REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 04681301 (England and Wales)

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1110453

Report of the Trustees and

Unaudited Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

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GELLIDEG FOUNDATION COMMUNITY

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Chairwoman's Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

The Cost-of-Living Crisis has really begun to bite this year. We have felt the effects with a reduction in income, and an increase in expenses, and an increased demand on services. Community members have told us they are struggling, and we have responded by increasing the numbers of people we support and the methods we use to achieve this.

As ever, at GFG, we are responsive and innovative, looking for ways to make sure we are there for the community whilst ensuring the charity is sustainable. With advice from the Postcode Lottery, we have reviewed our income strategy and adapted this to maximise the potential of income generation from the Wellbeing Centre.

We have also invested time in our volunteers. This year we are exceptionally proud to have been funded by the Welsh Council for Voluntary Action to strengthen our volunteering practice. We have focussed a considerable amount of time on volunteering policies and practice and have expanded our volunteer base to 35 adult and 12 youth volunteers.

The ethos of the Gellideg Foundation Group is for everyone in the community to thrive. We are in an area of deprivation, where universally people are in poor health and on low incomes. Community engagement is the most important first step towards making life changes. Throughout the year we hold community events, suggested and run by local people, for the enjoyment of all. We thread healthy food choices into all these activities. Community events help bind the community together and are a proven engagement tool for introducing community members to other activities and support.

This year we have:

i) delivered a new programme providing carers' respite to unpaid carers of all ages across the borough.

ii) co-produced a wellbeing programme with stakeholders from all sectors that will turn the tide on poor health outcomes. The strategy for change will be begin next year

iii) committed time to listening to families to better understand their issues and how we can further strengthen our family support work.

All our weekly activities continue and in response to community requests, we have also started new ones, including afternoon teas, baby yoga, baby box and book club. All our activities work together holistically to:

- Enable early years development and bolster family support

- Provide assistance during the cost-of-living crisis

- Deliver wellbeing activities that promote physical and mental health

- Be a hub for community activity

- Inspire and champion young people

We are exceptionally grateful to all our funders. Thank you to the Garfield Weston Foundation for your generous unrestricted funding; this is exceptionally useful as it funds salaries and covers the costs of overheads. Without you, and all our funders, we would not be able to make all this positive change happen. Your support really does change lives.

With best wishes to all,

Maria Owen, Chair of Trustees

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and Activities

The Gellideg Foundation Group (GFG) is a community organisation based on a social housing estate in Merthyr Tydfil, deeply rooted in the community and responsive to local need. This area ranks amongst the lowest 10% in Wales. Our community development is grounded in the lived experience, and we have strong ties to the most disenfranchised in the community. We work in partnership with agencies across all sectors.

Our ambition is to make a lasting change to local people's lives and break the cycle of intergenerational ill health and poor wellbeing.

Our aim is to empower residents living on the estate and across Merthyr Tydfil to be able to achieve their potential. Our role is to provide opportunities and services that make people feel better and we do this by connecting people together, and helping them to be more active, learn new things, be creative and give through volunteering.

Summary of the charity's activities and achievements in relation to the objects

1. Providing support through the cost-of-living crisis

We have seen how the Cost-of-Living Crisis is having a disproportionately adverse effect on families and individuals who were already having to manage their budgets tightly. With the rise in cost of basic necessities; utilities, transport and food, people are telling us there is absolutely no money available for leisure and social activities and they feel down, isolated and without hope. This year we have received funding from The Community Foundation Wales Cost of Living Fund to support volunteer led community activities in the centre on a weekly basis. We were also funded by MTCBC Multiply and the National Grid Community Matters Fund to provide open session warm spaces, with food and drink provided. These community sessions are free and provide a relaxed, comfortable space where people can have fun, make friends, socialize and make connections. These community activities support mental wellbeing across the ages, prevent isolation, and enable friendships and peer support groups to flourish. During these community activities, GFG staff are on hand to directly support anyone in need.

6 volunteers and GFG staff supported 411 community members with wrap around support, enabling access to subsidized food, emergency food, SIM cards, fuel vouchers, referrals for grants and support and access to Warm spaces. Partners who attended Warm space to provide advice included Dwyr Cymru, National Energy Action, CTMUHB Bowel Cancer department and the Stroke Association.

With support from the National Grid Community Matters Fund we also gave advice on tariff switching and energy saving hacks. This included how to insulate the home cheaply and making draft excluders. We upskilled our staff by studying for the Energy Awareness 6281-01 (Level 3 Award). We also conducted a feasibility study on fitting solar panels to the Centre and the energy savings to be achieved from installing an air source heat pump and are inverter. With thanks to Feeding Britain, we were able to distribute 187 bag of coal substitute (olive kernels) to households in fuel poverty using solid fuel stoves.

We find that people in crisis often leave it to the last minute to ask for help. We work in partnership with CAB and Social Services who refer individuals to us for emergency food support We provided emergency food and weekly food to 180 households a week, 48 weeks of the year.

The Merthyr Tydfil Community Pantry

We continue to expand the membership of the community pantry. The pantry is another excellent means to develop relationships with people who come to us in crisis from which we can provide longer term support. With funding from The Arnold Clark Community Fund, Neighbourly Sainsbury's Fund, Merthyr Tydfil Country Borough Council's Food Poverty Grant and Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil's Food Partnership grants we were able to:

1. Open the pantry twice a week for 48 weeks of the years

2. Each month the number of individual households receiving support from the pantry was 180 households, representing 540 people.

