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Our Voice Network Bursaries Awarded

Creative artists Naseem Syed and Plamedi Santima-Akiso have been awarded Our Voice Network bursaries, sponsored by Awen Cultural Trust. Our Voice Network exists to empower, develop, and platform artists of the Global Majority through professional development opportunities, showcasing events, and bursaries. The bursary programme, now in its second year, is led by artist Krystal…

Cultural Trust, Theatres

Work begins on Y Muni, Pontypridd

Our partner organisation, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, has announced that the multi-million pound redevelopment of the Y Muni is now officially underway! Contractors have started work to revitalise the much-loved Pontypridd venue and reopen it next summer. The Grade II Listed Muni, in the centre of Pontypridd, was originally built in a…

Libraries

Waterstones Children’s Laureate visits Bridgend

It was great to welcome Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho to Bridgend Library yesterday. The award-winning performance poet, playwright and children’s author is on an epic cross-country journey to join a library in every local authority in the UK – more than 200 libraries in total. Pob lwc Joseph!…

Creative Wellbeing

Celebrating kindness and connection Between the Trees

It was great to be back at this year’s nature, science and arts festival Between The Trees, held at the beautiful woodland setting of Merthyr Mawr in Bridgend over the August bank holiday weekend. Now in its ninth year, Between the Trees aims to reconnect people to the natural world, featuring a blend of…

Cultural Trust, Theatres

Free Creative Industry Training Courses

Awen Cultural Trust, the registered charity which runs the Met theatre and community events venue in Abertillery, is launching Awen Skills, a free programme of creative industry workplace training courses for adults and young people aged 16 years and older. The programme is being funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity…

Cultural Trust

New Play – Price of Change

Awen Cultural Trust, in partnership with Bridgend County Borough Council, are proud to support the development of a new play – Price of Change – which will be showcased at Blaengarw Workmen’s Hall this autumn. The play, which has been written by Vic Mills of Contemporancient Theatre, with poetry by Professor Kevin Mills and…

Bryngarw Country Park

Enjoy the summer at Bryngarw Country Park

Our Green Flag award-winning Bryngarw Country Park offers a fantastic day out with things for the whole family to enjoy. Whether you’re looking for a place to picnic, a nature walk to follow, or space for the children to run off any energy in the fresh air, we have it all! Our play area…

Cultural Trust, Theatres

Pay What You Can now on offer

We are delighted to be offering a Pay What You Can option for these performances: Frogs in Bogs – Bryngarw Country Park – Tuesday 1st August Cinema Club – Mamma Mia – Grand Pavilion – Wednesday 2nd August Cinema Club – South Pacific – Grand Pavilion – Thursday 3rd August Cinema Club – Moana…

Bryngarw Country Park

8th Green Flag for Bryngarw

Bryngarw Country Park has reached the high standard required to fly the coveted Green Flag for another year! The award is given to publicly accessible parks and green spaces that have achieved international standards in the areas of: a welcoming place; healthy, safe and secure; well maintained and clean; environmental management; biodiversity, landscape and…

Libraries

Julie Golden makes CILIP 125 List

Congratulations to Julie Golden, Maesteg Library Supervisor, who has won a coveted place on the CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) 125 list. This list recognises and honours a new generation of librarians, information and knowledge management professionals who drive positive change, make a difference and have an impact across all sectors….

Cultural Trust

Awen gets gold at Mind awards

Awen has been recognised for its commitment to workplace wellbeing. We were one of 61 organisations to take part in Mind’s seventh annual Workplace Wellbeing Index, and have been recognised with a Gold Award. Chief Executive, Richard Hughes, said: “We are delighted that Mind has recognised Awen as an organisation which has embedded mental…

Cultural Trust, Wood-B

Meet our new colleague!

A huge welcome to Sid, our newest recruit. Sid is a trainee at Wood-B, one of our work-placed programmes for adults with learning disabilities, where he has gained the skills and confidence needed to secure a job at our café in Bryngarw Country Park. Richard Hughes, Chief Executive of Awen Cultural Trust, said: “As…

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