Community members from four different Invest Local communities took a trip to the beautiful Rhondda Valley to visit a project called Welcome To Our Woods (WTOW).

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.

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.

Clase 4 All – the Invest Local group in Clase, Swansea – have been on a whistle-stop tour of parks across South Wales.

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

Communications and Events Officer Emma Shepherd writes about a visit to a Somerset community with lots going on.

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

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