GARDD HEDDYCHLON EGLWYS Y DRINDOD SANCTAIDD
Ym mis Ebrill 2021 cymerodd yr eglwys gystadleuaeth o'r enw Newyddion Da gyda chapsiwn, Heddwch ar ôl y Storm, yn amlinellu syniadau i adeiladu gardd yng nghefn yr eglwys ar gyfer gorffwys, myfyrio ac addysg ac i goffáu bywydau a gollwyd yn ystod pandemig Covid 2022.
Enillodd yr eglwys Rownd Derfynol Cymru yn y gystadleuaeth gyda gwobr o £1500 tuag at y prosiect a gyda Grant Cymunedol Cyngor Gwynedd pellach o £3900 trwy Gronfa Eglwysi Cymraeg dechreuodd yr ardd ym mis Mawrth 2022.
Rhoddodd Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gogledd Cymru £1300 tuag at blanhigion peillio a llwybr mynediad i gadeiriau olwyn a chwblhawyd yr ardd gyda meinciau ag arysgrif a bwrdd picnic a gwelyau uchel sy'n hygyrch i gadeiriau olwyn a diwrnod agored ar 13 Awst. Cynlluniau pellach ar gyfer ardal weithgareddau Arch Noa i blant ar gyfer addysg cadwraeth gyda biolegydd preswyl sydd hefyd wedi arolygu'r Fynwent Fictoraidd ac wedi cynhyrchu posteri o'r fflora, ffawna a ddarganfuwyd yno. Mae’r ardal yn cael ei rheoli gyda chyngor sefydliad Gofalu am God Acre. Mae sefydliadau cefnogi eraill yn cynnwys Cerddwyr Cymru, Cynllun Talu’n ôl i’r Gymuned. Mae diwrnod agored swyddogol yn cael ei drefnu ar gyfer mis Medi ar gyfer cyhoeddusrwydd ychwanegol ac i sefydliadau cynghori, cymdeithasau a chyrff cyhoeddus eraill a chefnogwyr y prosiect. Cafodd yr ardd sylw ar ITV Evening News ym mis Mawrth a hefyd ar Radio 4 Gardeners Question Time ym mis Mai.
PROSIECT BABANOD ARCH NOA 2021
Mae’r eglwys wedi bod â grŵp Rhieni, Babanod a Phlentyn dwyieithog yn wythnosol ers 10 mlynedd ac mae hwn wedi datblygu i fod yn Glwb Sadwrn ar gyfer brodyr a chwiorydd hŷn a phlant oed ysgol. Yn 2021 a gyda chefnogaeth Mudiad Gwasanaethau Gwirfoddol Mantell Gwynedd cafodd yr eglwys grant i gyflogi storïwr a gynhyrchodd ynghyd â’r plant cyn oed ysgol a’r rhieni lyfr gyda gemau ac adnabyddiaeth rhif a lliw i helpu’r plant hynny nad oedd wedi cael unrhyw weithgareddau cymdeithasol. mynediad am ddwy flynedd i ryngweithio a datblygu sgiliau iaith a chreadigol. Hwn oedd y trydydd cyfle i fanteisio ar y grantiau creadigol sydd ar gael gan Adran Celfyddydau Cyngor Gwynedd a Mantell Gwynedd. Bwriedir cynnal Cymorth Cyntaf ar gyfer Pediatreg ar 4 Hydref gan Adran Addysg Gymunedol Ambiwlans Sant Ioan. Mae ymwelydd iechyd yn mynychu'r grŵp yn rheolaidd.
TRANQUILITY GARDEN HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
In April 2021 the church entered a competition entitled Good News with a caption, Peace after the Storm, outlining ideas to build a garden at the rear of the church for rest, reflection and education and to commemorate lives lost during the Covid pandemic of 2022.
The church won Wales Finalist in the competition with a prize of £1500 towards the project and with a further Gwynedd Council Community Grant of £3900 via the Welsh Churches Fund the garden began to take shape in March 2022.
North Wales Wildlife Trust donated £1300 towards pollinating plants and a wheelchair access pathway and the garden was completed with inscribed benches and a picnic table and wheelchair accessible raised beds and an open day on 13th August.Further plans for a childrens Noah’s Ark activity area for conservation education with a resident biologist who has also surveyed the Victorian Graveyard and produced posters of the flora, fauna discovered there. The area is being managed with the advice of Caring for God’s Acre organisation. Other supporter organisations include Ramblers Cymru, Community Payback Scheme. An official open day is being planned for September for additional publicity and to advice organisations, societies and other public bodies and supporters of the project. The garden was featured on ITV Evening News in March and also on Radio 4 Gardeners Question time in May.
ARCH NOA BOOK BABIES PROJECT 2021
The church has had a bi lingual Parent, Baby and Toddler group weekly for 10 years and this has developed into Saturday Club for older siblings and school aged children. In 2021 and with support of Mantell Gwynedd Voluntary Services Organisation the church obtained a grant to employ a storyteller who along with the pre school aged children and parents produced a book with games and number and colour recognition to help those children who had not had any social access for two years to interact and develop language and creative skills.This was the third opportunity to take advantage of the creative grants available both from Gwynedd Council Arts Department and Mantell Gwynedd. A First Aid for Paediatrics is planned for 4th October delivered by St Johns Ambulance Community Education Department. A health visitor attends regularly the group.