TABERNACL, Efail Isaf

TABERNACL, Efail Isaf

TABERNACL, Efail Isaf

TABERNACL, Efail Isaf

Prospectus Prosbectws

For the improvement

ar gyfer gwella a datblygu adeiladau

and development of

buildings at

CAPEL Y TABERNACL

FFORDD Y CAPEL

EFAIL ISAF

PONTYPRIDD

Rhondda Cynon Taf

CF38 1AP

Presented by Cyflwynwyd gan

Members of Aelodau

Tabernacl Efail Isaf

July 2006 Gorffennaf 2006

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Contacts

Cysylltiadau

Minister / Gweinidog

Reverend / Y Parchedig D. Eirian Rees

01443 202873

Fund Raising team:

Tîm Codi Arian:

Emlyn Davies

02920 891344

emlyn.pentyrch@btinternet.com

*Wyn Jones

01443 217248

rhianawyn@hotmail.com

Geraint Rees

01443 205944

geraintrees@hotmail.com

Dr Rowland Wynne

02920 891426

wynnero@btinternet.com

*Main contact:

*Prif Gyswllt:

Wyn Jones

13 Bryn Rhedyn

TONTEG

Pontypridd

CF38 1UG

cronfatabernacl@btinternet.com

Architect:

Pensaer:

Jonathan Harwood

Alwyn Jones Penseiri / Architects

Y Banc

Ffordd Caerdydd

Ffynnon Taf

Caerdydd / Cardiff

CF15 7RA

02920 810080

alwyn@alwynjones.com

Quantity Surveyor:

Syrfwr Meintiau:

Messrs Strongs

Solicitor:

Cyfreithiwr:

David Jones

Peter Williams & Co.

93 Heol Walter

Abertawe / Swansea

SA1 5QA

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Executive Summary

Tabernacl Chapel at Efail Isaf is a Welsh

Independent non-conformist chapel dating

back to the mid 19

th

century. Situated in

the lower reaches of the Taf/Rhondda

valleys Efail Isaf is essentially a dormitory

village to Cardiff and South East Wales,

albeit a thriving and growing community.

Prompted by an enthusiastic

and expanding

membership

within

Tabernacl

itself and the

growth in the

population of

Efail Isaf the

congregation has

commissioned an

architect to draw up

plans to meet the

envisaged future needs

of the chapel and the

village.

Crynodeb Gweithredol

Capel anghydffurfiol, Annibynnol yw'r

Tabernacl, Efail Isaf, yn dyddio'n nôl i

ganol y 19eg

ganrif. Yn y bôn, pentref

noswyl ar gyfer Caerdydd a De-ddwyrain

Cymru yw Efail Isaf, wedi ei leoli ym

mharthau isaf cymoedd Taf/Rhondda, ond

serch hynny mae'n gymuned

ffyni annus sydd ar

gynnydd.

Yn sgîl y cynnydd a'r

brwdfrydedd yn

aelodaeth y

Tabernacl ar twf

ym mhoblogaeth

Efail Isaf,

ysgogwyd y

gynulleidfa i

gomisiynu

pensaer i greu

cynlluniau i gwrdd â'r

anghenion a ragwelir yn y

capel ac yn y pentref.

Amcangyfrifir bod y costau dros £400,000

gyda thua £100,000 ar gael o'n hadnoddau

ein hunain. Pwrpas y prosbectws hwn yw

egluror hyn sydd yn ein meddyliau, ein

huchelgeisiau an hamcanion, sydd yn eu

tro yn sail i gais am gymorth ariannol i

weld y prosiect yn dod i ffrwyth cyn

gynted bo modd.

Fel y dengys y prosbectws, cais yw hwn

syn dod gan gapel syn enghraifft o

lwyddiant, nid un sydd yn chwilio am arian

dim ond i gynnal cynulleidfa syn edwino

neu adeiladau sydd u harwyddocd wedi

mynd yn un hanesyddol yn bennaf.

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Costs are estimated at £400,000 with some

£100,000 available from Tabernacl's own

resources. This prospectus serves to

explain the thought process, ambitions and

objectives behind the plan and these, in

turn, support a request for financial

assistance to see the project coming to

fruition as soon as possible.

As the prospectus demonstrates, it is a

request which comes from a chapel that

exemplifies success, not one which seeks

funding merely to support a dwindling

congregation or to maintain buildings

whose significance has become largely

historical.

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Background

Efail Isaf is situated 9 miles north of Cardiff

city centre at the foothills of Mynydd y Garth.

