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Croeso/Welcome to Cymdeithas Cwm Arian Association
hermon in snow

Cymdeithas Cwm Arian Association is a Local Community Forum that covers the three North Pembrokeshire villages of Hermon, Glogue and Llanfyrnach. This community is a rural area covering some 200 houses and farms.

Please click the menus to the left, and the top-right to navigate the Cwm Arian website.

 

 

Latest News

Big Lottery Funding Secured for the Resource Centre!

01.01.2012

The Big Lottery bid for £249k has been approved! This will allow the community to finish the work on the Resource Centre and employ 2 new workers for the site. See the job descriptions on the details by clicking the Hermon Community Resource button the left hand side of this screen

 

Met Mast erected to measure the wind!

07.09.2011

After a long wait for planning to be granted, the Cwm Arian met mast has finally been raised.

The mast will stand for a full year measuring the wind speeds and directions to see if the site is suitable for a wind turbine in the future. The data will then be used for best practice monitoring of potential noise from a wind turbine.

 

 

The Power of Water - Hydro History in Hermon!

05.04.2011

The sun brought out a bumper turnout of walkers in Hermon 2 weeks ago when 50 people arrived for a guided walk through mud, snowdrops and local history. They discovered several ruined cottages, disused waterwheels and a leat and learned that water was one of the first resources harnessed to bring power into rural homes locally.

The walk was followed by an interesting slideshow on the ‘Archimedes Screw’ and other modern water turbines being installed in the area. Over tea and home baking the audience learnt about the new government incentives (called Feed in Tariffs or FITs).

“Its amazing – I could have my savings returned in 7 years and start making a good profit. Its better than leaving them in the bank.” said local resident Mr Tomos.

The FITs now make small scale hydro, wind and photo voltaic installations a viable and lucrative investment for householders and farmers, reaping good profits in a few short years. The event was organised by Cwm Arian Renewable Energy project funded by the Low Carbon Communities Challenge.

For more project information see www.cwmarian.org.uk and visit Eco Centre Wales, in Newport for impartial general advice about renewables and the government incentives.

Hydro Walk

 

Day Trip to CAT

A Trip to the Centre for Alternative Technology, with a guided tour and a visit to a community wind turbine. On Sunday, March 27th. Places must be booked by Sunday 20th March.

Free admission and free transport there and back on the Green Dragon Bus. In fact, it's all free!

Don't miss out! Book your place now on 01239 831968.

CAT Tour 27th March 2011. 01239 831968

 

 

Cwm Arian March events

The following events are free and open to everyone, but dobook your place on the bus to CAT!

Cwm Arian Events March 2011

 

On the theme of transport... Fishguard Trains Petition

01.02.2011

Tomorrow night is Cwm Arian Renewable Energy's Transport Workshop (see below), and on the theme of local transport the Fishguard Trains Petition has been brought to our attention. It's a very worthwhile campaign to get more trains to the fishguard station- shockingly there are only 2 trains per 24 hours! Having more trains would promote toursim and get more people using the ferry.

You can log your support to the campaign here: Petition Website

There's more info and media coverage of the campaign on the following:
Petition Archive (Outdated, still online for reference)
BBC Wales Today Appearance & News Coverage
BBC News Online Article
Petition Campaign Video - English
Petition Campaign Video - Cymraeg
Petition Update - Bilingual

 

Transport Talks and Buffet Supper

02.02.2011

Cwm Arian Renewable Energy have organized a transport workshop, with a free buffet supper, to give information on saving money and the environment by using transport more efficiently. Everyone's welcome, so come along and join in if you can!

Transport Workshop Poster

 

Cwm Arian Renewable Energy Film

23.01.2011

A short film has been produced for the Cwm Arian Renewable Energy project, which focusses on the "Challenges faced". It's a rather strange film, as we've not really faced any challenges from the community to date - the project was born from consultation with the community. This will periodically be followed by further films on all aspects of the project.

 

 

Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (HEES) - Final Deadline Announced

22.01.2011

Over the past 10 years grants for heating and insulation have been provided by the government's HEES scheme. The scheme is being replaced, with the final deadline for applications by telephone being 18 February 2011. See our Energy Efficiency page for more details.

 

Cwm Arian Website Updated

18.01.2011

The Cwm Arian website has been updated. The updates feature:

A clean-up of the pages.
A handy 'calendar of community events' which can be updated by any active community member - just ask us for details (see below) - Events.
The Welsh language version of the site is now live - Cymraeg.
This News-feed on the home-page, please contact Cwm Arian if you have any news.

 

 

Calendar of Community Events

Contact us to add events to the community calendar. We can give you access to add events directly to it!

See the Events page for a full list of Events at the Community Centre and in the District.

 

 

A Message from Hermon Community Resource Centre

THANKS to all who Supported the acquisition of Ysgol Hermon for the community by participating in the Share Scheme!
See the plans for the building and it's extension here.