Volunteering Wales Youth Led Grants The Vol Factor 2019/20 Interlink’s youth-led grant scheme offers grants to support youth–led volunteering projects involving 14-25 year olds in Rhondda Cynon Taff The scheme is managed by a panel of young people from Rhondda Cynon Taff. This year the panel will once again run a Visioning Event to engage young people in suggesting and designing project […]

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK – it’s the equivalent of an MBE. Any group doing volunteer work that provides a social, economic or environmental service to the local community can be nominated for the award; what they all have in common is their passion to support their […]

Welcome to Interlink’s Community Link Newsletter, this a a combined Spring/Summer edition due to moving to a new premises on 1 July. We are now based at Glenview House, Courthouse Street, Pontypridd CF37 1JY, call in and say hello 🙂 Community Link spring summer 2019 newsletter    If you would like to include an article in the next edition please […]

Programme Coordinator: Community Hwbs / Cydlynydd Rhaglen: Hybiau Cymunedol Salary /Cyflog : £31,715 pro rata Hours / Oriau: 22.5 hours / awr (£19,286) INTERLINK AREA BASED MODEL GRAPHIC Hwb Programme Coordinator JD Location /Lleoliad : Rhondda Cynon Taf This new innovative role will work with new and existing ‘Hwbs’ run by community and voluntary organisations in RCT, working together to transform […]

Volunteers Week 2019 in RCT: Vol Factor Celebration and Round Up Volunteers Week has been in full swing all week in RCT and here are some more highlights from the week so far, and one more event still to look forward to. On Thursday night Llanharan Drop In Centre hosted Interlink RCT’s Youth Volunteering Celebration where young volunteers from organisations […]

Volunteers Week in RCT: Mid Week Report! With Volunteers Week in full swing in RCT we pick out some more highlights from the week so far, and highlight what we can still look forward to. We have counted 26 organisations involved in these events but we are sure there are more. Let us know! Canolfan Pentre Chair and Interlink Trustee […]

RCT Volunteers Week 1 – 7 June 2019!   Volunteers Week 2019 We’ll be posting more community activities and events over the course of the week via @InterlinkRCT on Facebook and Twitter. You can also find out more by searching pages like @ABetterPontypriddGwell or your own communities facebook pages, most areas have one. And if you are running a community […]

Interlink RCT Offers Support to Put on, Promote and Publicise Volunteers’ Week Events in June 2019 Volunteers’ Week – June 1st-7th 2019 Volunteers’ Week is an annual celebration of volunteers that takes place every year in June. Up and down the country there will be parties, award events and outings, recruitment fayres and exhibitions taking place, to recruit, reward and […]

Interlink RCT Offers Support to Put on, Promote and Publicise Volunteers’ Week Events in June 2019 Volunteers’ Week – June 1st-7th 2019 Volunteers’ Week is an annual celebration of volunteers that takes place every year in June. Up and down the country there will be parties, award events and outings, recruitment fayres and exhibitions taking place, to recruit, reward and […]

Vol Factor Youth Grant Scheme Supports 136 Young People to Volunteer in Rhondda Cynon Taff The fantastic contribution made to civil society in Rhondda Cynon Taff by 136 volunteers aged 14-25 will be showcased at a Celebration Event to be held in the Llanharan Drop in national Volunteers Week, and attended by Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC Cabinet Member for Stronger […]

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Lee Gardens Pool in Penrhiwceiber recently passed a significant milestone, when they recruited their 101st volunteer! How have they done it? We sent our Volunteer Advisor Thomas Crockett out to meet Diane Locke (LGP Secretary) and her daughter Joanne, also a Trustee, to find out. “The Pool has been re-opened for three years now and we are always positive. The […]