Originally a hamlet serving a predominantly

agricultural hinterland, the village developed

in the wake of industrial development in the

19

th

century.

There has been a

worshipping community

in the village since the

1840s.

T a b e r n a c l,

a Welsh Independent

non-conformist chapel,

was originally built in

1871 and extended in

1912 At that time the

village was made up of a

few miners cottages, a

railway station, a public house and a

population of 500.

It remains the only religious building in the

village.

Allied to the growth seen in South East Wales

over the past 40 years, Efail Isaf has

experienced a population explosion. The latest

census revealed a figure in excess of 2,000

people. Similarly, the surrounding villages of

Llantwit Faerdre, Church Village, Tonteg,

Pentyrch, Creigiau and Groesfaen have

experienced rapid growth, in a number of

instances greater than

that of Efail Isaf. This

is of significance since

Tabernacls Welsh

speaking congregation

is drawn from an area

well beyond Efail Isaf

itself.

Developing a social

amenities infrastructure

to meet the steep

growth has inevitably

been a challenge to both the local authority and

the community generally. Efail Isaf has far

fewer communal facilities than one would

normally expect in a community of its present

size.

Cefndir

Saif Efail Isaf 9 milltir ir gogledd o ganol

dinas Caerdydd wrth droed Mynydd y Garth.

Pentref bach yn gwasanaethur berfeddwlad

amaethyddol oedd hwn yn wreiddiol ond

tyfodd yn sgl y datblygiadau diwydiannol yn y

19

eg

ganrif.

Bu cymune d o

addolwyr yn y pentref

ers yr 1840au.

C o d w y d c a p e l

a n g h y d f f u r f i o l

A n n i b y n n o l y

T a b e r n a c l y n

wreiddiol yn 1871 ai

ehangu yn 1912. Bryd

hynny ffurfiwyd y

pentref o ychydig

fythynnod glowyr,

gorsaf rheilffordd, ty tafarn a phoblogaeth o

500.

Deil i fod yr unig adeilad crefyddol yn y

pentref.

Yn unol r twf a welwyd yn Ne-ddwyrain

Cymru dros y 40 mlynedd diwethaf, profodd

Efail Isaf ffrwydrad yn y boblogaeth.

Dangosodd manylion y cyfrifiad diwethaf

ffigwr o dros 2,000 o breswylwyr. Yn yr un

modd, profodd pentrefi cyfagos Llanilltud

Faerdref, Pentrer Eglwys, Tonteg, Pentyrch,

Creigiau ar Groesfaen gynnydd cyflym, yn

fwy felly nag yn Efail

Isaf mewn llawer o

achosion. Mae hyn yn

arwyddocaol gan fod

cynulleidfa Gymraeg y

Tabernacl yn dod o

ardal ymhell y tu hwnt i

Efail Isaf ei hun.

B u d a t b l y g u

rhwydwaith o adnoddau

cymdeithasol i gwrdd

r cynnydd cyflym yn

her ir awdurdod lleol

ar gymuned yn gyffredinol. Mae gan Efail Isaf

lawer llai o gyfleusterau cymunedol nag y

byddai rhywun yn ei ddisgwyl mewn cymuned

or maint presennol.

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Present day Tabernacl

THE CONGREGATION

Currently Tabernacls congregation is numerically

stronger than it has ever been. It has 200 adult

members and over 100 children and young people

under the age of 18. Membership reflects a wide

age and interests band and the chapel has an open,

caring attitude with a desire for responsible,

outgoing relationships

as a priority. It is

p a r t i c u l a r l y

n o t e w o r t h y t h at

y o u n g m a r r i e d

couples represent the

b u l k o f r e ce n t

i n c r e a s e s i n

membership.

Tabernacls buildings

have been majo r

c o n t r i b u t o r s i n

f a c i l i t a t i n g a

community spirit in

Efail Isaf and beyond.

They continue to be

used regularly for Sunday services, including a

thriving Sunday Schools for both toddlers and

yo unger children. A popular evening session for

teenagers - Teulu Twm - serves approximately 40

members who undertake a variety of activities

throughout the year. Recently a Fair Trade shop has

been set up by Teulu Twm operating at the Village

Hall on a monthly basis, with all profits being

donated to a local children's charity.

Worship is organised through the medium of Welsh

and English every Sunday, thus catering for the

bilingual nature of the community the chapel serves

and services are attended by a number o f non-

members as well as members. In addition, weddings

and funerals are conducted.

