NEARLY £2m of UK Government Shared Prosperity Funding is set to go to third sector organisations to help communities in Rhondda Cynon Taf next year.
A report to cabinet on Wednesday, April 9 contains details of plans to allocate £1.8m of community grant funding in 2025/2026 for both capital and revenue to the third sector to meet the needs of communities.
There are three levels of grant which include the micro level award of up to £1,000, the lower level award of £1,000 to £10,000 and a medium level award of £10,001 to £45,000.
Applications for micro level awards will open in the summer of 2025.
A total of 203 applications were received for lower and medium level funding, with 11 ineligible applications, to the total value of £4.5m.
And 93 projects based across 118 places in RCT were either fully or partially approved for funding through the UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund RCTCBC Community Grant Programme.
There were 44 organisations approved for lower level funding which included:
- Darrenlas Community Building
- Cwm Taf People First
- Cynon Taf Community Housing
- Mountain Ash RFC
- Parents and Friends of Caradog school
- Craft of Hearts
- The Arc Project
- Grow Rhondda CIC
- RCT Older Peoples Advisory Group
- Llantrisant Guildhall
- Porth Harlequins Sports & Community
- Club Ltd
- Toogoodtowaste
- Coalfields Flower Farm CIC
- Pontypridd Theatre Company
- Cylch Meithrin Penderyn C.I.C
- Darren Las Environmental Group
- Heol Chwarae Rol Ltd TA Role Play Lane
- Ferndale tri club
- Canolfan Pentre CIO
- Pontypridd Men’s Shed
- Penrhiwceiber Rangers Football Club
- Tonypandy and District OAP Welfare Association
- Dant Y Llew CIC
- Black Mountains College
- Mothers Matter C.I.C
- Love Treorchy
- Eye to Eye Counselling Services
- Holy Trinity Church Tylorstown
- Rhondda Arts Festival
- Pendyrus Male Voice Choir
- Aberdare Cricket Club
- Rhondda Lawn Tennis Club
- Cwm and Llantwit Welfare Scheme
- Think Creatively C.I.C
- Carmel Community Clothing
- Blaenllechau Youth Project
- Valleys Kids
- The Fern Partnership
- Pontyclun Football Club
- Hirwaun and Area Men’s Shed
- Y Siop Fach Sero
- Hot jam Music
- Penderyn Community Centre
- Out Of The Box Creative Media
There were 10 organisations partially approved for lower level funding which included:
- Taff Ely 50+ Forum
- Spectacle Theatre
- Fernhill, Glenboi and surrounding areas Over 60s
- Friends of Wattstown Memorial Park
- Cynon Valley Over 50’s Forum
- Nature by the Taff
- Rhydyfelin Community Group
- Waun Wen Families
- Friends of Capcoch
- Valley Veterans
There were 20 organisations approved for medium level funding which included:
- Darrenlas Community Building
- Reels Minds CIC
- Cwm Taf People First
- Hirwaun YMCA
- Arts Factory Ltd
- Tylorstown Welfare Hall Limited
- Bryncynon Community Revival Strategy Ltd
- Pontypridd Foodbank
- Down to Zero Ltd
- Cynon Valley Museum Trust
- Llanharan Community Development Project
- Llantwit Fardre RFC
- More Than Music Cymru
- Tylorstown RFC
- Manage Money Wales CIC
- Ynysybwl Regeneration Partnership
- ASD Rainbows
- Canolfan Pentre
- Citizens Advice Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Age Connects Morgannwg
And 19 were partially approved for medium level funding which included:
- Growing Space Pontypridd CIC
- Grow Rhondda CIC
- Pentre Comrades
- Spectacle Theatre Ltd
- Little lounge
- Acts Community Church Limited
- Black Mountains College
- Cwmparc Community Association
- Gilfach Goch Community Association
- Glyncoch Community Regeneration Ltd
- Lee Gardens Pool Committee
- Clwb y Bont CYF
- Heol Chwarae Rol Ltd TA Role Play Lane
- Wales Council for Deaf People
- Friends of Gilfach Goch Day centre
- Artis Community Cymuned
- Real Skillz The Black Sheep Project
- National Dance Company Wales
- Fern Partnership
