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!

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...

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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
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
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
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
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
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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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
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

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
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
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
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BOLT - A REGIONAL START-UP COMMUNITY
In partnership with Swansea University’s Enterprise Team, 4theRegion is building a new community ...

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Community Rail Partnership
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SOUTH WEST WALES CONNECTEDCOMMUNITY RAIL PARTNERSHIPIn partnership with Transport for Wales, 4theRegion is the ...

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Swansea Creative Focus
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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
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
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
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DEVELOPMENT & INVESTMENT
We are focused on how people, communities and businesses can get more involved in ...

Well-Being Region
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4theRegion is a movement to co-create a happier, healthier South West Wales with a thriving economy that ...

Circular Economy
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CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
We are on a mission to promote and support the people and projects that are ...

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

Buying Regional and Procurement
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BUYING REGIONAL & PROCUREMENT
The Well-being of Future Generations Act says public organisations should spend 95% of ...

EFG 2019 – Exhibitor Details
EMPOWERING FUTURE GENERATIONS 2019 - EXHIBITOR DETAILS