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Please find all your usual local news, awards, funding deadlines, governance & events. Don’t forget you can also sign up for updates on Jo’s facebook page and more deadlines can be found here: http://www.interlinkrct.org.uk/funding/ Trustee Bulletin March 2018 For more information contact Ken or Jo on 01443 846200 or kmoon@interlinkrct.org.uk or jmarkham@interlinkrct.org.uk  

Museum Co-ordinator Part time, 24 hours a week £11,856 salary Role to encompass: shop management, room bookings, administration of the Museum Friends, management of the exhibition timetable and other general co-ordination duties. Email Charlotte, Museum Manager for a job description. Charlotte Morgan manager@cynonvalleymuseum.wales Deadline for applications midday 26th January. Charlotte Morgan Museum Manager Tel: 01685 886729 Address: Depot Road, Aberdare, CF44 […]

Please find all your usual local news, awards, funding deadlines, governance & events to fill all your free hours over the Christmas Break. Don’t forget you can also sign up for updates on Jo’s facebook page and more deadlines can be found here:  http://www.interlinkrct.org.uk/funding/ Click here for your Trustee Bulletin

Local Community Energy Scheme seeks customers. Cambrian Village Trust is seeking to meet interested parties in the mid Rhondda regarding the proposed development of the second micro hydro scheme with The Green Valleys. Local residents, business and organisations are being invited to express their interest in taking advantage of the competitive energy prices. Meet at Cambrain on 15th Nov. Contact Phillip […]

Welcome to your Interlink Trustee Week Bulletin: Interlink Trustee Bulletin ‘Normal People Don’t Volunteer to be a Trustee!’ so Interlink and Third Sector Support Wales are holding a series of local and regional events on governance to support these strange but wonderful people do the really hard but vital job of being a trustee: Trustees’ Week Launch Event – PwC Cardiff Mon […]

Six more youth-led projects in RCT are celebrating this week after receiving Vol Factor grants from Interlink RCT’s Youth Grant Panel. Back in September three projects (RCT People First, Aberdare Valley Football League and Avant Theatre) walked away from Interlink RCT’s Vol Factor Visioning Event £500 richer after the Panel guided them through a successful project design session. Last week […]

RCT Together 30 Day Window of Opportunity for the following buildings.   Surplus buildings:   Former Rhiwgarn Infants School Space available within the Former Genesis Day Nursery, Penygawsi   Expression of Interest Received for active buildings:   Rhydyfelin Community Centre   I have also attached an Expression of Interest (EOI) form if there are any interested groups/organisations wanting to express […]

Back to school bulletin  Click here: Funding Bulletin 070917 Now that the kids are back in school Interlink has on hand local news, awards, funding deadlines, governance and events to fill all your free hours! Don’t forget to sign up for updates as we get them on Jo’s facebook page and more homework deadlines can be found here:  http://www.interlinkrct.org.uk/funding/ Extra tuition […]

Community Wellbeing Hubs, Resilient Communities and Friendliness  There has been a hive of activity recently with papers and discussions on resilient communities.  It means different things for different people, but I think it has to do with things being more joined up and more people working together. I am not sure how a community gets better at doing things for […]

Building a New Local Economy in Wales by Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) and Building Communities Trust… For many years in Wales, we have striven to meet the challenge of building a better economy with more resilient communities. Some progress has been made, but too many communities continue to struggle. Wales is not unique in this challenge. There is […]

Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) — Asda Social Enterprise Supplier Development Academy Are you a social enterprise based in Wales with products that could be sold in an Asda supermarket? Asda and WCVA’s Social Investment Cymru (SIC) are once again offering you the chance to attend the pioneering Social Enterprise Supplier Development Academy and receive a comprehensive package of […]