Major National Lottery funding boost enables The National Library of Wales to partner with the British Library and a new national network on a ground-breaking audio preservation project. The British Library is today launching Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, a major […]
The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s oldest national conservation body, has objected to a planning application for 18 dwellings and associated works in the village of Glasbury on the River Wye in Powys. The Open Spaces Society is concerned that the […]
The volunteers of the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority were celebrated on Friday 7 April at a special awards ceremony. Held at the Authority Head Office in Brecon, the event was attended by National Park Authority members, volunteers, staff and […]
The National Library of Wales and the National Assembly for Wales Commission have announced a partnership agreement with the aim of securing the long-term preservation of the Assembly’s archives. Both institutions will develop an archive strategy for the Assembly and […]
Work to fix one of the most eroded footpaths in the heart of the Brecon Beacons National Park has been completed thanks to funding from the 2016 Mend Our Mountains Campaign. The repairs were to the Neuadd path high above […]
Sculpture students at Coleg Sir Gar ’s Carmarthen School of Art are preparing to visit Alabama for the National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices.The international conference is a biennial union of students, educators, academics, and professionals dedicated […]
The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s leading pressure-group for common land, has opposed plans by Persimmon Homes to swap an area of Mynydd Garngoch Common at Gorseinon, north-west of Swansea. Persimmon wants to strike 0.71 hectares of common land from the […]
The future of a former Gunpowder Works site, at Glyn-neath in the Brecon Beacons National Park, has been secured thanks to a National Lottery grant of £659,000. The grant recognises the location as one of the most significant sites of […]
The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s leading pressure-group for the protection of common land, has objected to a proposal from Western Power Distribution to site an overhead electricity line, with 16 poles, on a South Wales common. The proposed electricity line […]
Individuals and employers who have excelled in vocational learning and training programmes delivered by one of Wales’ leading training providers, Cambrian training, were recognised at an awards ceremony last night (Thursday 9th). Twenty-four finalists from across Wales were shortlisted for […]
The Sustainable Development Fund is now open for projects designed to achieve a more sustainable way of living. The Communities Team at the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority manage the fund and are looking for projects which need financial support […]
A skip hire and recycling company based in Caernarfon has been named Small Employer of the Year in new awards launched by one of Wales’ leading training providers, Cambrian Training. Gwynedd Skip and Plant Hire Ltd collected the trophy, aptly […]
