Since first opening its Neighborhood Fund in September 2021, Hafren Dyfrdwy, the native water providers supplier, has been supporting native charities and organisations to assist make a distinction in the neighborhood.
Purposes for the subsequent spherical of funding are open till Monday third April.
With the subsequent alternative to use opening right now and following the fantastic progress of the initiatives its funded, Hafren Dyfrdwy has been revisiting the awardees to search out out concerning the distinction the grants have made throughout the neighborhood.
Llanfyllin Shed in Powys is a neighborhood group initially arrange as a method for native males to satisfy up regularly, giving them the chance to share and be taught new abilities, while on the similar time construct friendships, assist one another, and have some enjoyable.
Since receiving the Neighborhood Fund grant in Might 2022, Llanfyllin Shed has managed to construct and furnish its kitchen and exercise space, and eventually buy the instruments they wanted to get the challenge began and absolutely equip the workshop. This implies they’ve now been capable of prolong the Males’s Shed opening hours to three days per week – Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10am- 2.00pm – and create a weekly Knit and Knatter group, in addition to being within the course of of making a brand new She Shed, providing girls a spot to search out confidence and be taught new abilities.
The Hafren Dyfrdwy Neighborhood Fund has helped memberships develop for Llanfyllin Shed, which means the group will probably be round for some time but and proceed to play a key position throughout the neighborhood. Extra updates and choices from the group will probably be anticipated in Summer time 2023.
Talking on behalf of Llanfyllin Shed, Gillian Johnson, mentioned:
“Receiving the assistance we did has enabled us to create one thing greater and broaden our assist to virtually day-after-day of the week – serving to to enhance individuals’s lives. We’re grateful to Hafren Dyfrdwy for his or her assist and encourage anybody who has an ideal thought to assist their neighborhood to use for the Neighborhood Fund and begin making a distinction too.”
Jade Gough, Hafren Dyfrdwy Neighborhood Fund Officer, added:
“We launched the Neighborhood Fund within the hope it could make a distinction inside our neighborhood and revisiting initiatives we’ve supported brings all of that to life – it’s unbelievable to see the affect this challenge is having, and they need to be extremely pleased with what they’ve achieved to date. Our subsequent alternative to use is now open and we’re very excited to see the subsequent initiatives that come by.”
The aptly named ‘Neighborhood Fund’, has been offering monetary assist for brand new initiatives that make a distinction in at the least certainly one of three key areas: Individuals – serving to individuals to guide a more healthy life and achieve new abilities; Locations: working towards to creating higher locations to dwell in and use; Setting: taking care of our pure atmosphere, giving individuals larger entry to that atmosphere, or serving to to guard water.
In case you’d like to search out out extra concerning the fund and whether or not your challenge could also be eligible, please go to www.hdcymru.co.uk/communityfund or get in contact with us at [email protected]