3. Each pantry offers free fruit and vegetables, free bakery products, and free period products. For £ 3.50 pantry members can also choose products marked as hearts (3) and diamonds (6). The value of each pantry shopping bag, including groceries, fridge items, toiletries, cleaning products, period products and fruit and veg is circa £ 35, representing a weekly saving of £ 31.50

4. Provide emergency bags to people as requested by partner agencies - social services and CAB. Approximately 82 bags were provided

The Community Pantry Questionnaire

Of 55 respondents in a recent pantry survey, 48 were female and 7 were male. Of the 55 respondents, 22 are on disability benefits. The largest cohort is women aged 20 - 45 this age group has larger size families and are on a mix of benefits.

What impact would it have on you if you could not access the pantry ?

I will gonna be hungry

Social impact and I would spend more in the supermarket

Spend more money on shopping that I don't have.

This helps us through the week

wouldn't be able to eat as money is very tight

We also received support from the Access Foundation to upgrade our IT facilities throughout the Centre, for the use of staff, partners and residents. We were able to support people who are digitally disadvantaged to use the laptops to access information and become more familiar with IT. We introduced technology into existing activities to demonstrate its value and fun. We also listened to people's experience of IT and computers and which digital interventions would help them in their lives. For many this meant having an email address for every day activities, understanding how to operate excel spreadsheets for budgeting and using a lap top in warm spaces to access the internet. In total we were able to support 125 people.

2. Delivering wellbeing activities that promote physical and mental health

At the Centre people discuss their lives and the problems they are facing. A common thread in our community is poor health and low healthy life expectancy. Poor mental and physical health is a huge challenge for the people we support. By their mid-fifities, the majority of men and women are facing chronic and life limiting health conditions that impact on their quality of life. Residents are asking for support that will help improve their wellbeing over a sustained period of time.

With support from the RCT Together, Dementia Prevention Programme, Community Foundation Wales Nourish the Nation Fund, MTCBC Play Schemes, Fit and Fed and the Regional Integrated Fund for Dementia, we delivered services that aimed to improve wellbeing as a means of tackling ill health and deprivation, across the generations.

We aim to:

- Overcome loneliness and isolation

- Increase levels of physical activity

- Create healthy eating habits to increase health life expectancy.

Food and nutrition:

This year a highlight of our food and nutrition programme was the summer play scheme focussing on preventing holiday hunger With funding from Community Foundation Wales, Nourish the Nation, we were able to deliver a summer play scheme, at no cost to parents and carers, for children in an area of acute deprivation. The programme was a great success and provide lots of valuable learning to build on next year. 190 children benefited and 5 volunteers assisted.

This grant enabled us to deliver a play scheme two days a week over the 6-week school summer holiday period; from July 22nd to Sept 2nd. These days started at 10am and finished at 3pm for children aged 5 to 10 years. For children aged 10 to 15 we held late afternoon and evening sessions and whole days out.

We appointed a Food Officer for the duration of the scheme to prepare breakfast, lunch and snacks. We introduced new healthier foods, with lots of fruit and vegetables and adapted the menu in response to the children's feedback. We also had play workers and youth workers and volunteers who helped deliver the play sessions. We themed each week: Olympics, Celebrations, Games, Environmental, Art, and Adventures.

The older children played games in the Centre and at nearby locations, we used the minibus to take them on short trips. The older children prepared their own food as part of their activities, developing their cooking skills.

We advertised the play scheme to families living on the three estates around the Centre - Gellideg, Twyncarmel and Trefechan. A notable percentage of the young people who attended have a disability. We did not charge for the any of the activities.

The project was a very positive experience for the children that took part and the families they come from. We asked the parents and carers of the 5 to 10 year olds for feedback on the summer programme - they reported that the children attending found the playscheme either good fun or very good fun. Children enjoyed playing with their friends, making new friends and having the chance to try new games and activities. They liked den building and the Olympics themed events. We had devised a menu from the Public Health Pipyn cookery book of recipes - breakfasts and lunches that are healthy, nutritious and packed with fresh ingredients. At first many children were reluctant to try these new meals. We listened to their feedback and found a middle ground - lots of fruit, jacket potatoes with varied toppings, fresh soups and sandwiches. The feedback became more positive over the weeks and at the end the children had tried different flavours, foods and textures and had developed new tastes and preferences. The parents and carers welcomed the playscheme - because it was free and fully accessible, it was of a high quality with skilled playworkers, and because the children were eating quality food. It reduced the pressure on the family budget, and incidences of holiday hunger. Another positive impact of the project was that it was accessible to children with disabilities. We welcomed children with ADHD, autism and learning disabilities and their parents and carers were particularly pleased that we were able to adapt the provision to successfully ensure their inclusion. The older children benefited from the project because we were able to include food in their youth programme, eating the same meals as the younger children and cooking themselves snacks and healthy meals. They really enjoyed cooking and want this to be a permanent feature of their youth programme.

"Holiday programmes are good - especially if they are free - as money is so tight at the momentIt's amazing as GFG provides food too. Everyone puts up their holidays on social media and everyone seems to be having a good time. It puts a lot of pressure on the family to keep up".

Keeping Active:

During the week we run a series of physical activity classes for adults aimed at varying abilities and delivered at different times of the day and evening. We are responsive to requests and need, trialling and dropping some activities and keeping others which are very popular.

Tea dance - a weekly two-hour dance for older people, with an average attendance of 30. A very popular activity, led by a volunteer tutor.

Booty shakers - a twice weekly anaerobic exercise class led by a volunteer. Addictive and very popular.

Gardening group - a weekly group that helps maintain the landscaping around the Centre. Weather dependent, this is working as a drop-in activity. The youth environmental group also weeds and maintains the planting and carries out weekly litter picks. With support from Keep Wales Tidy.

Yoga - a 1.5 hour class delivered weekly for 10 weeks, at the Wellbeing Centre, free to participants aged 50 plus who are unfamiliar with this form of exercise. 30 attendees.

