Here is the recording of our Strong Welsh Communities Hustings event.

In the first of our two launch events for the Strong Welsh Communities manifesto and campaign, we shared the manifesto and discussed how community groups can get involved in the campaign to build healthier, happier, more resilient communities in Wales.

The Community Responses to Covid report was produced by People & Work in collaboration with Llechi Glo A Cefn Gwlad, which looks at how community organisations across Wales responded to the first lockdown, as well the support from local authorities and CVCs.

This webinar was the launch event for two reports on the state of our communities, aiming to highlight and celebrate the strength of communities in Wales.

In Maesgeirchen, Bangor community groups, organisations and individual volunteers worked together quickly to efficiently respond to the Covid-19 crisis.

It’s Volunteers Week – a week-long celebration of the amazing contribution that millions of people across the UK make through volunteering.

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.

Hubberston and Hakin community centre was on the brink of closure when the Invest Local programme arrived in the area.

The Warm ARTed group is funded by the Invest Local group in Phillipstown, New Tredegar.

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

See how funding from Invest Local Caerau has helped the Caerau Friends Group tackle loneliness and isolation in their community by watching the video below.

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.

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

Here’s what the We Are Plas Madoc group have achieved so far with their Invest Local funding – from crafts and a cuppa, to football and fun, the activities have really made a difference to wellbeing on the estate.

Together Trust in Trowbridge and St Mellons have recently produced a short video showcasing the Invest Local area and its many assets including Hendre Lake, Eastern High School and St Mellons Library and Hub.

Part of the ethos of Invest Local is to start from what’s good in the area, and build on the strengths that each community already has.

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.

Becky - who lives in Clase, Swansea – tells us all about what’s been going on in the Invest Local programme there, from name changes to logo competitions to an Easter Fun Day.