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CWMDARE OAP ACTIVE WALES


CARRY ON TRIPS MICRO FUND GRANT – £1000 Cwmdare OAP Active Wales were awarded a Micro Fund grant of £1000 in September 2018. Based in Cwmdare, Cynon Valley with 106 members whose motto is “Retired from work and not from life” and running since 1941 with fortnightly meetings that include talks, bingo and sherry, they also […]

July 5, 2019


Three Valleys Nordic Walking – Walking Back to Happiness


MICRO FUND GRANT – £1,480 The grant offered was to support transport and equipment costs for this group to visit 12 towns and villages and promote the benefits of Nordic walking groups, recruit new members and facilitate new group set ups ‘Walking Back to Happiness’. “The aim was to promote a healthy and achievable programme […]

May 16, 2019


RHONDDA NETBALL – THE FUTURE OF TREORCHY NETBALL CLUB


MICRO FUND GRANT – £4,940 This project was to continue and grow Treorchy provision – Treorchy has now become the largest of all their 4 junior clubs and this season had an average of 165 people attending each week. The Micro Fund grant supported costs of Head Coach, Assistant Coaches and facility hire for the […]


DARE TO SING LADIES CHOIR – ONWARD AND UPWARD


MICRO FUND GRANT – £1,720.00 Dare to Sing Ladies Choir was established in 2015 in Cwmdare and now has more than 80 members. Members were asked what they enjoy about the choir, and the comments submitted with the application were moving:   – Like many of the ladies, having been through cancer, when you’re singing you […]

May 4, 2019


MICRO FUND ROUND 5 – AWARDS


Two years on from our first grant awards, it’s amazing that we are now announcing the results of Micro Fund Round 5! As ever, we received many more applications than we were able to support. 69 applications were submitted requesting a total of £270,410. £98,931.84 has been awarded this time to 27 community groups and […]

April 17, 2019


FRIENDS OF WCKA RCT


MICRO FUND GRANT – £4.998 This new group (of parents and friends) had been set up to raise funds to send children and adults to the WKU World Kickboxing Championships in Athens in October 2018. The 17 students (aged 9 – 47) that they aimed to fund train in the Sobell sports centre in Aberdare […]

April 9, 2019


SCOOBS DOGGY DAY CARE, BOARDING AND GROOMING


MICRO FUND GRANT – £5,000 Scoobs Doggy Day Care aimed to offer a reliable, flexible, comprehensive, affordable, friendly pet-care service for dog owners at applicant’s own home – targeted at customers within a 15-mile radius of Hirwaun.  They aim to expand the business in due course to employ at least one local person.  Services include boarding, grooming, […]


BLAENLLECHAU COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT GROUP – BUSY BEES OF BLAEN


MICRO FUND GRANT – £4405 Blaenllechau Community Involvement Group were awarded £4405 for their Busy Bees of Blaen project. This is a great community project with in-built sustainability from honey sales. The group was well-established and had a good reputation for delivery. The benefits of bee keeping are widely known, and the bee population is […]

March 11, 2019


Valleys Community Fund Celebrates First £4 million of investment!


Q. What do a family clothing business, a boxing club and eco-friendly camping huts have in common? A. They have all benefitted from a grant from the Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund – enabling them to grow and develop! Over 200 local people came together this week at events in Croeserw and Cwmdare […]

February 10, 2019


RHONDDA SWIMMING CLUB


MICRO FUND £2110   Rhondda Swimming Club were awarded a Micro Fund grant of £2110. The club has 178 members and relies upon young volunteers to ensure that the 11 sessions across 4 pools are delivered with fully qualified coaches/teachers and in accordance with Swim Wales guidelines. The continued training and progression of their coaches is […]

January 31, 2019


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