Wales
Here you can find lots of useful information for, and about, FCFCG's Tyfu Pobl programme in Wales. You can:
- Find gardens and farms in your local area via our interactive map or our search page.
- Subscribe to our e-newsletter, intended for anyone involved in community growing in Wales. Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
- Find details of events by viewing the news and updates section below.
- Download a copy of the FCFCG dual-language Wales map and other useful publications.
- See the bottom of this page for contact details of the FCFCG staff team in Wales.
To translate this or any of our pages into Welsh, simply click on this Translation Link and follow the instructions to move the Wlesh Google Translation Button to your internet browser's toolbar. Then click on the button to translate the page you are looking at.
I gyfieithu hyn neu unrhyw un o'n tudalennau i'r Gymraeg, cliciwch ar y Link Cyfieithu a dilynwch y cyfarwyddiadau i symud y botwm Google Cyfieithu Cymraeg i far offer eich porwr rhyngrwyd's. Yna cliciwch ar y botwm i gyfieithu i'r dudalen yr ydych yn edrych arno.
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Wales News & Events
Regularly updated with news of interest to city farms and community gardens in Wales, plus details of training and networking events.
- Welsh community garden scoops top prize
- Official Launch of Tyfu Pobl programme and FCFCG AGM
- Community Food Action Plan
- Networking Events
New FCFCG Programme in Wales
FCFCG is celebrating after securing funding for a new three-year programme to develop and expand its work in Wales. Called Tyfu Pobl (Growing People), the programme is funded through the Rural Development Plan for Wales 2007-2013, which is itself funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and the European Union.
Tyfu Pobl will provide support and advice for both existing and emerging community growing projects in Wales, enabling the sharing of best practice, dissemination of information and the transfer of knowledge and skills within the sector.
The programme will provide a range of support for different models of community growing schemes including: community farms and gardens, allotments, community orchards, community supported agriculture and community-managed market gardens.
Wales Funding
Funding opportunities for farming and gardening community groups in Wales. Includes long term funding and grants schemes. FCFCG in Wales also provides regular e-bulletins with funding information to its members.
Latest Updates:
- Site Visits Travel Bursary Scheme
- Fact Sheet: Sources of funding
- Sustainable Funding Cymru
Wales Training
Access To Farms
Are you a farmer who is interested in hosting educational visits for schools and the public?
CEVAS (Countryside Educational Visits Accreditation Scheme) is a training scheme which includes health and safety, links to the school curriculum and how to communicate with young people, leading to a recognized qualification.
More than 30 farmers in attended courses in Wales last winter. Visit the CEVAS page on this website to find out more details about CEVAS and the Access to Farms Partnership.
Wales Publications
Wales Map
A unique map featuring community gardens, farms and associated was launched at the Senedd in Cardiff in June 2010 by the Welsh Assembly's Minister for Rural Affairs Elin Jones AM. You can download a Welsh or English language version using the links below (please note these are quite large documents of more than 5Mb in size):
Walesmap-Welsh
Charging for School and Educational Visits
Deciding how much to charge for services can be difficult for city farms and community gardens, particularly those just getting off the ground. The Growing Together in Wales programme has produced a short document which gives useful guidelines on how much some existing community farms and gardens charge to deliver school visits and other educational activities. You can download the document using the link below:
Education visitor feesWales Fieldworkers
FCFCG has recently recruited fieldworkers throughout Wales to provide expertise, advise and support to communities looking to develop community farms and garden and to provide greater support for existing community farms and gardens. All Fieldworkers are based on FCFCG member projects in Wales.
Wales Contact
South East Wales (Cardiff) Office
Katie Jones (Wales Development Manager): 07793 669 721; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Emma Williams (South East Wales Development Worker): 07786 880119; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Tim Atkinson (Community Enterprise & Funding Co-ordinator):07557 004608; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Abby Charles (Wales Administrator):
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46 Ninian Park Road, Riverside, Cardiff CF11 6JA. Tel: 029 20225942 & 029 20235535
South West Wales Office
Rupert Dunn (SW Wales Development Worker): 07787 773437;
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Unit 1A, The Old School, Station Road, Narberth, Pembrokeshire SA67 7DU. Tel: 01834 869927
Mid Wales Office
Gary Mitchell (Mid Wales Development Worker) 07866 802737;
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Cwm Harry Land Trust, Unit H, Vastre Industrial Estate, Newtown, Powys SY16 1DZ. Tel: 01686 946235
North Wales Office
Sarah Collick (North Wales Development Worker) 07910 498762;
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Ty Gwydr / Greenhouse, 1 Trevelyan Terrace, High Street, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 1AX. Tel: 01248 208630
