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The Project Fund: to support additional services that meet immediate community needs and we have now supported 8 organisations with funding of £67,000. 2 Projects have been supported in the Upper Neath (£9,000) / 2 Projects have been supported in the Upper Afan (£14,956.64) / 3 Projects in the Upper Rhondda (£34,670.00) and 1 Project…

Who is this month’s Local Hero?   Bob Chapman and all staff and volunteers at the Upper Afan Community Help Hub (Cymer Afan Community Library)   What have they been doing?   In Cymer (population c4,500) in the Upper Afan Valley, the library re-opened six years ago as a community-run organisation with around 20 volunteers…

Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund is making emergency, fast-track funding available for organisations in the Fund area. There are two strands: •Survival Fund: to provide emergency cashflow funding for organisations at risk of closure •Project Fund: to support additional services that meet immediate community needs In the first two weeks we have supported…

Not the easiest time to be starting a job, but we are more than delighted to be welcoming Michelle Noble to our small (currently separated and remotely working) team this week, as our brand-new Enterprise Support and Finance Officer. Michelle will be responsible for advising and supporting business applicants (commercial and not-for-profit), from those at…

During these difficult times we are very excited to be announcing the results of Micro Fund Round 7 which were considered in March! As ever, we received many more applications than we were able to support. 65 applications were submitted requesting a total of £260,000. £110,364.37 has been awarded this time to 23 community groups…

Who is this month’s local hero? Nathan at The Play Yard, Treorchy. What have they been doing? Nathan started as manager of The Play Yard in late 2018 when Valleys Kids took over the run-down facility as a social enterprise. Since then, Nathan has worked tirelessly to improve and enhance the facility adding a children’s…

Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund is making emergency, fast-track funding available for organisations in the Fund area. There will be two strands: Survival Fund: to provide emergency cashflow funding for organisations at risk of closure Project Fund: to support additional services that meet immediate community needs Our funding will not replace any Government…

Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund CIC (PyC CIC) is pleased to announce that it has worked with the owners and others to ensure Afan Lodge’s continued contribution to the prosperity of the Afan valley and wider communities.  It is now a subsidiary business of PyC CIC which will be managed and run on…

JOB VACANCY Enterprise Support & Finance Officer With £1.8m a year (index linked) until 2043, the Fund invests in communities and businesses across the upper Neath, Afan, Rhondda and Cynon valleys. If you are passionate about this area, and excited about what the Fund can achieve, would you like to join our small staff team…