A project that creates job opportunities, builds ambition, pride and skills, celebrates local identity and develops Gwynedd's community resilience
Overview
Grymuso Gwynedd creates job opportunities, fosters ambition, pride and skills, celebrates local identity and develops the county’s community resilience. This is achieved through two work streams- the ‘Grymuso Gwynedd Fund’ and ‘Arweinwyr y Dyfodol’ (leaders of the future).
Grymuso Gwynedd Fund
We’ve helped over 40 communities develop projects that either celebrate Welsh history and identity, develop a local service, or take local ownership of a physical or natural asset, all with the aim of solving challenges locally and building community resilience.
The range of projects that receive support from the fund is extremely diverse. Some are setting out to celebrate history in a new way, such as producing a live show to celebrate a century of Neuadd Goffa Cricieth, mapping Dyffryn Nantlle, or holding creative sessions to create new sea shanties in Nefyn.
Others use the funding to help people in need, from running a social prescription service to developing mentors and coaches who can help individuals living with addiction.
A number of buildings take advantage of the fund – some village halls carry out a study to find out the building’s development potential to modernise, and others use the funding to develop a shop or community pub, or renovate a chapel or an old a school to become a new hub for the community.
There is a strong sense of sharing and innovation. Finding a way to become a self-sustaining enterprise is the goal for Porthi Dre, which uses the funding from improving kitchen facilities. And owning a visitor centre is the vision in Coed-y-brenin.
If successful, these hyperlocal projects could become an inspiration to the rest of the county and beyond, showing what is possible when desire and local ownership is combined with professional support.
Watch some of the fund’s case studies:
Arweinwyr y Dyfodol – Cymunedoli Cyf
The programme also supports Cymunedoli Cyf- Gwynedd’s social enterprise network. We’ve enabled them to employ 5 community leaders and their role is to use their expertise and experiences in areas such as the environment, entrepreneurship, technology, business, food and language to respond to challenges and offer solutions to communities across Gwynedd.
Not only are these professional leaders able to assist people in the communities with developing their projects and offering advice, but there is also an opportunity to share the learning and pass on leadership and skills locally, through a series of training sessions.
This programme by Menter Môn has been funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, with financial support also from Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).
