Case Studies

Bringing Community Together – One Cup at a Time Thanks to support from the Pen y Cymoedd, local business The Tea Rooms was able to take their warm, welcoming café experience on the road — piloting a Travelling Tea Room in two villages: Cwmgwrach and Rhigos. With PyC funding, a part-time staff member was recruited…

Tempo Time Credits has begun laying strong foundations for a local Time Credit network in the Cynon Valley. Supported by Pen y Cymoedd funding, the project is connecting volunteers, community groups, and local services to increase community participation and reward people for giving their time. What’s Happening So Far: Asset Mapping: Underway across the Cynon…

Busy Pins and Needles is a family-run fabric shop located in Aberdare. Not only do they offer a wide range of craft supplies, but they also use these supplies to create stunning and unique creations that are exclusive to their store.  They provide an extensive selection of fabrics, wool, and knitting supplies, along with sewing…

PYC supported Stacked Street Food Ltd (better known as “Stacked Aberdare” on social media) with a Micro Fund grant of £6,500 to assist with upscaling the business with a contribution that enabled a purpose built food truck to be purchased. Stacked Aberdare prepares gourmet food specialising in American Burgers and operates throughout Rhondda Cynon Taff…

Back in Spring we awarded INCC £125,052.31 for a 3 year water vole conservation and research project working with communities in fund area. Since then the funding has created 2 part time jobs for local people as well as supporting a role within INCC. The new Conservation Officers have been busy undertaking water vole studies…