Pilates - a 1.5 hour class delivered weekly for 10 weeks, at the Wellbeing Centre, free to participants aged 50 plus who are unfamiliar with this form of exercise. 30 attendees

Improving mental health

We deliver activities directly and with partners that are responsive to community requests. Adferriad provide mental health and substance misuse recovery services from the Centre daily. We deliver group activities which overcome loneliness and isolation. Adult Learning Wales deliver a weekly Art Group to promote mindfulness and wellbeing.

Supporting people with dementia and their carers.

This year we started a new package of support for Carers. Funded by Carers Trust and the Welsh Government, the Amser grant scheme enabled GFG to respond to community feedback and:

- Run weekly trips to local attractions and places of interest for a minimum of 27 weeks.

- Hold an Afternoon Tea for carers and those they care for the last Friday of each month between September 2024 and March 2025

- Take carers with or without the ones they care for, to the Millennium Centre in Cardiff to see a world-class musical (minimum of 5 different shows).

All these short breaks are completely free. We provided transport for the day trips, and the Millennium Centre visits from the Gellideg Wellbeing Centre in the GFG minibus.

These activities provide a shift in focus for unpaid carers, and those they care for, to improve their quality of life.

Each week, between September 2024 and March 2025, we took unpaid carers with or without the people they are caring for, on an excursion which enhances wellbeing and strengthens relationships and friendships. We visited Pughs Garden Centre, Brecon town centre, Raglan Castle, Caerphilly Castle, Tintern Abbey, Hay on Wye, Cardiff Bay and Margam Park Christmas lights.

The last Friday of every month we host a free Afternoon Tea for carers, with or without those they are caring for. This is a very successful activity which attracts a large number of carers. We prepare an Afternoon Tea with sandwiches, fruit, cakes and scones served seated at table. The cakes are made fresh by volunteers. We introduced more entertainment in response to feedback - so that the Afternoon was not only about social eating, but also about team games and singing. Similarly the table quizzes are a team event where people can bond and make friends.

We have a partnership with the Millennium Centre in Cardiff and are able to access subsidized tickets, including wheelchair spaces, to see fabulous shows. Between September and March we saw: An Inspector Calls, James Martin, Ghost the musical, Grease and Wicked.

64 adult carers and 4 young carers participated in the project.

We continued our highly popular Monday Connects group for people living with dementia and their carers and families;

- Providing activities for people living with dementia to help overcome isolation, improve mental wellbeing, and bring joy to their lives.

- Providing opportunities for carers and family members of people living with dementia to meet each other for peer support.

- Responding to requests for carers to be able to meet and share advice.

- Providing transport to people living with dementia and their carers who cannot access stimulating, social activities and who are at a greater risk of isolation and further deterioration.

- Providing joint services for carers and people living with dementia so that each can receive support and be in in close proximity when doing so.

The group has grown to 25 attendees and continues to expand. We receive referrals from the Memory clinic staff who also attend sessions.

3. Being a hub for community activity

We are a community organisation, rooted in the locality and responsive to local people's requests and needs. We wish to see the Centre full of life and community activity, a place where people feel welcome and at home. Feedback from consultations repeatedly evidence the desire for community events and activities that bring all generations together. In response to this feedback;

A) We celebrated National Play Day on Wednesday August 7th with a day of fun and food for the whole family. The Centre was bursting with activities including a magician, circus skills tutors, games and bouncy castle, and we provided jacket potatoes with toppings, fruit cocktails and drinks. 143 attendees.

B) We celebrated 6 community Afternoon Teas with 50 attendees at each.

C) Running up to Christmas we held chocolate log workshops, wreath making classes, festive food workshops, discos, parties and a hugely popular Santa's grotto, where he entertained 225 children!

D) In partnership with Bannau Brycheiniog, Brecon Beacons National Park, who provided a coach for transport, the whole of the play group, parents and children enjoyed a summer trip to Libinus National Park Visitor Centre.

E) Two volunteers run the monthly Repair Cafe with an average of 5 repairs each session.

4. Inspiring and supporting young people

We operate a universal, inclusive, open access youth service which is focussed on listening to the voices of young people living on the housing estates of Gellideg, Trefechan and Tywncarmel. We provide opportunities for young people aged 11-25 that support their social, emotional, cultural physical and educational development. We deliver support to those who need it most, operating 48 weeks of the year, with targeted, street based, centre based, and open access youth. 265 young people regularly attended weekly youth this year, which is an increase of 58 young people. With thanks to MTCBC, Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil, Valleys Kids and the South Wales Police, Youth Trust fund. Here is a summary of the youth programme we delivered:

Ages and numbers of children supported

Female

Male

Total

8-10 Years

50

37

87

11-13 Years

47

40

87

14-16 Years

42

19

61

17-19 Years

14

9

23

20+

2

5

7

265

We operate a weekly timetable across the year as follows:

Mondays 5:30pm - 8:15pm - Street based Trefechan & Twyncarmel

Tuesdays 4:30pm - 6:00pm - 8-10-year-olds Wellbeing Centre based

Wednesdays & Thursdays 5:30pm - 8:15pm - Aged 11+ Wellbeing Centre Based

In addition, we run highly subsidized/free activities to extend horizons, focussing on young people who would otherwise not have the opportunity to leave their estates during the holidays. In partnership with the Wales Millennium Centre, a minibus of young people saw The Wizard of Oz, Hairspray, Grease, Wicked and Beauty & the Beast. We took trips to West Midland Safari Park and Aberavon Beach Day, stayed on residentials at Little Bryn Gwyn and at Bryn Bach Park, took part in Rugby @ Cardiff Stadium, visited Area 51 Soft Play, Verigo and the Principality Stadium. We went ice skating, rock climbing, skateboarding, paddleboarding, swimming, golfing and played a lot of tag archery.

Workshops held included:

- STAR Programme (6-to-8-week course): Included topics such as respectful relationships, domestic abuse, gender stereotyping, sexual consent, sexting, pornography, sexual exploitation, and perception. The programme was tailored for both 11-to-13-year-olds and students aged 14+.

