We're hosting a virtual hustings event next week, exploring all things community and community-led action.
If you want to join us, you can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

💷 Budget: £40,000 (+ travel)
⏰ Deadline: 11 May 2026
📧 Apply: info@bct.wales
🔗 www.bct.wales/s/ITTSocialInfrastructure.pdf
This project will shape future policy + investment to strengthen community assets across Wales. Please share!
#Wales #ResearchOpportunity #ThirdSector #SocialInfrastructure

We're looking for teams with skills in:
📍 Spatial mapping
📍 Community/social infrastructure
📍 Qualitative research
📍 Policy analysis

New Research Opportunity in Wales!

We've launched an Invitation to Tender for major research mapping the provision, distribution & use of social infrastructure across Wales.

If you’re attending @plaidcymru.bsky.social conference on Saturday don’t miss our fringe event Public services reimagined with @peredurplaidas.bsky.social @wearenewlocal.bsky.social @wcvacymru.bsky.social and Mark Hooper discussing how we put communities at the heart of public services

Os rydych chi’n mynychu cynhadledd @plaidcymru.bsky.social dydd Sadwrn paid colli ein cyfarfod ymylol Ail-ddychmygu gwasanaethau cyhoeddus efo @peredurplaidas.bsky.social @wearenewlocal.bsky.social @wcvacymru.bsky.social a MarkHooper yn trafod sut ni’n rhoi Cymunedau ar calon wasanaethau cyhoeddus

Pride in Place: a pathway to community renaissance in Wales? — BCT The UK Government has just announced that 9 areas in Wales are to benefit from its Pride in Place Programme. The areas are: The Sirhowy Valley in Blaenau Gwent, Bargoed, Aberbargoed and New…

Rydym hefyd yn gwybod nad yw canllawiau a gynlluniwyd gyda Lloegr mewn golwg o reidrwydd yn gweithio i gymunedau yng Nghymru. 🔗 Darllenwch ein blog: www.bct.wales/blog/pridein...

Mae ein degawd o brofiad o oruchwylio Buddsoddiad Lleol yn dweud wrthym fod ei lwyddiant yn dibynnu ar faint y mae trigolion lleol yn ei gefnogi, faint y gallant ei lunio, ac a yw'n adlewyrchu eu blaenoriaethau.

Yr wythnos diwethaf, cyhoeddodd Llywodraeth y DU y 9 ardal yng Nghymru a fydd yn elwa o'i Rhaglen Balchder yn ei Lle.

Pride in Place: a pathway to community renaissance in Wales? — BCT The UK Government has just announced that 9 areas in Wales are to benefit from its Pride in Place Programme. The areas are: The Sirhowy Valley in Blaenau Gwent, Bargoed, Aberbargoed and New…

We also know that guidance designed with England in mind, doesn't necessarily work for communities in Wales. 🔗 Read the full blogpost here:https://www.bct.wales/blog/prideinplace

Our decade of experience overseeing Invest Local tells us that its success depends on how much local residents buy into it, can shape it, and if it reflects their priorities.

Last week, the UK Government announced the 9 areas in Wales that will benefit from its Pride in Place Programme.

Lots of fantastic resources here, all about community-led change from across England as part of @localtrust.org.uk Big Local programme🔗https://bit.ly/3M1X5I5

🎆 Blwyddyn Newydd Dda gan Adeiladu Ymddiriedolaeth Cymunedau | Happy New Year from Building Communities Trust 🎆

🎄Nadolig Llawen gan bawb yn Ymddiriedolaeth Adeiladu Cymunedau. 🎄

🎄Merry Christmas from all at Building Communities Trust. 🎄

🚨Today is the #Budget2025 - but what does it mean for people in Wales?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 We released our latest cost-of-living research earlier this month which outlines the situation on the ground for communities across the nation.

👉 Read the details here: shorturl.at/BzjXx

🚨Heddiw yw #Cyllideb2025 ond beth mae'n ei olygu i bobl yng Nghymru?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Fe wnaethon ni ryddhau ein hymchwil diweddaraf ar gostau byw yn gynharach y mis hwn sy'n amlinellu'r sefyllfa ar lawr gwlad ar gyfer cymunedau ledled y genedl.

