Invest Local Caerau have delivered their Winter 2020 newsletter, keeping local residents updated with community news and projects, and letting them know where they can access support for issues such as increased winter energy costs.

In Ynysowen, the Invest Local group has been keeping the community connected and busy during lockdown by encouraging people to get creative with rock painting.

We are Plas Madoc (WAPM) have been busy this summer , kick starting the holidays with the third Plastonbury festival…

Group members from five different Invest Local areas visited an inspiring project in the west of Cardiff recently.

Two of our Invest Local areas, Caerau and Ynysowen, have been involved in Project Skyline’s feasibility study looking at how communities can re-imagine their involvement with the natural world on their doorstep.

Three hardworking volunteers involved with community groups in Caerau have received the Mayor of Bridgend’s Citizenship Awards.

Last year Invest Local Hubberston and Hakin launched a Small Grants Scheme to help local organisations and groups deliver community projects.

Graham Dawe from Caerau Development Trust (CDT), told us how his organisation has benefited from Invest Local Funding.

The autumn half-term school holiday saw the timely launch of Cefn Golau Together’s MUGA (multi-use games area).

The team from Big Lottery Wales came along to visit Invest Local projects in Caerau recently, and spent the day touring the many community projects in the area, meeting the people of Caerau and enjoying some fantastic hospitality.

Invest Local in Plas Madoc has got off to a flying start, with many of the projects from the area’s first Driving Change plan already up and running.

Chris Hemmings from the Invest Local group in Glyn, Colwyn Bay, writes about his recent trip to Blaenau Ffestiniog for a two-day conference hosted by our friends at Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog

Matthew Rowlands from Llynfi BMX tells us how funding from Invest Local has put helped put the area on the map for BMXing.

Community members from eight of the 13 Invest Local areas travelled to Scotland recently to visit a series of community projects.