- Fearless - covering Knife Crime, Anis social behaviour and county lines

- Recovery 4 All - Gambling & Gaming

- Barod - Drug Awareness

- DJ Skills

Youth Training included:

Phoenix Firefighter Project - 33 young people completed recognised accreditations including their Principles and Practice of Fire-fighting, Bronze & Silver YYA awards

First Aid - 12 young people also completed their first aid training in partnership with Tydfil Training and St. John Ambulance Cymru

Equality & Diversity Project

Environmental Projects

14 young people achieved their Level 1 in the S.T.A.R Prevention programme.

Key impact /outcomes of all these interventions

While offering a service that is consistent, child friendly and safe we have noticed some significant changes to many of our young members. Weekly group activities help strengthen interaction with others, build relationships, learn new skills, and help the young people feel safe, which in turn contributes to them overcoming anxiety and feelings of loneliness.

Young people have a role within the club where they give input and have a level of control which provides a sense of belonging and increases self-worth.

Through the year the young people have shown great improvements in their ability to connect with others, form positive relationships with new friends, become more resilient in situations, as well as developing the ability to manage conflict. Our continued work with these young people has enabled us to identify and target those who need the most support and we are pleased to see improvements in confidence levels especially for those who have stepped out of their comfort zones and have pushed themselves to attend overnight residentials alone which would not have been achievable for them at the beginning of the year.

During youth club sessions or outings, we saw how the children mix well and are chatty and friendly, happy, stress free, playful and lively. Many of these observations of children and young people reveal significant progress this year, we noticed instances of children interacting positively in small and large groups, with their new and existing friends, and making positive comments about activities they enjoyed taking part in, particularly sessions where sessional tutors delivering specific themes i.e. graffiti, ceramics and mosaic workshops.

Trips and new experiences are a good way to overcome loneliness, especially when there was no financial cost on the young person's family.

Case Study for the youth programme

This case study is from one of our projects working with the local Fire Station.

Due to a breakup in the family, John's behaviour was becoming concerning and he had taken part in some anti-social behaviour on the estate. He had exhibited some challenging behaviour in the home and his mother was finding it difficult to control him, she spoke to the youth team about her concerns and we suggested taking part in the summer programme to help him focus on something constructive. Usually a happy young man, he had very low self-esteem and lacked confidence and was beginning to get involved in more anti-social behaviour on the estate. He reluctantly signed up to the programme and we were extremely pleased to see how he benefited over the summer. We directed him towards the firestation project where he participated in a hands-on fire training course. He turned up on time every day, he learnt many new skills, interacted with young people he didn't know, worked as part of a team and took part in a wide variety of challenges such as working with real fire service equipment, using specially adapted fire engines, climbing ladders, and taking part in staged rescue scenarios. There was a mixture of personalities in the group, but this seemed to strengthen the group dynamics and overall worked well in this instance. Talking to the youth worker present he stated that he was proud of himself for getting involved and enjoyed taking part in real fire service scenarios and working with the fire team to problem solve some of the thinking challenges.

As a youth worker I was pleased to notice how his resilience to situations and how he managed his self-control improved through the sessions. He continued to engage with the youth team in the youth club setting and took part in football and sports - which kept him from hanging around the street. He continues to work on his behaviour especially controlling his frustration at home. We will continue to support him and encourage him to get involved in more projects.

5. Supporting early years development and providing family support

In our play group we are engaging the most disadvantaged families. 50% of the children have language delay and 25% are the first child of a single parent. Many of the children come to playgroup having never eaten fruit, sat down for a meal, played with age-appropriate toys or other children. Care givers are stressed and isolated and live in low-income households, often in split family units, characterized by poor health, low educational attainment, poor parenting and debt. Indicators for early years development in our area are poor - including weaning practice, speech development, attachment and toilet training. By creating a community environment where caregivers feel welcomed, we can support these caregivers to access advice, support and information. These parents and carers all report being adversely effected by the cost of living crisis. In a recent questionnaire, over 90% said they were cutting back on food for themselves and not heating the house, in order to save on bills.

With support from the Moondance Foundation we were able to start Baby Box, providing carers free baby items such as nappies, shampoo, creams and period products when they attend play and parenting activities. We were able to support these care givers through a period of austerity; by relieving their stress and helping strengthen the carer - child relationship.

52 carers and 46 children attend play group, which runs 45 weeks of the year for 4 hours. This is a place where we provide information on grants, partner agency support and other advice and signposting. We lend toys, identify families eligible for Healthy Start Vouchers and refer families to partner agencies and the Flying Start nursery. This year we referred five families who had not been on holiday to the Holiday Charity for a respite break. As a result:

- 50 Caregivers feel less stressed and more supported

- 47 Caregivers are better able to cope

- 46 Babies and young children from low-income families are happier and healthier.

42 parents and carers received items from Baby Box on a minimum of 15 occasions.

45 parents / carers received well come bags on starting a new early years' development class

Our partners include the Meithrin who deliver Baby Yoga for 2hrs x 38 weeks and the Health Visitors who run baby massage classes for an hour x 38 weeks as well as Play, stay and weigh weekly for 3 hours at the Centre. The Henry Team from Public Health, running family and early years course from the Centre, fed back:

"It's very clear to see that you have such wonderful relationships with the families in Gellideg and it's lovely to know how open they can be with you and so willing to receive support when it's offered by a friendly face".

Parent and carers reported:

This is the only play group I would go to

I like the people here, they always make me feel at home. I'm more confident now.

My child is so much calmer now after I've learnt about baby massage

I've learnt how to bond with my child

Participation, engagement and inclusion.

In the last 12 months, 1112 people have benefitted from our activities.

