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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!

44. Working with the Menopause with Jayne Woodman

44. Working with the Menopause with Jayne Woodman

Jayne Woodman set up The Menopause Team in 2019 to assist employers and employees in establishing significantly better menopause outcomes for women and organisations. With Menopausal women ...
43. Crowdfunding Insights with Sweet Pickings Swansea

43. Crowdfunding Insights with Sweet Pickings Swansea

Sweet Pickings Swansea / Cyfoeth y Coed Abertawe is a community group tackling food poverty and waste by harvesting unpicked fruit (mainly apples) from trees around the Swansea area. Sweet ...
42. Growing Business with Purple Shoots ft. Karen Davies

42. Growing Business with Purple Shoots ft. Karen Davies

Purple Shoots Business Lending (“Purple Shoots”) is a not-for-profit micro finance organisation and a registered charity that have been helping people to start their own micro businesses for ...
41. Oriel Science Brings Science to the Community with Chris Allton

41. Oriel Science Brings Science to the Community with Chris Allton

Oriel Science is an exciting project that uses research from Swansea University to engage with the community and inspire people of all ages. Oriel Science had previously launched their first ...
40. TEDx Swansea: The Big Reveal with Mark Davies

40. TEDx Swansea: The Big Reveal with Mark Davies

With many great things happening in Swansea including the City Deal, the new digital arena and other major construction projects, it's the perfect time for the return of TEDxSwansea. TED is a ...
39. Building Your Business Back Better with Louis Halton Davies

39. Building Your Business Back Better with Louis Halton Davies

Today's episode features an inspiring conversation with a friend and member of our alliance Louis Halton Davies, founder of Web Marketer, which is a Carmarthenshire-based digital marketing ...
38. Dolen Teifi Community Transport

38. Dolen Teifi Community Transport

Dolen Teifi are a non-profit organisation and charity which aims to provide affordable and accessible transport to communities within Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. We speak to Dolen Teifi's ...
37. Election Special 2021 – Wellbeing Economy Hustings for Wales

37. Election Special 2021 – Wellbeing Economy Hustings for Wales

In this Election Special bonus episode, we're bringing you a recording of the online hustings event hosted by the Wellbeing Economy Alliance for Wales. With the Senedd elections less than one ...
36. Power to the People with Ant Flanagan

36. Power to the People with Ant Flanagan

Today we speak to Ant Flanagan, director of Gower Power Co-op CIC. Gower Power is a community co-operative owned and controlled by its members. In Swansea alone, Gower Power have put over £1.5 ...
35. Giving Something Back with Dave Kieft

35. Giving Something Back with Dave Kieft

In this episode, we speak to Dave Kieft, group director of RD Group, which comprises EFT Consult, RDM Electrical & Mechanical Services and DRS Facilities Management. We're really pleased to ...
Minecraft Milford Station

Minecraft Milford Station

Milford Haven Shipping Containers

Milford Haven Shipping Containers

Milford Haven Community Signage

Milford Haven Community Signage

34. Building Back For The Future with Andy Middleton

34. Building Back For The Future with Andy Middleton

This week we speak to Andy Middleton from TYF Adventure in St. Davids about the importance of not only building back better, but building back in a way that is fit for the future. How can we ...
33. Green Infrastructure

33. Green Infrastructure

Green infrastructure is a key part in major developments across our region, including the Biophilic Living Swansea development, community gardens and other regeneration projects across the South ...
32. What Next for Regional Tourism with Andrew Campbell

32. What Next for Regional Tourism with Andrew Campbell

With lockdown restrictions slowly being eased in Wales, it's time to consider what this means for the reopening of the visitor economy and tourism sector. We spoke to Andrew Campbell, Chair of ...
31. Investing in Future Skills with Barry Liles

31. Investing in Future Skills with Barry Liles

Dawn Lyle from 4theRegion speaks to Barry Liles OBE, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Skills and Lifelong Learning at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, about the transition to remote learning ...
30. Action on Food Waste in South West Wales

30. Action on Food Waste in South West Wales

Dawn Lyle and Zoe Antrobus from 4theRegion talk to Puffin Produce, Bluestone Resort, Castell Howell, Pembrokeshire Eco Champions, Matts Cafe and WRAP about Food Waste in hospitality, retail and ...
29. Biophilic Living Swansea