👉 Darllenwch y manylion yma: shorturl.at/h3KXC

🚀 Today we launch Thriving Welsh Communities - a manifesto shaped by people across Wales who know what their communities need to thrive.

🫶 It it sets out a clear call for Wales to put community-led action at the heart of our national future.

👉 Read more here: tinyurl.com/5ujxavmf

🚀 Heddiw rydym yn lansio Cymunedau Cymreig Ffyniannus - maniffesto a luniwyd gan bobl sy'n gwybod beth sydd ei angen ar gymunedau i ffynnu.

🫶 Mae'n galw ar Gymru i roi gweithredu dan arweiniad y gymuned wrth wraidd ein dyfodol cenedlaethol.

👉 Mwy yma: tinyurl.com/4x872d2z

🌱 New blog! We’ve shared our first-year reflections on the Community Anchor Development Programme - what worked, what changed, and why it matters for communities in Wales.

😍 Also it was great to see so many familiar faces at our two-day event this week!

👉 shorturl.at/fcsT8

🌱 Blog newydd! Rydym wedi rhannu ein meddyliau ar flwyddyn gyntaf ein rhaglen angori - beth weithiodd, beth newidiodd a pham ei fod yn bwysig i gymunedau yng Nghymru.

😍 Ac yn wych gweld cymaint o bobl yn ein digwyddiad yr wythnos hon!

👉 shorturl.at/fcsT8

💪Tyfodd Hwb Cymorth Maesgeirchen o ymateb cyflym i bandemig i gefnogaeth tymor hwy i bobl leol. Drwy addasu i heriau newydd, maent wedi gallu creu cymuned gryfach a mwy cysylltiedig.

☕Mae mannau cymunedol cynnes a chroesawgar yn fannau hanfodol ar gyfer cysylltiad a chysur yn ystod y misoedd anoddaf. Ni allant ddatrys yr argyfwng ar eu pen eu hunain, ond gallant sicrhau nad oes neb yn cael ei orfodi i'w wynebu ar eu pen eu hunain.

🚀Mae grwpiau cymunedol yn helpu syniadau gwych i ddod yn realiti drwy gynnig y gefnogaeth ymarferol sydd ei hangen ar eraill i ddechrau arni. Pan fyddant yn pontio'r bylchau, gall prosiectau lleol wir ffynnu.

Community Responses to Cost of Living Crisis: Three Case Studies — BCT When times are tough, it’s often communities that step up first. Across Wales, community groups have responded to the cost-of-living crisis with remarkable speed and imagination. Their initiatives ran...

🌍 Pan fydd amseroedd yn anodd, nid yw cymunedau'n aros - maen nhw'n gweithredu. Darganfyddwch sut mae grwpiau yng Nghymru yn ymateb i argyfwng costau byw gyda chreadigrwydd, tosturi ac urddas.
👉 Darllenwch y stori lawn yn ein blog astudiaeth achos newydd ar argyfwng costau byw: shorturl.at/Nrz07

💪Maesgeirchen Support Hub grew from a quick response to a pandemic to a medium term support system for local people. By adapting to new challenges, they have been poised to help create a stronger and more connected community.

☕Warm and welcoming communal spaces are essential for connection and comfort during the most difficult months. They cannot solve the cost of living crisis, but they can ensure that no one is forced to face it alone.

🚀Community groups help great ideas become reality by offering the practical support others need to get started. When they bridge the gaps, local projects can really thrive.

Community Responses to Cost of Living Crisis: Three Case Studies — BCT When times are tough, it’s often communities that step up first. Across Wales, community groups have responded to the cost-of-living crisis with remarkable speed and imagination. Their initiatives ran...

🌍 When times get tough, communities don’t wait - they act. Discover how groups in Wales are responding to the cost-of-living crisis with creativity, compassion and dignity.
👉 Read the full story in our new community responses to cost-of-living crisis case studies blog: shorturl.at/Nrz07

🚀 Mae grwpiau cymunedol yn helpu syniadau gwych i ddod yn realiti drwy gynnig y gefnogaeth ymarferol sydd ei hangen ar eraill i ddechrau arni. Pan fyddant yn pontio'r bylchau, gall prosiectau lleol wir ffynnu.