We are open to everyone living in Merthyr Tydfil, with a focus on engaging people who are on very low incomes, who are in poor health, and people who are older or younger. We do this by advertising widely and by word of mouth and by actively seeking to remove the barriers to participation: by providing a pickup service, charging minimally, being welcoming and encouraging, and promoting a culture that celebrates diversity and difference whilst sustaining community cohesion.

Volunteering

At GFG we focus on facilitating, enabling and empowering rather than on delivering projects as the end goal. Ultimately, our role is to empower community members to achieve their potential. An important route to empowerment is through volunteering. Volunteering follows a model of cascading empowerment as community members develop and run their own groups, once established, fuelled by their own enthusiasm and commitment to the group's theme or activity.

With thanks to WCVA Volunteering grant, having dedicated staff to support the volunteering practice in GFG has been a game changer. We have introduced a new safeguarding policy, volunteer induction and training programme and volunteer support and rewards process. As a result, we have more volunteers, from a wider pool of community members, and the retention of these volunteers has been excellent. This grant has enabled our organisation to shine a spotlight on the role that volunteers play in GFG and to consult and co-produce in conjunction with them a better volunteering process.

We have recruited a wider pool of volunteers from across the borough of Merthyr Tydfil because of our increased advertising and raised profile (posters, appearances at fairs, articles in newsletters, awards etc), These volunteers have a variety of skills and experiences to offer. Previously the majority of our volunteers were very local and we had an over representation of volunteers with poor mental and physical health. Our volunteer pool is now more diverse. We have 35 adult and 12 youth volunteers who support a wide cross section of activities on a weekly basis.

One of our biggest successes has been creating a new partnership with Merthyr College. This was a first for GFG in the history of the organisation. We have developed links with the students who come to the Centre weekly to take part in environmental volunteering and work experience in the early years

programme, in dementia care and business support.

Volunteering Case Study

Nicky relocated to our area with her partner, she knew no one here and was very isolated. Within a week her partner was arrested for breaching his bail conditions and moving out of area, he was placed in Park prison and sentenced to eight months.

VAMT's volunteer coordinator suggested that GFG would be a good setting for Nicky to come and volunteer. She wanted to make local connections and was struggling with mental health issues and wanted to occupy her time. She had left an abusive relationship to be with the new partner who had been incarcerated.

Nicky came here wanting to volunteer in the pantry. She committed to a Tuesday morning and this soon became a Friday afternoon as well. She volunteered for the eight months while her partner was in prison and for a few weeks after his release, until they moved to another area.

As we got to know her and as she confided in us, she shared that she was struggling with her mental health, had fled an abusive relationship previously and was worried that she would be found. We supported her to get counselling and were at the end of the phone when she needed to speak to someone.

When she was volunteering in the pantry, Nicky felt calm, focused and balanced. She took the membership fee from pantry members, chatted to them while they waited for their turn in the pantry, and helped restock the pantry during quieter moments.

At first, Nicky was nervous about coming to the volunteers' celebration meal. She was reluctant until the last minute when, with encouragement and support, she felt able to join in. She had a fantastic time with the other volunteers. She built up a friendship with another volunteer in the pantry and would meet outside their volunteering.

Nicky said that volunteering was a lifeline for her during a particularly difficult and stressful time of her life. It gave her a purpose and a focus, she was able to be a regular person interacting with others, it normalized her life, and helped her to become more relaxed and resilient. We could see the change in her. At the start of a volunteering session she would arrive tearful and shaky. After a cup of tea, she was ready to talk to others, and by the end of the morning she was totally at ease in the pantry.

When her partner was released from prison, Nicky felt much stronger and ready to face their future together. She had the confidence to start again in a new environment and credited volunteering with helping her to make this change.

Fundraising activities

We are very aware that the funding climate is exceptionally difficult at a time when costs are increasing. We are determined to ensure the GFG is sustainable for the future and have put in place some measures to diversify our income away from such a high dependency on grants. The funding climate has changed; ten years ago we were likely to have the support of five or six large funders who funded us across two or three years, today the portfolio of funders is considerably different. Statutory funding has greatly reduced, and larger grants from Trusts and Foundations are rarer. Today we apply to a greater number of funders for smaller sums of money, often for one year's funding. To date we have been successful in providing continuity of service delivery to residents and job security to employees, avoiding damaging stop-start delivery. We are tightly managing our finances as the cost-of-living increases and changes to employment costs are making running the same services more expensive. Our income is split between grants from Trusts, Foundations and statutory bodies, a SLA for youth work from MTCBC, and income from renting rooms and from activities costs, in this order. It is becoming increasingly more competitive to access grants and we have adapted to this environment by applying for more and smaller grants. The workload for applying, monitoring and recording grants has increased. We are very grateful to The Garfield Weston Foundation and to the Post Code Lottery for funding us with unrestricted grants. Core costs are our greatest expenses and the most difficult to find funding for. The Wellbeing Centre generates income when we rent out its facilities to partner agencies. We prioritize agencies who are also delivering services to the community. This year we have developed a venue hire strategy for the Wellbeing Centre, reviewing the local market to compare rates, and assist with advertising. We generate some unrestricted income from user fees on activities, but these are capped as they are highly subsidized. All our fundraising is achieved in-house. We review our income and expenditure every two months to track progress and monitor cash flow. This is a keenly competitive environment for charities and we are seeking income from a range of sources to help achieve sustainability.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Reserves policy

We are working towards holding 12 months expenditure in reserve, which we anticipate to amount to £435,377 based on 2025 expenditure figures.

At present, the charity has £134,865 (2024: £205,026) of unrestricted funds, however, as £17,283 is tied up in Fixed assets held, there remains £117,582 of unrestricted net assets, this is therefore not adequate to meet the current reserves policy of £435,377.

Staffing levels - We employed 10 members of staff to the end of March 2025 (10 members of staff as at the 31st March 2024).