Tabernacl, through its members financial and

practical support maintains a graveyard attached to

the chapel within which there is a garden of

remembrance for the b urial of cremated ashes. The

graveyard is available not only to Tabernacls

congregation but also to all village residents. This

represents an important and much valued facility for

the community.

Y Tabernacl Heddiw

Y GYNULLEIDFA

O ran nifer mae cynulleidfar Tabernacl heddiw yn

gryfach nag erioed. Maen cynnwys 200 o oedolion a

thros 100 o blant a phobl ifanc dan 18 oed. Maer

aelodaeth yn cynrychioli ystod eang o oedran a

diddordebau a meddar capel ar agwedd agored,

ofalgar ac awydd i roi blaenoriaeth i dderbyn

cyfrifoldeb drwy estyn

l l aw i r g y mu n ed .

Maen werth nodin

arben nig mai parau

p r i o d i f a n c s y n

cynrychioli trwch y

cynnydd diweddar yn yr

aelodaeth.

Chwaraeodd adeiladaur

Tabernacl ran bwysig

mewn meithrin ysbryd

cymdogol yn Efail Isaf a

t h u h w n t . F eu

defnyddir yn rheolaidd

h e d d i w a r g y f e r

gwasanaethaur Sul, gan gynnwys Ysgol Sul

lewyrchus ar gyfer babanod a phlant bach. Mae

sesiwn fin nos boblogaidd ar gyfer arddegwyr

Teulu Twm - yn darparu ar gyfer 40 o aelodau syn

ymgymryd ag amrywiaeth o weithgareddau gydol y

flwyddyn. Yn ddiweddar sefydlwyd siop Masnach

Deg gan Teulu Twm yn gweithredun fisol o Neuadd

y Pentref, ar elw i gyd yn mynd i elusen leol i blant.

Trefnir addoli cyfrwng Gymraeg a Saesneg bob Sul,

er mwyn ymorol am natur ddwyieithog y gymuned

leol ar cynulleidfaoedd yn cynnwys cyfeillion yn

ogystal ag aelodau. Ar ben hyn, gweinyddir

priodasau ac angladdau.

Maer Tabernacl, drwy gefnogaeth ariannol ac

ymarferol yr aelodau, yn cynnal mynwent wrth ochr y

capel ac mae yno ardd goffa ar gyfer claddu llwch o

amlosgfa. Maer fynwent ar gael i holl drigolion y

pentref, ac nid i gynulleidfar Tabernacl yn unig.

Mae hyn yn gyfleuster pwysig a gwerthfawr ir

gymuned.

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TABERNACL AND THE COMMUNITY

Tabernacl is available and used by all kinds of other

social gatherings locally. For many years they were the

only buildings available to serve the cultural life of the

village and were used for all community activities

childrens gatherings and a range of adult activities - as

well as being a home for musical groups producing

operettas and a meeting place for childrens choirs, a

tradition which continues today.

In the 1960s a village hall was built at Efail Isaf,

situated directly opposite to Tabernacl on the

Heol-y-Ffynnon road. The Village Hall

and Tabernacl complement each

other; indeed, the ongo ing

growth in the village

population serves to

emp hasise the

need for both

public facilities

Tabernacl is a regular practice base for three local

choirs:

Merched y Garth - ladies choir

Partir Efail - mens folk singing/Cerdd Dant

group

A thriving childrens choir which regularly

competes up to National Eisteddfod level.

Occasionally the large mixed choir, Cr Godrer Garth,

which normally meets in the Village Hall, also uses the

chapel facilities to take advantage of the organ and

acoustics.

Cantorion Creigiau, another local mixed choir performed

Maunders Olivet to Calvary in the chapel on Palm

Sunday this year.

More modest accommodation is provided within the

vestry; an ideal size for committee meetings. At present,

requests for this space can be over-subscribed and cannot

be fulfilled.

A mother and toddler group, started at the vestry, was

forced to relocate to the Village hall because the facilities

were inadequate. They have confirmed their intention to

return when the proposed project is completed.

Similarly Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin looks to re-establish

its weekday nursery at the Vestry. In particular it is

encouraged by the new, safer car parking facilities which

will be delivered within the overall proposed project.

