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…
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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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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….
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…
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…
Awen Cultural Trust and Keep Wales Tidy have launched the Hub to enable park visitors to borrow free litter picking equipment. Over the past two years, Litter Picking Hubs have been popping up across the country as part of Caru Cymru, Keep Wales Tidy’s biggest ever initiative to eradicate litter and waste. Nearly 200…