News & Projects
Catch up with 4theRegion’s activities across all our impact areas, from local food, to procurement, and from community changemakers to business start-ups – in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea & Neath Port Talbot. Simply browse or search our news, events, projects, reports and podcasts!
Stop the Economic Leak: South West Wales Leaders Call for ‘Whole Value’ Procurement to Keep Wealth Local
It’s Your Pembrokeshire 2026 brought together businesses, community groups, social enterprises, public bodies, young people, educators, volunteers and local organisations from across the county, ...
It’s Your Pembrokeshire 2026 Report
It’s Your Pembrokeshire 2026 brought together businesses, community groups, social enterprises, public bodies, young people, educators, volunteers and local organisations from across the county, ...
Pembrokeshire: Choose Local
The new Choose Local Directory from 4theRegion features businesses and organisations rooted in Pembrokeshire, collaborating for the county. Pick up your copy today!
Swansea: Choose Local
When we choose local, something powerful happens. Money circulates, jobs are supported, relationships are built, and confidence grows. That’s what this 4theRegion Directory is all about. Pick ...
Positive News & Local Media
MISSION HUB | If we want a thriving, confident region, we need to tell better stories about it. Too often, the narrative about places like Swansea and South West Wales is shaped elsewhere – ...
POSITIVE LOCAL MEDIA: Why it matters more than ever!
This is the report of the online conversation held in March 2026, bringing together 4theRegion members to discuss the importance of creating a sustainable, well supported local media landscape ...
It’s Your Swansea 2026 Report
It’s Your Swansea 2026 brought together businesses, community groups, social enterprises, public bodies, young people, educators, volunteers and local organisations from across the county, for a ...
Positive News and Local Media – Online Discussion
Thursday 16th April 2026
1pm-2:30pm Online Event
Join us to connect with those working to tell new stories in South West Wales.
Swansea Start-Up Expo 2026
Thurs 12th March 2026........
Back for a third year, this event welcomes anyone who is thinking of starting a business - or already on their start-up journey - to come and meet the people and ...
Directory
Discover the new County Directories that connect South West Wales. 4theRegion is launching a series of four printed books, backed by an online Directory, to champion the businesses, ...
Exhibitor Hub
If you're exhibiting at one of 4theRegion's events, this page provides the information you need and links to submit your details for the programme and name badges. Thank you for supporting our events!
What is an Open Agenda?
Open Agenda - Putting Shared Conversation at the Heart of Our Events. 4theRegion facilitates events in a special way, to encourage shared conversations among participants, rather than passive ...
Place-Sensitive Economic Development
Here’s a term I’ve recently encountered during an IWA/WCPP webinar: place-sensitive economic development. It’s a simple phrase, but an important one. The underlying insight was that economic ...
Six Weeks to Go Until Swansea’s Open Agenda Conference
We are delighted to announce our landmark conference It’s Your Swansea 2026, taking place on Thursday 12 March 2026 at the Swansea Building Society Arena.
Now in its 6th year, the It’s Your ...
Showcase Your Organisation
4theRegion events are the ideal platform for any business or organisation in South West Wales looking to raise their profile and connect with audiences in Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, ...
Its Your Swansea 2026
Connect with YOUR city at this major annual event for the people, businesses and organisations of Swansea
Our landmark Swansea conference and exhibition is back at Swansea Building Society Arena ...
December Regional Round-Up 2025
Read about shopping local, drones, wind farms, Aladdin, and so much more!
November Regional Round-Up 2025
Read about renewable energy, art exhibitions, dinosaurs, butter chicken tacos, and so much more!
Green Economy 2025
Building a Greener Future for Wales
4theRegion is delighted to announce the return of the Green Economy Conference, taking place on Thursday 13 November 2025 at the Swansea Building Society Arena. This major regional event will ...
Exhibitor Hub – Green Economy
If you're exhibiting at one of 4theRegion's events, this page provides the information you need and links to submit your details for the programme and name badges. Thank you for supporting our events!
October Regional Round-Up 2025
Read about investment, clean air, busting blood clots, pumpkins, and so much more!
September Regional Round-Up 2025
Read about babies, one of the UK's happiest places, single use packaging, a houseplant cafe, and so much more!
August Regional Round-Up 2025
Read about coastal flood defences, the world's first 150 mph car, Ancient Egypt, Snoop Dogg, and so much more!
July Regional Round-Up 2025
Read about Wales' best pub, the UK's cleanest air, skateparks, solar power in space, and so much more!
Who Is Involved
One of the most powerful things about 4theRegion is the people and organisations who make it what it is. We’re not a single organisation delivering a top-down programme. We’re a network – a ...
How We Work
A Culture of Connection
At 4theRegion, we’re often asked what it is we actually do. And to be honest, it’s not always easy to explain.
We’ve never wanted to build a traditional organisation. ...
Who We Are
4theRegion is a small organisation – just the two of us full time, plus a few amazing team members and freelancers who support different parts of the work.
We’re not a big institution. We don’t ...
Why We Exist
We started 4theRegion because something was missing. So many brilliant people, doing good work – but disconnected from each other. So many conversations happening in silos. So many decisions ...
What is 4theRegion?
We often get asked what 4theRegion actually is. Are we a business network? A consultancy? A campaign group? The truth is, we don’t fit neatly into any of those boxes.
4theRegion is a regional ...
June Regional Round-Up 2025
Read about world first surgery, manufacturing in microgravity, bio-goats, a secret bar within a bar, and so much more!
Transformation
A Five-Year Programme to invest in South West Wales from the ground up
May Regional Round-Up 2025
Read about the UK's cleanest beach, huge dinosaurs, VR headsets, edible soap, and so much more!
April Regional Round-Up 2025
Read about wind farms, blue plaques, oysters, Formula 1, and so much more!
Our Events 2025
4theRegion is hosting a calendar of exciting, inclusive events in 2025, including county-events in Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Swansea. 4theRegion events are open to ...
Its Your Neath Port Talbot 2024
If you live or work in Neath Port Talbot, you are invited to this cross-sector discussion forum, which is all about co-creating a happier, healthier county with a thriving economy!
March Regional Round-Up 2025
Read about vast solar farms, the real Merlin, footballers' fingers, the big wheel at Aberavon, and so much more!
February Regional Round-Up 2025
Read about giant batteries, self-healing roads, a time machine app, ice cream sandwiches, and so much more!
Pembrokeshire Supply Chain Alliance
The Pembrokeshire Supply Chain Alliance is a new partnership of major employers and anchor organisations in the county, working together to decarbonise their operations and strengthen the local ...
Join Us
JOIN USBe part of South West Wales' transformation - a future where we work together to create a stronger, more sustainable, and more prosperous region.Our work is powered by the people and ...
Partnerships
We create partnerships!
Bringing people, businesses and organisations together to achieve shared goals for South West Wales.At 4theRegion, we believe collaboration is the key to driving positive ...
January Regional Round-Up 2025
Read about the highest restaurant in Wales, repairing bones inspired by coral, using seaweed to boost crop yields, the best beaches for a winter walk, and so much more!
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