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Meet the Team – Bob Chapman

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Name? Bob Chapman Position at Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund CIC? One of the six company directors Job History (you want to tell us about)? I’m an advice worker by trade – I spent 26 years working with Citizens Advice Bureaux and local authority welfare rights units and then became a civil servant…

Grant Awards across Four South Wales Valleys!

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Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund is proud to announce four Vision Fund grant awards totalling £748,579 across the Neath, Afan, Rhondda and Cynon Valleys.Vision Fund grants support activities that deliver a range of benefits for local communities – businesses, voluntary sector and community groups can all apply. Proposals need to be bold, ambitious…

VALLEYS STEPS

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£3,400 – MICRO FUND – FEB 2017 The mental health problem in RCT is significant – the prescribing rate of anti- depressants in the area is the largest in Wales by some margin – approaching one in six of the population. Valleys Steps was founded after an extensive and independent feasibility study by the Welsh Institute…

Young people taking the LEAD in the Afan Valley!

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We are delighted to announce a Vision Fund grant of £18,020 to the RECLAIM Project. RECLAIM is an award-winning youth leadership and social change organisation – a small but bold charity, using their experience and platform to support and enable the voices of young people to be heard. The Pen y Cymoedd Community Fund grant…

St. Elvan’s Church – a new community resource for Aberdare and the Cynon Valley

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Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund is delighted to support the development of a major new community resource for Aberdare and the Cynon Valley.  St. Elvan’s Church is an iconic building in the heart of the town and is set to re-invent itself for the 21st century and beyond. The Church’s Community Heritage Project has been awarded…

COME AND MEET US TO CHAT ABOUT FUNDING

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Every month we hold dedicated appointment sessions around the Area of Benefit so people, groups, businesses can meet us and chat about any projects they have going on that may benefit from the Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund If you want to meet us and talk about a Vision Fund proposal, please email enquiries@penycymoeddcic.cymru or…

IMPROVED CUSTOMER FACILITIES FOR NEW CAFÉ BUSINESS

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THE CF42 £10,250 – Vision Fund – Sept 2017 LOCATION OF ACTIVITY: TREHERBERT   This was a straightforward proposal which would make a significant difference to a new business that had invested a significant amount themselves in starting this new enterprise in Treherbert. Already well-used by the community with excellent Facebook reviews and comments, it had become…

Come and speak to us about applying to the Micro Fund!

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The Micro Fund is open for applications up to £5,000. The deadline for applications is 12th February 2018 at 5pm. We encourage people to come and talk to us about their application and have advice days where you can book a 25-minute slot to meet Barbara and Katie and chat about your proposal. We have advice…

Meet the Team

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Name? Barbara Anglezarke Position at Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund CIC? Executive Director Job History (you want to tell us about)? Born in Lancashire (where my name comes from) and brought up there and in Somerset, I came to Wales to study archaeology in Cardiff and never left, so have lived in Wales…

MICRO FUND ROUND 3

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The 3rd round of the Micro Fund is now open! The closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 12th February 2018. Community groups, social enterprises, and new/developing businesses are eligible to apply for grants from £300 – £5,000. You can see details of all projects supported so far here, and read some more detailed…