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What help is available?
The team at Creative Rural Communities can help groups and individuals develop their ideas in several key ways:
Types of Support
- Support – from identifying communities’ needs and helping to set up new groups through to seeing viable projects to fruition
- Funding – for projects which fit the various criteria, a number of different funding options could be available though RCA. Staff can also assist both in identifying other funding sources and in making funding applications
- Events promotion – the new Events Key Fund is designed to help build the capacity of community-led events in the Rural Vale of Glamorgan. The maximum grant available is £650 and applicants can apply for 80% of costs. The fund is designed to help with activities such as banner and leaflet production, website development and training, volunteer training and marketing design costs.
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Other Community Group Resources
- Free use of Creative Rural Community's meeting rooms at Old Hall, Cowbridge (max. 10)
- Free use of a community computer at Old Hall, Cowbridge
- Loan of display boards for exhibition
- Loan of a variety of induction loop systems
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Projects which may be supported
- Training
- Feasibility Studies
- Community-led events
- Community planning
- Revenue projects that benefit the wider community
- Capital projects
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Who can help?
The rural regeneration officers form the basis of the scheme's support structure. Each of the officers has responsibility for a given geographical area.
The officers’ role is to provide a guiding hand to new and existing community groups, encouraging and advancing ideas throughout each and every stage of the project's development. Through their work, they aspire to make the rural Vale a collection of co-operative and creative communities all sharing the goal of making the area a better place to live, work and play.
Contact the Team
Jane Williams
(01446 771958 or JEwilliams@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk).
Phil Chappell
(01446 772548 or PRChappell@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk)
Victoria Trundle - Administration
(01446 774634 or vrtrundle@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk)
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