Y TABERNACL AR GYMUNED

Maer Tabernacl ar gael ar gyfer pob math o gynulliadau

cymdeithasol eraill ac yn cael ei ddefnyddio felly gan y

gymuned leol. Am flynyddoedd lawer dyma oedd yr

unig adeiladau ar gael i wasanaethu b ywyd diwylliannol

y pentref a defnyddiwyd yr adeiladau ar gyfer holl

weithgareddaur gymuned - cyfarfod ydd plant ac ystod o

weithgareddau i oedolion yn ogystal bod

yn gartref i grwpiau cerddorol yn cynhyrchu

operetas ac yn gyrchfan i gorau plant,

traddodiad syn parhau hyd heddiw.

Y n yst o d ch w ed egau r gan ri f

ddiwethaf codwyd neuadd bentref

yn Efail Isaf, gyferbyn r capel

ar Heol y Ffynnon. Mae

N eu ad d y P en tr ef a r

Tabernacl yn gymharus eu

darpariaeth ac yn wir

maer cynnydd parhaus

y n n h w f

p o b l o g a et h y

p e n t r e f y n

p w y s l e i s i o r

angen am y ddau

leoliad i ddarparu

a r g y f e r y

cyhoedd.

Maer Tabernacl yn ganolfan ymarfer i dri chr lleol:

Merched y Garth - cerdd dant a gwerin

Partir Efail meibion cerdd dant a gwerin

Cr plant llewyrchus syn cystadlun rheolaidd

yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yr Urdd.

Maer cr mawr cymysg, Cr Godrer Garth, syn arfer

cwrdd yn Neuadd y Pentref, yn defnyddior capel yn

achlysurol er mwyn manteisio ar yr organ ar acwsteg.

Nos Sul y Blodau eleni, bu cr cymysg lleol arall,

Cantorion Creigiau, yn perfformio Olivet to Calvary

gan Maunder yn y capel.

Cynigir lleoliad llai yn y festri, syn ddelfrydol ei maint

ar gyfer pwyllgora. Ar y funud, mae mwy o alw am y

ddarpariaeth hon nag y medrir ei gyflenwi.

Fe ddechreuodd grwp mam ai phlentyn yn y festri ond

fei gorfodwyd i ail-leoli i Neuadd y Pentref am nad oedd

y cyfleusteraun ddigonol. Cafwyd cadarnhd o fwriad i

ddychwelyd pan gwblheir y prosiect.

Yr un modd, gobeithia Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin ail-

sefydlu meithrinfa yn ystod yr wythnos yn y festri Feu

cymhellir yn benodol i wneud hyn gan y cyfleusterau

parcio newydd a diogel syn gynwysedig yng nghorff y

prosiect arfaethedig.

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Welsh Language learning groups which recently

used the buildings extensively are expected to return

once the proposed new facilities are available.

Cylch Cad wgan, a partnership formed by Welsh

medium organisations in the area, including

Tabernacl itself, runs a series of lectures supported

by the Welsh Academy. It would wish to use the

building once the proposed project is completed.

It is worth noting that the follo wing bodies used to

meet in Tabernacl but stopped doing so because

facilities were not up to the standard required:

The County Adoption and Fostering

Service

Post Natal Support Group

SUPPORTING CHARITIES

Tabernacl buildings are, wherever possible made

available for any humanitarian purpose; thus in

2005:

The chapel building was a receiving

warehouse for the Tsunami appeal in

Efail Isaf and surrounding villages at the

beginning of the year. The response was

overwhelming and resulted in two 40 ton

containers being filled from Tabernacls

warehouse.

A concert was held in March to

collect funds for children in Africa. This

raised 500.

In support of the Pakistan earthquake

appeal, two concerts were held in

November. This raised nearly 2,000.

Within the wider community Tabernacl has a strong

commitment to charity work. Its buildings are made

available, as appropriate, for Social Workers to

gather donations (clothing, etc) enabling them to

provide support for their clients. Currently such

goods are being collected to provide support to

young people who are leaving local authority care

and setting up ho me under Social Services

supervision.

Disgwylir i grwpiau dysgu Cymraeg a ddefnyddiair

cyfleusterau yn eang yn ddiweddar ddychwelyd

unwaith y bydd y cyfleusterau newydd arfaethedig ar

gael.

Mae Cylch Cadwgan, syn bartneriaeth rhwng

mudiadau Cymraeg yn yr ardal, gan gynnwys y

Tabernacl, yn cynnal cyfres o ddarlithoedd dan nawdd

Yr Academi G ymreig. Byddair gymdeithas hon yn

awyddus i ddefnyddior adeilad wedi ir prosiect

arfaethedig gael ei gwblhau.

