Creative Rural Communities

Creative Rural Communities is a new regeneration and economic development initiative led by the Vale of Glamorgan Council in partnership with various public, private and voluntary sector organisations. The aim of the initiative is to give the people of the rural Vale the power to control the future of their communities.

Funding is enabling the partnership to help individuals, groups and communities throughout the rural Vale. Creative Rural Communities will provide vital support for a wide range of potential projects that will benefit those communities both now and in the future.

In July 2003, the Vale Rural Partnership was successfully awarded Rural Community Action (RCA) status by Carwyn Jones AM, Assembly Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside, who stated;

"The bids I am approving today are the result of much hard work by the three local authorities concerned and their local partners."

The award resulted in a grant for capacity building for community, economic, social and environmental regeneration throughout the rural Vale area. The Partnership has subsequently completed successful applications for additional grant funding (commonly known as "Article 33") that will complement the RCA funding and support a diverse range of projects across the region.