Rhyl Flats Community Fund Backs Local Projects

RWE Innogy UK has awarded over GBP 21,000 to three community projects in Conwy, Wales, through the Rhyl Flats Wind Farm Community Fund.

Citizens Advice Bureau Cylch Conwy will receive GBP 9,769 to deliver an ‘Advice and Information at Home’ project. This will enable a caseworker to visit residents who are not able to attend their offices.

Deafblindness Cymru has been awarded GBP 8,873 to undertake a project which aims to resolve social issues related to deafblindness. The funding will support a free of charge Community Outreach Service for adults of all ages with sight and hearing loss or impairment as well as their families in all the RWE eligible wards.

Book of You is also set to benefit from GBP 2,500 support to recruit and train volunteer Life Reminiscence Champions to deliver reminiscence activities for people with dementia in the RWE community fund area, using Book of You’s multimedia life story system.

Katy Woodington, senior community investment officer for RWE Innogy UK, said: “It’s great to see the community investments from Rhyl Flats Offshore wind farm help to sustain and improve local services by funding projects which otherwise may not have got off the ground. It is especially rewarding to see that these projects include training for volunteers; not just supporting the charity but also helping to upskill the community.”

Other community or voluntary groups, charities, and town and community councils in Conwy are being encouraged to apply to the Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm Community Fund, which is administered by the Welsh Government and provides grants of between GBP 2,000 and GBP 10,000.

Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children, Carl Sargeant said: “I am pleased that these three important projects will share more than £21,000 funding. These projects will make a real difference to their communities, helping people gain confidence, learn new skills, support others and improve lives. The Rhyl Flats Wind Farm Community Fund is supporting projects which are at the very heart of the local community and I would encourage all community groups interested in applying for funding to find our more about the scheme.”

Rhyl Flats is a 25 turbine wind farm located approximately 8 kilometers off the coast of North Wales. It has a maximum installed capacity of 90 MW and can provide enough clean energy to satisfy the needs of approximately 61,000 average homes in Wales every year.