Maen werth nodi yr arferair cyrff isod gyfarfod yn y

Tabernacl, ond iddynt roir gorau i wneud hynny am

nad oedd y cyfleusterau yn cwrdd r safon

angenrheidiol:

G wasanaeth Mabwysiad u a Maethu y Sir

Grwp Cynnal ar l Geni

CEFNOGI ACHOSION DA

Defnyddir adeiladaur Tabernacl i bwrpas dyngarol ym

mhob ffordd bosib; sef yn 2005:

Bu adeilad y capel yn warws i dderbyn

rhoddion i apl y Tsunami yn Efail Isaf a

phentrefi cyfagos ddechraur flwyddyn.

Cafwyd ymateb syfrdanol a llanwyd dwy lori

40 tunnell o warws y Tabernacl.

Cynhaliwyd cyngerdd ym mis Mawrth i

gronfa plant yn Affrica. Codwyd 500.

Cynhaliwyd dwy gyngerdd ym mis

Tachwedd i gefnogi apl daeargryn Pacistan.

Codwyd bron i 2,000.

Mae gan y Tabernacl ymrwymiad cryf i waith

elusennol ar raddfa eang. Maer adeiladau ar gael, fel

y bo modd, i Weithwyr Cymdeithasol gasglu rhoddion

(fel dillad ayyb), er mwyn iddynt fedru cynnal eu

cleientiaid. Ar y funud cesglir nwyddau er mwyn

cynnal pobl ifanc syn gadael gofal awdurdod lleol ac

yn sefydlu cartref dan oruchwyliaeth y Gwasanaethau

Cymdeithasol.

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Tabernacl is a key centre for

Christian Aid week in the locality.

S o me Tab ernacl mem bers wer e

instrumental in founding a local branch of the

charity Home-Start in the Pontypridd area to help

young families by giving support, advice and

guidance.

Over the years, Tabernacls young people have

raised over 25,000 towards local charities

through Teulu Twms fund-raising activities; this

year for example, they have collected over 1,500

towards the Bobath Centre for Cerebral Palsy

Treatment in Cardiff.

The two adult congregations contribute at least

2,500 annually to good causes locally and

nationally.

It is usual each year for the chapel to make a

contribution towards a project by Social Workers

to take children away for a break

Tabernacl takes its turn regularly as part of a

scheme by Cardiff chapels and churches to feed

the homeless on Sunday afternoons.

Each year, leading up to Christmas, provisions are

collected which are used to make numerous

hampers for distribution by Social Workers in the

locality A cop y of their latest acknowledgement is

attached [Appendix III]

Maer Tabernacl yn ganolfan allweddol i Wythnos

Cymorth Cristnogol yn y gymdogaeth.

Roedd rhai o aelodaur Tabernacl yn ganolo g yn

sefydlu cangen or elusen Home-Start yn ardal

Pontypridd i roi cyngor, cefnogaeth ac arweiniad i rieni

ifanc.

Dros y blynyddoedd cododd pobl ifanc y Tabernacl

dros 25,000 tuag at elusennau lleol fel rhan o

weithgaredd Teulu Twm; eleni fel enghraifft, casglwyd

1,500 i goffrau Bobath, y Ganolfan Therapi Parlys yr

Ymennydd yng Nghaerdydd.

Bydd y dd wy gynulleidfa oedolion yn cyfrannu o leiaf

2,500 yn flynyddol i achosion da, yn lleol ac yn

genedlaethol.

Maen arferiad blynyddol hefyd i gyfrannu at ariannu

prosiect gan Weithwyr Cymdeithasol yr ardal i fynd

phlant ar wyliau.

Bydd y Tabernacl yn cymryd tro yn rheolaidd gyda

chapeli Caerdydd i fwydor di-gartref ar brynhawn Sul.

Yn ystod yr wythnosau cyn y Nadolig bob blwyddyn,

cesglir nwyddau ar gyfer creu hamperi iw dosbarthu

gan Weithwyr Cymdeithasol yn yr ardal. Mae copi ou

cydnabyddiaeth ddiweddaraf ynghlwm [Atodiad III]

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WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR A BUILDING

PROJECT

The Project is necessary, in the first instance, in

order to allow Tabernacl to carry out its activities

more effectively.

Thus an enlarged vestry is required to provide

adequate space for the Sunday Schools and Youth

Group (Teulu Twm) the current rooms are

insufficient to meet their needs - whilst the

refurbishment of the chapel building will allow

much greater flexibility in conducting regular

religious services and associated events.

Secondly, within

the community,

there is potential