FUTURE PLANS

This year four members of staff attended the Co-Production NEST awareness and self-assessment training and delivered 14 engagement activities with 193 young people (8-16), single adults in low income households, families in low income households, parents/carers of children aged 5 and under, partner agencies, GFG staff members, older adults 60 plus, carers, people being cared for, and people living with dementia.

Actions for 2024-2025 include:

Increasing accessibility and inclusivity and continuing to use co-production techniques.

We are successful in accessing adults, between the ages of 25 and 64 via Face Book. We have 2450 followers, 82% of these are women and 18% men. 30 % are aged 35-44 and 20 % are aged 25-34 and 20% are aged 45-54 years. Via Face Book we are capturing a lot of women who translate into visitors and users of the Centre. We will review our marketing strategy to increase the range of our communication methods. Our communications will be more accessible to older people, people not on social media, and will be written in plain English, and Welsh. We will review how we communicate with men aged 20 - 55 years. The majority of these are working. We aim to open the Centre on weekends when working people are more able to participate in activities. Young people have told us our marketing could be more 'flashy and inspiring' to attract young people and stand out from the crowd. We will continue to use co-production techniques, active listening and participatory dialogue to strengthen and expand connection across society.

Improving physical health and mental wellbeing in a way that is fun and engaging.

The Wellbeing Centre is full of activity, it is a place where local people find friendship, purpose, support and community connections. On average, 400 different individuals come to the centre weekly, to overcome loneliness, seek advice, engage in social activity and find support. These are people who often do not engage in any other activities beyond the Wellbeing Centre. By their mid-fifties, the majority of men and women are facing chronic and life limiting health conditions that impact on their quality of life and prevent them from living full and pain free, lives. Residents are asking for support that will specifically help improve their wellbeing in a way that is achievable. Poor health can be reversed, but there are multiple barriers preventing this for our community.

Poor health is often a consequence of poverty - eating a less nutritious but cheaper diet, living with the constant stress of making ends meet, using alcohol/nicotine as self-medication, having multiple negative experiences leading to poor mental health. The area has above average rates of diabetes, anxiety, hypertension and depression. We have applied for funding and plan to address this key area in 2024-2025 by starting a programme of support that specifically addresses physical and mental wellbeing.

Family support

This year GFG staff were trained in co-production dialogue and open conversation techniques. In March we carried out a series of co-production conversations with 193 stakeholders connected to families of children under the age of 10. Findings pointed to a need to provide effective early support to children and families at risk of experiencing poor life outcomes. We already engage parents in their child's early years development, but families are asking that we provide holistic family support. We will drill down further with partners and families to develop a future programme of work that seeks to stop the cycle of intergenerational ACES.

Play work with 3-5 year olds

Community members have also fed back that we do not provide any play activities for 3-5-year-olds. Our early years work is up to age 3 years, holiday clubs are for 5-10 years and the youth service is for 8 - 25-year-olds. Next year we will train relevant staff in Play work practice Level 2 and register the Centre will the Care Inspectorate Wales for holiday club and After school clubs to bridge this gap.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, signed and adopted 29th August 2012, whereby the Articles of Association constitute a company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

Full membership of the Gellideg Foundation Group is open to anyone over 18 who lives within the area of benefit - the Gellideg estate, Merthyr Tydfil.

Anyone who is a full member of the Gellideg Foundation Group may put themselves forward to be a trustee. Once in every calendar year a General Meeting is held - it is well publicised within Gellideg within a minimum of 21 days notice of the event. Full members of the GFG, present at the meeting, elect the organisations' honorary officers by way of a secret ballot. Information is provided to those interested in taking up office as trustee setting out the scope, responsibilities and duties of the post.

Names of any person or body entitled to appoint a trustee

Full members of the GFG elect the Foundation's Officers - the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer as well as General Trustees by a process of first past the post elections.

Induction and training of new trustees

Each trustee is guided through an induction programme that familiarises the trustee with the GFG policies, values and processes. The induction includes an overview of the organisation's aims and objectives, policies, values and ways of working, constitution, staff organogram and volunteer structure, financial processes, budgets and accounting procedures, programmes and projects, funding arrangements, key stakeholders, partners and boards we belong to, monitoring and evaluation systems, forecast of key events. The induction includes on the job training, one to ones and the reading of relevant documents.

Organisational structure

The GFG's Management Committee consists of its trustees who are also the company directors. The Management Committee is the GFG's strategic decision-making body and governing board. It is responsible for ensuring its operations adhere to the GFG's constitution, aims and objectives and charitable law. Members are local people who are committed to community development. We have recruited two new committee members who are shadowing the board until full membership in April 2025. This will take the Trustees Board Membership up to 5 people. The management committee meets a minimum of once every six weeks to hear the report of the Co-Directors. The Finance Manger presents the accounts to the Committee twice a year. The Trustees delegate the management of GFG to two Co-Directors, Helen Buhaenko and Colette Watkins who have over thirty years of experience in the Third Sector, managing, leading and instigating change. GFG was founded 26 years ago by these members of staff and the organisation has a wealth of experience and community development knowledge. Our Trustees are all local, 9 out of 10 of our staff live locally.

At GFG we are very connected to the local community and wider community of Merthyr Tydfil. We know what people want and will use. Our ethos is to welcome everyone to the Centre where there will always be a role for them to play. We are a community group, we are friendly and accessible. Noone comes here unless they want to. We know that community members like to engage through social activity. Many lack confidence and the initial welcome is crucial in determining whether someone will stay.

Wider network

At GFG we have created a web of relationships with groups, agencies, fellow community organisations, skilled professionals, statutory officers, advisors, funders and above all, community members, that is an organic hub of referrals, recommendations, links, connections, experience, opportunities, time, enthusiasm, ideas, resources and knowledge. These networks allow for meaningful engagement and progression. Many of our staff members were previously volunteers, many of our volunteers were previously participants. To maximise the range and specialism of services that are available at the Centre, some services are delivered directly by GFG staff, and others are delivered by partner organisations. Partnerships also enable us to participate in systems change, advocacy and influencing work.