29. Biophilic Living Swansea

Biophilic Living Swansea is a mixed use development that includes affordable and shared ownership housing, as well as retail and commercial space. In this video, Carwyn Davies, director of Hacer ...
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WEAll Cymru Youth Forum

WEAll Cymru Youth Forum

Regional Transport Manifesto

Regional Transport Manifesto

MOVING FORWARD   |   TEITHIO YMLAEN We need greener, cleaner, healthier and better connected travel and transport for South West Wales, for a transport system that meets the needs of ...
Swansea Creative Focus Meetups

Swansea Creative Focus Meetups

GET INVOLVED We want to connect as many different groups and individuals as possible. If you would like to be part of this exciting collaboration for a creative Swansea, please ...
Regional Procurement Partnership

Regional Procurement Partnership

Welcome Banners at Stations

Welcome Banners at Stations

The new Community Rail Partnership for South West Wales wants to help promote the distinctiveness of local places by co-producing Welcome Banners with communities along the railway line. The ...
Llanelli Words of Kindness

Llanelli Words of Kindness

An idea emerging from our Shared Vision Meeting for Llanelli, this project seeks to use 'words of kindness' to strengthen the sense of community around Llanelli Train Station. Llanelli has been ...
Llanelli Station Community Garden

Llanelli Station Community Garden

Working with Incredible Edible Carmathenshire, we are talking to Network Rail about the disused land around Llanelli Train Station, to create a community garden and growing space that can serve ...
BOLT – A Regional Start-up Community

BOLT – A Regional Start-up Community

PROJECTS  > STARTING UP IN THE REGION  >  NEXT> BOLT - A REGIONAL START-UP COMMUNITY In partnership with Swansea University’s Enterprise Team, 4theRegion is building a new community ...
PODCASTS

PODCASTS

Community Rail Partnership

Community Rail Partnership

PROJECTS  > COMMUNITY RAIL PARTNERSHIPIN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRANSPORT FOR WALES SOUTH WEST WALES CONNECTEDCOMMUNITY RAIL PARTNERSHIPIn partnership with Transport for Wales, 4theRegion is the ...
Be Part of Swansea Creative Focus

Be Part of Swansea Creative Focus

Submit Your News

Submit Your News

Swansea Creative Focus

Swansea Creative Focus

COLLABORATIVE PROJECT SWANSEA CREATIVE FOCUS Working from our High Street Hub, Swansea Creative Focus is a collaboration by independent businesses, organisations and people, taking on the ...
PROJECTS

PROJECTS

As an independent citizen-led alliance, 4theRegion is uniquely positioned to facilitate a new kind of place-based whole system collaboration, that is not “council led” but which enables all ...
Sector Panels

Sector Panels

OUR SECTOR PANELS & INTEREST GROUPS 4theRegion is all about action, but we don't do anything on our own.  We are a community of do-ers, working together across sectors and county lines to ...
Development & Investment

Development & Investment

PROJECTS  >  IMPACT AREAS  > DEVELOPMENT & INVESTMENT >  NEXT> DEVELOPMENT & INVESTMENT We are focused on how people, communities and businesses can get more involved in ...
Well-Being Region

Well-Being Region

PROJECTS  >  IMPACT AREAS  > WELLBEING REGION >  NEXT>THE WELLBEING REGION 4theRegion is a movement to co-create a happier, healthier South West Wales with a thriving economy that ...
Circular Economy

Circular Economy

PROJECTS  >  IMPACT AREAS  > CIRCULAR ECONOMY >  NEXT> CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT We are on a mission to promote and support the people and projects that are ...
Creative Economy

Creative Economy

We know that creating a vibrant, creative, inclusive region is key to achieving our economic and social goals.  Our mission is to make South West Wales somewhere that people want to be, by ...
Roundtable & Conference Reports

Roundtable & Conference Reports

REPORTS AREA Browse the reports and event summaries from our roundtables and conferences.
Buying Regional and Procurement

Buying Regional and Procurement

PROJECTS  >  IMPACT AREAS  >  BUYING REGIONAL  >  NEXT>  BUYING REGIONAL & PROCUREMENT The Well-being of Future Generations Act says public organisations should spend 95% of ...
EFG 2019 – Exhibitor Details

EFG 2019 – Exhibitor Details

EMPOWERING FUTURE GENERATIONS 2019 - EXHIBITOR DETAILS