News

2018/19

Community Benefit Project (£10,000 awarded)

The funding will be used to support existing community and voluntary groups to fund a service, facility or activity in partnership with Linc Cymru. Benefits will vary according to what is funded but could include:
-Increased use and access to green space
-Increased levels of recycling
-Increased quality of green space

2019/20

Maesyffynnon Extra Care (£10,000 awarded)

The funding will be used to support existing community and voluntary groups to fund a service, facility or activity in partnership with Linc Cymru. Benefits could vary according to what is funded but could include:

• increased use and access to green space
• co-design and development of natural play and forest school areas
• development of community growing spaces and projects

Our recent Natural Resources Wales funded project Growing Green Spaces produced a good practice guide which shows the learning from the project and our partners. There are many benefits from high quality green space and green infrastructure and access to it.

2020/21

Sirhowy Court and Morrison Court Greening Projects (£10,000 awarded)

We want to work with existing communities and tenants to improve green spaces and access to community grown food. This project will help enable community groups in Sirhowy Court in Tredegar and Morrison Court in Port Talbot to realise their plans to improve nature on their doorstep by:
• Growing fruit and vegetables
• Raised beds, planters, and benches
• Tree trimming and planting of feature trees and native hedgerows
• Removing some small areas of selected paving to replace with trees and shrubs
• Planting wildflower areas

Both communities are a mixture of young families and single people with a small number of older people's flats also situated at Morrison Court.

We also hope when safe to do so that the project will provide opportunities for multi-generational friendships, support and learning from each other in a safe socially distanced outdoor space. Which will easy loneliness for single people or those with small networks. There is significant evidence to show these positive effects and now more than ever access to outdoor space is crucial.

2021/22

Re-store Pilot Furniture Project (£10,000 awarded)

This pilot furniture project called Re-Store will focus on supporting Linc tenants in Newport and Torfaen, working in partnership with local recycling centres, our contractors and Pobl Group.
The aims of the pilot are to provide recycled furniture to:

• Low-income households who are experiencing financial difficulties and in need of specific items to improve their quality of life and sustain their tenancies. In this situation, tenants would receive ‘Home Packs’ to assist them.
• Tenants in crisis who have no money for furniture in their existing or new accommodation. The recycling centres, in this instance, would provide packs of emergency household items – bed, table, chairs, crockery and white goods, if available

The project will to help them to set up home, improved their wellbeing and avoid a tenancy failure. It will also promote awareness of reducing, reusing and recycling for Linc and Pobl tenants, staff, contractors and the wider community.

The recycling centres will provide volunteering opportunities for our tenants and run upcycling sessions and open days to promote the project. The wider community and recycling centres will also benefit from improved awareness and increased furniture donations.