Mynydd y Betws Community Benefit Fund grants handed out
A total of 33 community organisations in the Amman Valley have a spring in their step thanks to the Mynydd y Betws Community Benefit Fund. Grants worth more than £600,000 have been awarded for various community projects across the eligible 10 wards. The benefits to the local community will be through improved parks and play areas, gateway enhancement projects, facility improvements, youth performance equipment and a variety of cultural projects. One local organisation to benefit is Amman Valley and District Branch of the Pony Club, which has had a grant of about £27,000 to put down a new riding surface. Gaynor Rooke, District Commissioner of the club, which caters for children and young people from the age of 4-24, said: “The grant is to put down a new surface for riding on, so that we can do more competitions at the clubhouse. It’s a major project.” The fund has also been able to support ISmooth, a local social enterprise that offer skills and training to people with learning diffic...