GFG is a member of the CTM UHB Community Leader's Forum, Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil's (VAMT), Health and Wellbeing forum, Children's Young People and Families forum and Third Sector Leader's Forum, and the Merthyr Tydfil Carer's Partnership and the food security group.

Partners have assisted us in finding volunteers, accessing funds, sourcing subsidized or free surplus food and sharing expertise include Fare Share Cymru, Fare Share Go, In Kind direct, His Church, Feeding Britain, Hope Church and the Hygiene Bank.

Partners who deliver services from the Centre include Adferiad; providing mental health support, CAB; holding a drop-in advice clinic, Homestart, MTCBC Parenting Team, MTCBC Social Services, Baby Yoga, Henry from Public Health, MTCBC language and play speech support, Lucy Faithful Foundation, Ward Councillors and PCSOs surgeries, Pipyn Cwm Taf Morgannwg family cooking, CTMUHB Health visitors and baby massage, Cruse and Adult Learning Wales.

We receive referrals from the GP Support Officers from the Merthyr Tydfil GP primary health care clusters, Social Services, Citizens Advice Bureau, Memory Clinic, Kier Hardie Health Park, Job Centre Merthyr Tydfil, British Red Cross emergency support. This year have developed a new partnership with Merthyr College who refer youth volunteers to the Centre.

We have excellent links with Keep Wales Tidy who provide support, resources and guidance on environmental volunteering. This year they have provided multiple starter packs and equipment to develop our food garden project.

Our local Voluntary Action (VAMT) is a connector and through them we are continually introduced to new agencies and providers. Every week we are asked by partner agencies if they can attend community sessions in order to consult with people, share information or meet new people. These include, Welsh Water, Energy Advice, Bowel Cancer department, Stroke Association. These partnerships become reciprocal as new agencies refer their clients and residents to us and we ensure that local people have access to advice and support from them.

Other partners include People Plus, MIND, Age Connects Morgannwg, The Alzheimer's Society and Cancer Aid. We have received donations and support from EE, the local ward Councillors and Gerald Jones MP.

Youth partners include; Fearless, Safer Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil Borough Wide Youth Forum, Valley's Kids - Little Bryn Gwyn, the local PCSOs, Barod, Skateboard Academy, Recovery 4 All, Merthyr Tydfil Youth Service, Cardiff Millenium Centre, Cardiff Rugby Community Foundation Wales.

Risk management

The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.

The GFG operates a performance management system to support and supervise staff. The Staff handbook sets our all the organisational policies and procedures regarding HR and organisational operations. GFG receives pro bono HR support from Roots HR consultancy and advice from Merthyr Valleys Home HR department. We receive support from Welsh Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) and VAMT to ensure our procedures and policies are up to date. This is particularly the case regarding safeguarding - WCVA safeguarding team have assisted us with redrafting our entire safeguarding policy. We are also able to access free staff and organisational training from MTCBC. Our youth team operates under an SLA from MTCBC Families and young people division and all the youth work training, support and guidance is aligned to ETS Cymru and EWC, the Education Workforce Council. Our insurers, Thomas Carroll, provide free advice via Markel who have reviewed all our health and safety procedures. Consequently, we have reviewed our accident and incidents policy this year, and all procedures are up to date and compliant. We receive support in Welsh language from translators attached to Soar Chapel in town and WCVA. We are supported by Cwm Taf Morgannwg's Executive Director of Public Health, and the University of South Wales to develop our monitoring systems. This year staff and volunteers have been trained in fire safety, food hygiene, safeguarding and manual handling, Legionnaire's testing, youth training, energy awareness and accident reporting. We have risk assessments for each activity.

We operate Sage 50 to manage our finances. All grants, income streams and expenditure are individually recorded and logged. Financial forecasts, actuals, income and expenditure documents are produced for scrutiny at trustee meetings. We have separate roles for different accounting practices to ensure transparency, accountability and mitigate against fraud. Our accountant scrutinizes and prepares our accounts annually. From time-to-time funders, such as WCVA and MTCBC have audited our accounts. There have never been any issues or concerns, but we always adapt and revise our systems according to the advice given to strengthen and improve procedures.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Company number

04681301 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number

1110453

Registered office

Canol-Y-Bryn

The Wellbeing Centre

Heol Tai Mawr

Merthyr Tydfil

CF48 1ND

Trustees

Miss A Howe Law Student

Mrs S Northall Civil Servant

Mrs M J Owen Director

Independent Examiner

Darren Bowden FCA

James de Frias

Chartered Accountants

Llanover House

Llanover Road

Pontypridd

Rhondda Cynon Taff

CF37 4DY

Bankers

Lloyds Bank Plc

Merthyr Branch

69 High Street

MERTHYR TYDFIL

CF47 8UH

Solicitors

Geldards

Dumfries House

Dumfries Place

Cardiff

CF10 3ZF

Key and senior staff

Helen Buhaenko and Colette Watkins - Co-Chief Executives

Amanda Caudle - Finance Manager

Michelle Roberts - Youth Programme Manager

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 19 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

Mrs S Northall - Trustee

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Gellideg Foundation Community Association ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

1.	accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

2.	the accounts do not accord with those records; or

3.	the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

4.

the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Darren Bowden FCA

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

James de Frias

Chartered Accountants

Llanover House

Llanover Road

Pontypridd

Rhondda Cynon Taff

CF37 4DY

19 December 2025

31.3.25

31.3.24

Unrestricted

Restricted

Total

Total

funds

funds

funds

funds

Notes

£

£

£

£

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM

Donations and legacies

2

18,871

232,289

251,160

317,543

Other trading activities

3

56,843

-

56,843

91,217

Investment income

4

4,574

-

4,574

-

Total

80,288

232,289

312,577

408,760

EXPENDITURE ON

Charitable activities

5

General

148,529

286,848

435,377

496,577

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

(68,241

)

