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Pen y Cymoedd funds KnowURights project for young people in the Afan Valley with grant of £121,923

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The Children’s Rights Unit vision is ‘Working together to make Children’s Rights a reality’ giving opportunities to children and young people to have their voices heard in decision-making. CRU approached…

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Pen y Cymoedd supporting new skilled job at Treorchy Sewing Enterprise

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Clothing production has a long history in the Rhondda with the most successful being Alfred Polikoff (Wales) which was based in Ynyswen in the Rhondda. By 1989 the company name…

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Further 3 years funding to support Growth and Mindset Project

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Back in April 2022, we supported Resolven Building Blocks with 1-year funding to deliver the Growth & Mindset project in Afan and Neath valleys.After a successful first year and lots…

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Pen y Cymoedd funding creates jobs to support development of local business The Tea Rooms

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The Tea Rooms opened in February 2020 and was only able to trade for 5 weeks before Covid 19 lockdown and restrictions were enforced. Over the past 3 years, they…

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Y Siop Fach Sero

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Back in November 2021 Y Siop Fach Sero approached the Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund with a vision is to create an environmental sustainability hub in the Rhondda…

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GLYNNEATH GOLF CLUB DRIVE FOR THE FUTURE – £110,000

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Established in 1931, to help achieve their development vision, they approached Pen y Cymoedd to help employ a Director of Golf and Golf Support Officer for three years and we…

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GLYNNEATH RFC – £74,593.50

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Truly a club at the heart of their community, the Community Transformation Project included new pitch side and perimeter fencing to enclose the playing area, re-surfacing of car park, refurbishing…

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MEN’S SHED / GROW RHONDDA – £11,538

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Grow Rhondda started as a Men’s Shed project using social prescribing in partnership with Rhondda GPs and community connectors at Interlink to develop a network of growing areas around the…

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SUPPORTING TOURISM

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DARE VALLEY TROUT FISHERY Dare Valley Trout Fishery owner Neil has visited fishing lakes all over the UK and could see the huge potential in a redundant reservoir situated at…

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Refresh of the Vision of the Fund – 5 YEARS ON – TIME TO REFLECT

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Originally developed in 2015, the Community Vision for the Pen y Cymoedd Wind farm was developed by over 4000 individual responses from local people and highlighted opportunities for bringing added…

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