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This week in Pen y Cymoedd’s life

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The variety of what we get to do, have to do, and have the honour of doing during a work week at Pen y Cymoedd is amazing. We started the…

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MICRO FUND ROUND 13 OPENS

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The 13th round of the Micro Fund launches on December 1st. The time since we launched Round 1 at the end of 2016 and granted £1.3 million to 392 community…

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Cost of Living

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Pen y Cymoedd is committed to the communities in fund area, and we recognise that following flooding, pandemic and now the cost of living and energy crisis, communities are facing…

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Micro Fund Round 12 results

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We were overwhelmed with 87 applications this round, the highest number of applications since Round 2 and whilst that made our job a little trickier, we are thrilled to announce…

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Pen y Cymoedd is excited to share details of recent community funding in the Neath valley of £430,000

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Resolven Miner’s Welfare Hall have been awarded £41,000 towards an extensive Feasibility Study for the Restoration of the Resolven Miners Welfare. With match funding of their own and from Moondance…

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Hearts Announcement

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The Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund serves the upper reaches of the Neath, Afan, Rhondda and Cynon Valleys. The Community Fund has awarded funds for several defibrillators with…

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PEN Y CYMOEDD WIND FARM COMMUNITY FUND HAS A NEW CHAIR.

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At our annual AGM we appoint our chair for the next 12 months and we are pleased to announce that Martin Veale will be our new Chair of the Board…

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Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund supporting the rejuvenation of much-loved community building Resolven AFC

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Resolven AFC was established in 2012 and the club building itself needs improving and the trustees approached the fund with a vision to have a modern multi-purpose club that is…

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A grant of £142,860 has been awarded to Rhondda Netball for the Community Coach & Role Model Development Programme

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Rhondda Netball is a charity established in late 2016 to change the landscape of opportunities for girls and women in sport throughout Rhondda & RCT. At the end of 2017…

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Energy Efficiency Support for Community Groups in RCT and NPT

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Due to increased energy costs and pressures on community-run buildings, the Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Fund – working with Interlink RCT, Neath Port Talbot CVS, Coalfields Regeneration Trust and…

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