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Last week a brand-new shop opened on the award-winning Treorchy High Street. Green Valley looks absolutely incredible and as a fund we have been proud to support this business start-up with funding of £16,311 as a mixture of grant an repayable loan. As well as a base for the fruit and veg shop that started…

As part of the fund’s commitment to refresh membership of the Pen y Cymoedd Board our Chair Dave Henderson will be stepping down from Pen y Cymoedd Board in June 2022. Therefore, at our recent AGM, we elected a new Chair, Victoria Bond for the next year. Dave Henderson took over as Chair in 2020…

We are really pleased to announce the results of Micro Fund Round 10. The fund is awarding £108,224.84 to 30 applicants, this is made up of 13 businesses and 17 community groups. Again, we were thrilled with continued interest and engagement with the fund – we received 56 proposals. If you are interested in chatting…

This month we are welcoming two new Board members, Emma Shepherd who was born and raised in the Cynon Valley currently living in Pontypridd she currently leads on communications, events and engagement for Wales’ largest asset-based community development programme, and Liam Hull, a Rhondda boy who works for Sport Wales. We are very excited for…

Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund has been investing in communities and businesses across the upper reaches of the Neath, Afan, Rhondda and Cynon valleys since 2016. If you are passionate about this area, and excited about what the Fund can achieve – would you like to join us? We are looking for new…

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 16th August 2021. Community groups, social enterprises, and new/developing businesses are eligible to apply for grants up to £5,000. The online application is available here www.penycymoeddcic.cymru Find out more here: https://penycymoeddcic.cymru/the-micro-fund/ We much prefer to have had a chat with you about your proposal before we…

GTFM – Connecting Aberdare – £12,491.60 GTFM pioneered not-for-profit local radio in Wales in 2002 when it started broadcasting to Pontypridd and surrounding parts of RCT on an experimental basis, following short trails in Rhydyfelin in 1999 and 2000 – before becoming the first Community Radio licensee in Wales in 2005. GTFM is a registered…

Avant Theatre – Hydro Jam – £15,298.95 Planned as a physical festival in the woods at Treherbert for 2021 that has been postponed until 2022 Avant will now trial the venue (first jam in woodland setting across UK), implement the judging system software and filming what is possible to share the exciting opportunities for next…

The fund has a Board of 8 Directors, appointed for their skills and knowledge. The Board members are passionate about the potential of the fund and their role in ensuring the fund has a genuine legacy for the areas it serves. Glenn Bowen has been with the fund since it started in 2016 and is…