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CLS provides backing for DRAMA scheme progress
The Coalfields DRAMA scheme has been awarded a grant of £5,000 from the Community Legal Service Development Fund, to assist in the development of the DRAMA scheme, primarily in South Wales Coalfield areas. The development project, which is being jointly funded by the CRT DRAMA scheme budget, will target those areas that are not currently participating in the scheme, through the employment of part-time Training & Development worker leading to an improvement in sign-posting of those needing information and advice.
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Can do approach succeeds in Wales
Social enterprises in the former coalfield areas of Wales are benefiting from a £1.4m scheme that provides a package of various levels of grant funding combined with professional support, guidance and training.
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Coalfields Social Enterprise Development Scheme
Coalfields Social Enterprise Development Scheme is a fund to promote and develop the social economy in designated Coalfield areas of Wales. The scheme is an Objective 1 Project, match funded by the Coalfields Regeneration Trust. This scheme seeks to encourage the regeneration of local communities through assisting in the growth of the Social Economy.
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Report on the Consultation with the Social Economy Sector
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Regen School Wales toolkit for regeneration 2006/07
A programme of practically-based ‘hands on’ learning in regeneration.
Recruiting Now! The Regen School toolkit for regeneration
The course which has made Regen School Famous! The programme consists of a blend of different components, which help participants develop skills and knowledge (‘or tools’) they need to make their project ideas work. The course consists of mentoring, workshops and residential days.
20 bursary places are available for this pilot intake and we are now recruiting!
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Cyswllt Meysydd Glo Cymru
Welsh Coalfields Bond
Rydym am roi'r cyfle i bobl ifanc yng nghyn ardal y meysydd glo ennill enw i'w hunain yn y sector diwydiannau creadigol a diwylliannol sy'n ffynnu yng Nghymru. Mae pobl ifanc o gymunedau'r cyn ardal meysydd glo yn wynebu rhwystrau gwirioneddol wrth wireddu eu breuddwydion, felly rydym am annog y traddodiad o feithrin llwyddiant yng Nghymru trwy lansio Bond Meysydd Glo Cymru.
I gael gwybodaeth bellach cliciwch yma
We want to give the young people from the former coalfields area the chance to make a name for themselves in the fast growing creative and cultural industries sector in Wales. Young people from the former mining communities face real barriers in realising their dreams, so we want to encourage the long-standing tradition of creative success in
Wales by launching The Welsh Coalfields Bond.
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Zoom Cymru
Young People in the former coalfield areas of the South Wales Valleys get to show the World what they’re made of on the Big Screen.
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The New Regeneration School for Wales – Class of 2007 leads the way.
On March 27 2007 the first group of community activists from coalfields communities in Wales graduated from the Regen School.
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Welsh Coalfields Bond launched in London
The Welsh Coalfields Bond is a Social Investment Bond developed by Social Investment charity Citylife in partnership with the Coalfields Regeneration Trust. It aims to liberate the creative and cultural talent of former coalfields are of Wales.
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