We are a community group who set up and/or facilitate community initiatives, clubs and events. Our aims are to challenge social isolation and economic stagnation in our rural town, whilst promoting environmental awareness, and personal and community well-being and resiliance.
We are managers of a community building in the town itself, a community garden plot on the outskirts of town, and a 15 hectare woodland site in the neighbouring Forest.
Our projects include a Job Club, intergenerational initiatives involving gardening, cooking, sewing, knitting and crafts, a film and community cinema club, a traditional drumming group, an accredited environmental volunteering and training scheme, a womens network, a wood fuel social enterprise, green woodworking days, and the renovation of a historical farm well and orchard.
In 2012 we are adding mindfulness practices and a food and wood fuel co-op to our activities.
Our woodland site includes a mile-long labyrinth pathway, know as Yr Caerdroia, built and maintained by volunteers from the community, which has played host to a number of arts and environmental events including six, to date, sensory labyrinth performances, a storytelling festival, a health-awareness open day, an adult learners week open day, and environmental training initiatives for beneficiaries from social services, drug and alcohol rehabilitation services, and other service providers.
We promote volunteering as a means to re-skill and skill-share, network, become work-ready, build personal attributes, and engage with other members of the community in a mutually beneficial way.
If you have an enquiry regarding Golygfa Gwydyr or any of our projects, please contact the office on 01492 642 110 or e-mail our office manager at media@golygfagwydyr.org
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