Funded by the UK Government, Merthyr Tydfil has been successful in obtaining funding for a cultural industries training programme that aims to build skills and capacity in the cultural and creative sectors. The programme is branded as Creu Cyffro, which translates...
Voluntary sector Perspectives on resilience in Wales
After months of engaging with the third sector in Wales and striving to reach those voices in the sector that are heard less often, we are pleased to finally wrap the work up and are indebted to the sector for its efforts, passion and commitment to the work, to each...
What’s Gloria Gaynor Got to do with Voluntary Sector Resilience?
Resilience is a term that has proliferated in policy and literature related to civil society in the last few years. There was a lack of consensus around the definition of resilience and the factors that promote it pre covid-19. The impact of the pandemic has arguably...
Walk your way to wellbeing and new routes to inspiration
Walking was described as the ‘best medicine’ by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. And modern medicine agrees - the NHS suggests five steps for mental wellbeing: Connect with other peopleBe physically activeLearn new skillsGive to othersPay attention to the...
Prison Perspectives on Social Capital
Ahead of joining Grow Social Capital during Social Capital Week 2021 (#SCW21) for a webinar discussing social capital, in a guest blog Jamie Grundy, author of 90 Minutes Of Football about Wales’s only prisoner football team, provides a flavour of the linking social...