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!

February Regional Round-Up 2023
We’ve kept up with the headlines from across South West Wales this month, to bring you the best regional news for Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea! Our goal is to ...

Swansea City Centre Conference 2023
The third annual City Centre Conference is set to be an incredible day, showcasing everything that’s great about Swansea and hearing from the people, organisations and businesses who are making ...

January Regional Round-Up 2023
We’ve kept up with the headlines from across South West Wales this month, to bring you the best regional news for Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea! Our goal is to ...

Where does our food come from?
We believe that access to locally sourced food is more important than ever. The last couple of years has demonstrated the weaknesses in global supply chains, and with the uncertainties around ...

Swansea Creative Focus 2022
Swansea Creative Focus 2022
Swansea Creative Focus exists to connect people, share updates on what's happening, and co-create new projects and initiatives related to the creative sector in ...

December Regional Round-Up 2022
We’ve kept up with the headlines from across South West Wales this month, to bring you the best regional news for Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea! Our goal is to ...

November Regional Round-Up 2022
We’ve kept up with the headlines from across South West Wales this month, to bring you the best regional news for Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea! Our goal is to ...

Circular & Green Economy Sector Forum October 2022
4theRegion members met with businesses and organisations across South West Wales to share their insights surrounding the circular economy, ambitions for the future and emerging opportunities to ...

Gower Fields to Forks project brings locally grown food to Bishopston School
A new project, Gower Fields to Forks, is bringing together several local farms with Bishopston Comprehensive School and food distributor Castell Howell in a ground-breaking series of ...

Destination, Travel & Tourism Sector Forum September 2022
4theRegion members met with businesses and organisations across South West Wales to share perspectives, experiences and opportunities in the travel and tourism sector.

October Regional Round-Up
We’ve kept up with the headlines from across South West Wales this month, to bring you the best regional news for Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea! Our goal is to ...

Future of the Region – Youth Engagement Event
Right across the region of South West Wales there are people, businesses, organisations inspiring the next generation to be the best they can be.

Everyone’s Invited
Community is essential to human wellbeing. Real community can’t be designed from above. We have to do it ourselves. It’s about taking responsibility for doing things in your local area to build ...

Field to Fork
PROJECTS > GOWER FIELD TO FORKGOWER FIELD TO FORKIn partnership with a number of Swansea-based organisations, we are leading on a project to demonstrate the benefits of using local suppliers ...

Looking for support for your business?
Considering self-employment? Want to grow an existing business? Did you know there’s a range of support available for you? It’s not always easy to know what support is available for ...

Creative & Digital Sector Forum September 2022
We really believe that the creative sector has a big role to play, in creating opportunities for young people, making the region a vibrant place to live, and pooling skills and talent for the ...

September Regional Round-Up
We’ve kept up with the headlines from across South West Wales this month, to bring you the best regional news for Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea! Our goal is to ...

What shall we create?
South West Wales is home to lots of creative people and businesses. We are a region of poets, artists and performers. Just look at Gwen John, Dylan Thomas, Richard Burton, Sir Anthony ...

Getting Around Swansea Project Hub
PROJECTS > GETTING AROUND SWANSEAGETTING AROUND SWANSEAIn partnership with Swansea Environmental Forum and SCVS, we are conducting a series of events supported by Swansea Council with ...

August Regional Round-Up
We’ve kept up with the headlines from across South West Wales this month, to bring you the best regional news for Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea! Our goal is to ...

Everything’s better with water
Summer’s here! For some people there’s nothing better than to lie on the beach. Maybe you’d like something a bit more active? Or maybe you just want to cool off? Either way, everything’s better ...

Shared Vision Meetings
Our TEDx Talk about Shared Vision Meetings is now live on TED.com and we are excited to share our intentional approach to conversational design with the world! At 4theRegion, we believe that ...

50. Green Construction and Decarbonisation
Following the Green Recovery Conference on the 27th June, we brought colleagues together to ask the question: How can South West Wales lead the way in green construction and the decarbonisation ...

Green Recovery Conference
As the Swansea business community, and as a county, we get to decide: will we respond proactively, to build a flourishing future where our businesses, our communities and our natural ...

July Regional Round-Up
We’ve kept up with the headlines from across South West Wales this month, to bring you the best regional news for Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea! Our goal is to ...

Building the region
At 4theRegion we’ve been very excited about the construction of Copr Bay. Phase one of this £135m project has brought Swansea an amazing new arena (where we hosted its first major conference!), ...

App
Our new app has been created to promote local sourcing in South West Wales, and to showcase businesses from across the region. Add your organisation and list your products and services for ...

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Swansea Green Recovery Business Conference
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Don't miss this landmark business conference for Swansea, giving local companies a meaningful voice and part to play in the county’s green transition. We ...

Food for the Region Project Hub
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FOOD FOR THE REGION
What we eat, where our food comes from, and what we do with our land across the region has a massive impact on the health, ...

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Neath Port Talbot Innovation Exchange
On behalf of Invest Neath Port Talbot (NTPCBC), 4theRegion is convening a new innovation partnership for the construction, digital, technology, engineering and manufacturing sectors, to ...

49. In Conversation with Marcia Sinfield
In this episode, Dawn speaks to Marcia Sinfield, Chief Executive of Caredig about their rebrand, what social value means to her and the value of local sourcing and working together.

EVENT REPORTS
Browse our past events to see our events report and emerging actions.

Moving Forward Together Project Hub
PROJECTS > MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER
MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER
In partnership with Swansea Environmental Forum and Natural Resources Wales, we held a major transport conference for South West ...

SECTOR FORUMS
We convene sector forums for 4theRegion member businesses and organisations in South West Wales, to get clear on what our alliance should focus on in each of our six impact areas. To get ...

NEWSLETTER
Every month, we pull together the region's top headlines to create your Good News Update from 4theRegion. From development and investment news, to community projects and business opportunities: ...

Swansea City Centre Conference
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48. The Three Ps of Social Value
In our new series, we'll be exploring the wider question of how we reshape our economy based on what really matters, and why we think attachment to place should be at the heart of how we think ...

47. Young Changemakers
This week we're hearing from inspiring young people from Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. The future of our region is in the hands of the younger generation, and we're interested in what motivates ...

46. Investing in Swansea
It's currently an exciting time to be in Swansea city centre with many developments taking place as part of massive investments, including the Swansea Bay City Deal. We spoke to a few of those ...

45. The Pembrokeshire Perspective with Tegryn Jones
Tegryn Jones is the Chair of the Pembrokeshire Public Services Board and Chief Executive at Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority. We spoke to Tegryn about his involvement with the ...