Rhiannon McHugh, Community Development Worker for Invest Local group Penywaun Forward Together, looks back on the heart-warming Afternoon Tea project that took place during lockdown

Not being able to go out trick or treating didn’t stop these communities from making the most of Halloween this year!

The evaluation of the first three years of the Invest Local has been launched at The Pierhead Building in Cardiff Bay.

Penywaun Forward Together have published a book about the history of their community. The book – by local author Robert Cornwall - traces the story of Penywaun from two small family farms to a population of over 2000 people.

One of the first projects for the Invest Local group in Penywaun (Rhondda Cynon Taf) was to provide activities for young people in the community.

Invest Local recently held a cross-group workshop to bring together members of Steering Groups from different communities to share their experiences of and ideas for the Invest Local programmes in their areas.

The steering group of Invest Local Penywaun used some of their Getting Going funding to revive their local carnival, an event that was once the highlight of the community’s year.

An important part of our Invest Local programme is Shared Learning, where communities get together and learn from each other’s experiences.

The village of Penywaun in Rhondda Cynon Taf is the first community to agree to become involved in Invest Local.