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Job Creation: Paving the Way for a Brighter Future

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Did you know that PyC funding has created over 25 jobs and helped support and sustain a further 156 jobs in the fund area so far? As a fund, we are committed to promoting and growing local businesses, creating job opportunities, and attracting enterprise and investment to the area, creating high-quality, secure jobs. The fund…

£25,518 in loan/grant combination awarded to Kingsward Ltd. to fund equipment update for a thirty-year-old manufacturing business situated in Ferndale that aims to protect existing jobs and create new ones.

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Based in Ferndale, Kingsward Ltd. is a thirty-year-old manufacturing company with a focus on tube manipulation, laser cutting, sheet bending, welding, milling/turning, and powder coating. Following the recent acquisition of Kingsward Ltd. by a new management team, the company is transitioning to new, more effective IT and computer systems, which will allow them to greatly increase production. This will…

£131,000 funding to support communities with Community Advice and Support and create 2 local jobs.

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We were thrilled to be able to assist Citizen’s Advice RCT when they approached the fund to help create 1.5 jobs to provide crucial community support over a two-year period. It was evident that being able to give advice and support in this way, would help individuals to resolve their social welfare needs. We are…

PyC thrilled to support Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru Saving The Water Vole Project

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The Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru (INCC) is aiming to increase the fortunes of one of Wales’s rarest and most threatened mammal species – the Water Vole. Without conservation support, it is likely that the beautiful and once common Water Vole will become extinct in Wales in the near future. Funding from the Pen y…

Funding of £24,752.25 offered to EESW to deliver Wind Turbine Construction Workshops across 30 schools in fund area

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This project goes into schools and offers skill development with hands-on learning experiences, helping students to cultivate crucial skills such as planning, analysis, and evaluation through practical projects. The workshop’s focus on wind energy and its relevance to the local community of Pen y Cymoedd provides an authentic context for learning. Students will not only…

Pen y Cymoedd supports AFC Llwydcoed with grant of £126,254.55

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PyC first supported AFC Llwydcoed in 2020 when they wanted to build new spectator stands. With the arrival of the FAW League restructure for the 2020/21 season, the Club had to find sponsors and grants worth £75,000 to meet the FAWs criteria just to stay at the Tier 3 level they were already at. A…

Pen y Cymoedd supports Aberdare Market Tenants Association with a grant of £12,200

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The Aberdare Market Tenants Association (AMTA) was created informally a number of years ago but post pandemic has have been working hard to draw people into the market and work with Our Aberdare BID to drive up footfall and provide lots of events, activities and opportunities for local people and visitors. They have already run…

Pen y Cymoedd supports Rhondda Arts Festival with £60,000 over the next 3 years

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The festival believes in the power of the arts to change communities and individuals’ lives and are keen to push boundaries and explore what the future of the arts might look like in Treorchy and throughout the Rhondda Valleys. Pen y Cymoedd funding will help them grow the festival for the next three years and…

PyC thrilled to announce it is supporting Neurological Rehabilitation Wales, a Glynneath based social enterprise with funding of £93,336.50 over the next 3 years.

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Neurological Rehabilitation Wales is a team of specialised instructors that uses the ARNI approach to rehabilitate stroke and other neurological injury survivors. They help people get from the point where NHS therapies are no longer an option to the point where they can start “retraining” their daily activities to help themselves. Established back in 2018…

Pontrhydyfen Welfare & Community Bowls Club supported with grant of £26,000 Bowls For Everyone – Community Green & Pavilion Redevelopment

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With the intention of ensuring the continuation of Pontrhydyfen Welfare & Community Bowls Club, the club requested the funding for extensive work to the green. They want to improve facilities for their club members, build on the growing number of female and young members and give other local organisations opportunities to utilise the facilities. Since…