Recently, a small group of villagers in Llansadwrn, have applied for a Perthyn grant funded by the Welsh Government, which provides early-stage support to Welsh communities in north and west Wales who are interested in developing social enterprise ideas.
The group has been successful, and has received a grant to carry out intensive research work in the Llansadwrn area and its surroundings, asking questions that will summarise the vision of local villagers about issues around language, heritage, culture, environment, energy, transport, housing and local assets – all the things that make the area desirable, or undesirable to live in.
The project will also ask for the ideas and visions of local people about what kind of things they would like to see developed in the area, under the leadership and ownership of a social or community enterprise. This information will allow the village to identify possible projects that could be taken forwards, for the benefit of the sustainability of our community.
Exploring the long-term sustainability and survival of the Welsh language is central to the terms of the grant, and therefore to this research as well. The grant will also be able to fund the community to look at developing a new community entity (such as a CIC or CBS), which can develop some of the ideas that will arise from the research and community consultation.
The grant will be kept and distributed through the organisation Cwmpas, and there are two consulting groups developing the research alongside the small steering group, namely Pobol Tir Môr and Iaith.Cyf – both very experienced in carrying out such research across the communities of south-west Wales. The consultation will likely start at the end of February/beginning of March, with a comprehensive report created by the end of March/beginning of April. This report will allow us to then apply for larger grants to implement some of the community ideas that emerge from the research.
If you live or are involved with life in the village and surrounding areas – we want to hear about your ideas and feelings about living in this community!
There will be a variety of ways for you to participate and contribute ideas to this research, including an open day event in February/March 2026. Further developments will be advertised through the Llansadwrn website and the community Facebook page, Y Lloffwr and The Post. A warm welcome to anyone who is interested in this development, or who wants to join the steering group or wants to help or offer any suggestions or ideas, to contact Sioned Haf by email (sionedhaf@hotmail.com) or by phone: 07529901523
