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Npower and National Grid - Warm Wales
Established by National Grid in 2004, Warm Wales operates on a not-for-profit basis and aims, through partnership, to reduce fuel poverty in homes and improve the energy efficiency of all properties in local authority areas throughout Wales.
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Red Dragon - Silver Jubilee Big Tick
Red Dragon (part of GCap Media Plc) is a local commercial radio station that broadcasts over South East Wales and is committed to supporting the local communities in which it operates. The station set up its own charitable trust – Help a South Wales Child (HASW) – in 1997 to address the social issues identified by its core audience.
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Merrill Lynch Raising Achievement in Young People Award sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry
Future Blues is a skills based community development programme which replaced the old Capital Rugby scheme and was a partnership between Cardiff RFC and Black Horse.
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Pontbren Farming Group - Sustainable Agriculture
Most domestic farmers are dependent on grant aid. The reform of CAP will result in lower incomes for many upland farmers and there is concern that the landscape will change irrecoverably if hill farmers leave the land. By working together and innovating, the Pontbren Farming Group is ensuring that their upland farms remain sustainable.
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Camelot Group plc
Going ‘back to school’ helped Camelot Group staff build relationships and feel a real sense of achievement. The pupils and staff of Somerton Primary School now have a more attractive learning and teaching environment.
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Rhondda Housing Association - Working Together
Rhondda Housing Association developed and manages “Working Together” a project that develops innovative ways for organisations to work together to provide services within socially excluded communities of Rhondda Cynon Taff.
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BHP Billiton - Liverpool Bay Asset
BHP Billiton are enhancing their reputation and building staff pride and motivation by creating a safety village and building a community centre for an isolated and scattered community in North Wales.
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British Gas Rhondda Cynon Taf - here to HELP
The British Gas ‘here to HELP’ programme is a groundbreaking community initiative launched in July 2002. It provides a ‘one stop shop’ solution to household poverty and seeks to support the 4 million vulnerable households in Great Britain who are deemed to be in 'fuel poverty'. The main causes of 'fuel poverty' are poor energy efficiency, low incomes and high fuel bills which can result in needless winter deaths, illness and poor quality of life.
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Airbus UK - Charity Challenge
Charity Challenge is a structured employee programme designed to support both the community in which Airbus work as well as a wide range of both local and national charities.
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Benfield ATT
Benfield ATT’s business is timber frame building and sustainable housing provision; they operate from Caldicot in Monmouthshire and have a staff of 24.