(54,559

)

(122,800

)

(87,817

)

Transfers between funds

14

(1,920

)

1,920

-

-

Net movement in funds

(70,161

)

(52,639

)

(122,800

)

(87,817

)

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward

205,026

1,253,603

1,458,629

1,546,446

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

134,865

1,200,964

1,335,829

1,458,629

31.3.25

31.3.24

Unrestricted

Restricted

Total

Total

funds

funds

funds

funds

Notes

£

£

£

£

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets

11

17,283

916,523

933,806

959,674

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors

12

25,489

45,705

71,194

59,182

Cash at bank

108,830

238,736

347,566

459,412

134,319

284,441

418,760

518,594

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

13

(16,737

)

-

(16,737

)

(19,639

)

NET CURRENT ASSETS

117,582

284,441

402,023

498,955

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

134,865

1,200,964

1,335,829

1,458,629

NET ASSETS

134,865

1,200,964

1,335,829

1,458,629

FUNDS

14

Unrestricted funds

134,865

205,026

Restricted funds

1,200,964

1,253,603

TOTAL FUNDS

1,335,829

1,458,629

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2025.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for

(a)	ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b)

preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 19 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

M J Owen - Trustee

Cash flows from operating activities

Cash generated from operations

1

(116,420

)

(31,556

)

Net cash used in operating activities

(116,420

)

(31,556

)

Cash flows from investing activities

Interest received

4,574

-

Net cash provided by investing activities

4,574

-

Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period

(111,846

)

(31,556

)

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period

459,412

490,968

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period

347,566

459,412

1.	RECONCILIATION OF NET EXPENDITURE TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Net expenditure for the reporting period (as per the Statement of Financial Activities)

(122,800

)

(87,817

)

Adjustments for:

Depreciation charges

25,869

30,481

Interest received

(4,574

)

-

(Increase)/decrease in debtors

(12,012

)

16,915

(Decrease)/increase in creditors

(2,903

)

8,865

Net cash used in operations

(116,420

)

(31,556

)

2.	ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 1.4.24

Cash flow

At 31.3.25

£

£

£

Net cash

Cash at bank

459,412

(111,846

)

347,566

459,412

(111,846

)

347,566

Total

459,412

(111,846

)

347,566

1.	ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Organisational status

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

The organisation is an incorporated charity, registered at both Companies House and at the Charity commission. The trustees are set out on page 1 and they form a board of trustees (and directors) which is the executive body of the charity, the aims and objectives and rules for governance are set out in the charities constitution.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Tangible assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Freehold property

-

2% on cost

Plant and machinery

-

25% on cost

Assets under construction are not subject to depreciation, until the asset is completed and then falls under the standard Freehold depreciation policy of 2% on cost per annum.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are measured at cost and include grants receivable.

2.	DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Donations

850

-

Grants

250,310

317,543

251,160

317,543

Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:

31.3.25

31.3.24

£

£

Feeding Britain

Community Food Fund

-

1,800

Arnold Clark

The Arnold Clark Community Fund

2,500

-

Merthyr Tydfil CBC

MTCBC Youth Legacy Fund

82,185

80,574

Merthyr Valley Homes

Wellbeing

-

20,000

Merthyr Valley Homes

10,000

10,000

The Moondance Foundation

Cost of Living Crisis Fund

-

6,000

Ffos Y Fran

Small Grants Scheme

1,000

-

The Access Foundation

-

5,300

South Wales Police Youth Trust Fund

-

6,000

Postcode Community Trust

25,000

25,000

BBC Children in Need

(Mc Donalds)

-

2,500

Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil

Loneliness and Isolation

-

700

Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil

Feeding Britain

-

1,428

Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil

Youth Led Grant

1,288

1,020

Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil

Food Partnership Grant

504

11,000

Merthyr Tydfil Housing Assoc

Fit and Fed

2,652

3,397

MTCBC, WG and WLGA

Shared Prosperity Fund, Food Poverty

5,000

5,000

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Food Poverty Grant (extra Revenue)

-

5,148

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Food Poverty Capital

-

9,730

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Food Poverty Capital (Extra)

-

9,665

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Community Focused Schools - Community provision play festival funding 2024

-

1,500

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Multiply

-

8,500

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

UK SPF Social Economy Capital Grant

-

9,754

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Open Access Play Funding

3,218

-

Playworks

SETS Capital Grant

-

-

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Cozy Corner

10,000

-

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Summer of Fun

-

-

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Equality and Diversity Project

2,000

2,193

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Cost of Living Crisis Support

-

-

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

School Holiday Play Provision 2023

3,500

Merthyr Valley Homes

Food Prosperity Fund

-

-

Principality Building Society's

Future generation Fund

10,000

Sainsbury's

Neighbourly Sainsbury's Helping Everyone Eat Better

1,500

National Grid

Community Matters Fund

5,000

Summer Play fest, National Play Day

1,000

Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council

RCT Together Community Dementia Prevention Programme

8,000

Regional Integrated Fund

Co-Production Incentive Grant

5,000

Marks and Spencer

Gifting Grants

-

Edward Gostling Foundation

-

Welsh Church Act

13,705

Garfield Weston Foundation

50,000

-

Lidl

Neighbourly Lidl Main grant

5,000

-

T K Maxx

-

500

Valleys Kids

Regional Integrated Fund

-

26,500

Valleys Kids

Regional Integrated Fund (Extra funding)

-

9,220

Valleys Kids

Youth Residential

-

500

WCVA Volunteering Wales

Main Grant Scheme

-

25,000