Community groups generating funds from the carrier bag levy
In order to encourage us all to reduce the number of single use carrier bags (including paper bags) we use, from October 2011, the Welsh Government has required all retailers in Wales to charge a...
View ArticleFree legal and insurance advice available to community groups and charities...
B2C Professionals B2C Professionals links a range of specialist professional firms to community groups across North Wales. B2C Professionals links a broad range of specialist professional firms to a...
View ArticleSetting up a market garden
The idea of setting up a market garden that would supply Cardiff with fresh, organic local vegetables was a twinkle in the eye of Steve Garrett and the team at Riverside Community Market Association...
View ArticleGrow Wild funding opportunity ~ Cyfle ariannu Tyfu’n Wyllt
Grow Wild funding opportunity Are you a community group? Does somewhere near to where you live need brightening up? Would £500 – £5,000 help you make it accessible to the wider community, highly...
View ArticleRead the Tyfu Pobl November newsletter
Would you like to receive our monthly newsletter in your inbox? Please email abigail@farmgarden.org.uk You can find this newsletter in Welsh here. Tyfu Pobl News CLAS Cymru – potential sites for...
View ArticleDarllen y cylchlythyr Tyfu Pobl
Hoffech chi i ddebyn ein clychlythyr bob mis? E-bostiwch i abigail@farmgarden.org.uk Darllenwch yr cylchlythyr yn Saesneg yma. Newyddion Tyfu Pobl CLAS Cymru – Safleoedd Posibl ar gyfer Tyfu Cymunedol...
View ArticleBroad Haven Allotments
Some time ago, before working for the ‘Fed’, I was a community worker with PLANED in Pembrokeshire. I came across a letter dated some years previously, from residents of Broad Haven asking the county...
View ArticleFunding blog: Application Do’s and Don’ts, Part 2
The previous funding blog looked at some basic funding application do’s and don’t's. This week we’re taking a closer at at some of the elements your project application may require with this advice...
View ArticleFind growing projects in your area and add yours to our map.
Did you know that the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens website has a map of projects across Wales and the UK? You can search for city farms, school farms and community gardens in your...
View ArticleFunding blog: Applying for loan finance
We interviewed Matthew Brown, Manager of the Communities Investment Fund, for his advice on loan finance applications. For more info on CIF please visit their website or download the Community...
View ArticleCardiff Community Gardens – Do you need more volunteers
At a recent Cynefin meeting in Roath some of the Community Gardens in the city reported that it can be difficult to recruit new volunteers. It was suggested that Cardiff’s community gardens could be...
View ArticleThe Montgomeryshire Charcoal Project receives funding to train young people...
The Forest Education Initiative (FEI), a nationwide campaign that makes connections between the forestry sectors and Britain’s young people, has awarded funds to the local Montgomeryshire FEI Cluster...
View ArticleGet into Woodlands
with The Prince’s Trust, in partnership with The Duchy of Cornwall 24th Feb – 28th Mar 2014 Do you know someone aged 18-25, unemployed and interested in a career in Forestry? They can apply to join our...
View ArticleLaunch of the UK Community Supported Agriculture network
Click here to read Organic Centre Wales’ blog post on the recent CSA UK Network Launch.
View ArticleScottish Power Green Trust
Scottish Power Green Trust will grant up to half the cost of the chosen renewable technology. There is a maximum award of £25,000 but most projects receive around £10,000. Applications should be...
View ArticleGrowing your income: Alternative Finance training day, 10 February, Swansea
Are you a community growing organisation looking to explore new ways of increasing your income? This day will provide you with the details of crowd funding, community shares, profile raising for income...
View ArticleRethinking parks
Jointly by Nesta, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Big Lottery Fund, charities and voluntary organisations are being invited to apply for a share of £1m of funding intended to support innovative ideas for...
View ArticleThe High Sheriff of Clwyd Awards
The High Sheriff of Clwyd Awards were launched in 2013 to recognise individuals or voluntary/community organisations or groups (with charitable aims) that have made an outstanding contribution to their...
View ArticleAssistant Garden Manager vacancy
Barry Community Garden & Allotment Assistant Garden Manager Brief Job Description The main duties of this position are: - carrying out various horticultural tasks in the garden such as digging,...
View ArticleWild Weekend for Wales
Keep Wales Tidy are once again running their ‘Wild Weekend for Wales’. This March event aims to improve food sources for pollinators in the form of pollen and nectar that is foraged from a variety of...
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