Environment
The Environment Forum meets every 8-10 weeks and generally has a guest speaker who makes a presentation relevant to the make up of the forum. The next forum will be at 10.00am on Friday 5th February 2010 at Neath Port Talbot CVS, Ty Margaret Thorne, 17-19 Alfred Street, Neath. The presentation will be by Stephen Bromley from Environment Wales who will primarily talk about funding for community led/ environmental projects and supporting community groups.
Neath Port Talbot Environment Awards 2009
The presentation evening for the Neath Port Talbot Environment Awards proved to be a great success. Iolo Williams hosted the evening and his knowledge and enthusiasm added a dimension to the proceedings. 140 of the attendees at the event were from the shortlisted organisations. Voluntary Sector groups were strongly represented and this category was particularly difficult to short list and judge.
Our photos show Gaynor Richards, Director and Lorraine Miles, Deputy Director Neath Port Talbot CVS at the event. Also shown are the winners and runners up in the Voluntary Sector category. Cwmavon Residents Action Committee were the winners and the three runners up were :
- Cwmavon Women’s Institute
- Daclus Sandfields Aberavon Community Garden
- Friends of Craig Gwladus
The evening showed the strength of voluntary environment resource in Neath Port Talbot and the success of the Environment Awards can only move the whole environment agenda forwards.
Carbon Capture Cymru: An invitation
The launch of a new programme, Carbon Capture Cymru (C3), is set to help community organisations in Wales save money on their fuel bills, generate an income through renewable energy generation, and tackle climate change. C3 is looking to is looking to support a wide range of community initiatives on climate change by securing donations and investments from individuals and corporate bodies to provide a not for profit fund of accessible loans and small grants for the sector.
As a small programme they are looking to involve all those who may have a role to play especially those with technical skills and experience of setting up community energy saving/ generating projects and community groups who would be interested in providing peer-to-peer support.
If you would like to be considered as an exemplar project or are interested in the programme moving forwards please contact Ken Moon, C3 Coordinator at ken.moon@cylch.org.uk or 113 Cathedral Rd, Pontcanna, Cardiff CF11 9PH.
