TWENTY organisations and community groups in South-West Wales have been awarded grants to help them improve their local communities.
The funding, totalling £15,004.23, comes from the 2022 Community Changemakers Fund, an initiative by South West Wales Connected (SWWCo), a Community Rail Partnership set up to support the communities along the railway line throughout Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea. SWWCo is hosted by 4theRegion, a community interest company based in High Street Station, Swansea, which also backs the Community Changemakers initiative.
The Community Changemakers fund, now in its second year, directly supports local groups and organisations who want to drive positive local changes in communities along the South West Wales rail network.
Each group or organisation was able to apply for a grant of between £300 and £1,000. The main criteria was to demonstrate how the funding will improve community well-being and/or sense of place.
The awards given in Pembrokeshire are as follows:
Paul Sartori Hospice at Home were awarded £952 towards costs involved with the formation of a community choir.
Rosemarket Local History Society were awarded £665 to design and build a website which will become the focal point of communication and a resource for the community.
Grwp Resilience were awarded £400 to support and extend community gardens in Pembrokeshire to meet the demand for allotments and community growing spaces.
Friends of Jubilee Park & Nature Trail were awarded £609 to replace old and dysfunctional tools for maintenance within the park.
Pembrokeshire People First (Project Name “Môr”) were awarded £500 to buy art tablets to loan out to people who don’t have access to this type of equipment.
The Queens Hall Narberth were awarded £790 to deliver a series of ‘Community Clean-up & Big Soup’ events in Narberth in collaboration with other non-profit organisations in the area.
Hubberston and Hakin Community Centre were awarded £1000 to install battery storage in order to store solar electricity generated by their 33 PV solar panels.
Clarbeston Road AFC were awarded £1,000 to refurbish a Portakabin that was gifted to the club in 2020.
Long View Residents were awarded £300 to clean up and enhance the concourse and the green space adjoining the platform of the Pembroke Dock station.
