17/08/2026

Great to have the help of these wonderful volunteers from Admiral today to help with weeding and tidying up Cherry Blossom Close. Thank you for coming!

05/08/2026

So much fun at Castle Acre this morning! It was wonderful to get so much positive feedback from happy kids and happy grown ups alike.

A big shout out to the staff team at Mumbles Community Council who made today's event such a success. Thanks to the volunteers who helped out too 👏👏👏

Family Fun Days are running at different venues around Mumbles every Wednesday in August. 🤸

05/08/2026

Bore da! We are ready to go at the first of this year's Family Fun Days with Mumbles Community Council 🎉 looking forward to seeing lots of children and their families join us for the fun!

31/07/2026

Great to be on Welsh Coast Radio-WCR this morning to talk about and the activities and support funded by Swansea Council for residents over the summer 🌞

A huge thank you to Rebecca Fogarty - Councillor for West Cross for joining Rob Pendry in the Welsh Coast Radio studio today. 🎙️

It was a really informative chat covering some of the fantastic support and opportunities available across Swansea this summer, including:
☀️ Free summer activities for children, young people and those aged 50+, thanks to Swansea Council funding.

🚌 Free weekend bus travel during the summer holidays (remember, journeys must start before 7pm to qualify).

🥪 Information about food banks and summer food schemes available to support local families.

🛠️ Swansea's growing network of Men's Sheds, helping people connect, make new friends and access support within their communities.

YOU can find more information here:
https://www.swansea.gov.uk/article/17920/Events-and-activities---free-low-cost-and-discounted

Thank you, Rebecca, for taking the time to share this valuable information with our listeners.
Swansea Council