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A “Quiz Night” will be held on Wednesday 13^th November at 7pm at the West End Bowls Club, The Walk, Merthyr Tydfil.

The event is to raise funds for the Merthyr Tydfil Community Trust.

The Merthyr Tydfil Community Trust is a charitable trust that supports local voluntary and community groups. It makes small grants to small groups that make a big difference to them. It only supports groups operating in the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil. For more information on the Trust click on www.merthyrcommunitytrust.co.uk

Please support us by coming along and entering a team.

If you require further information or a booking form then please contact Ian Davy on 07966 698017 or at ian.davy@hotmail.co.uk

There is UV climbing in the dark party on the Friday evening, then a beginners climb competition on the Saturday, under 18 and adult comp! This competition is a totally fun event and not suitable for competitive club climbers. So please share, we really would like everyone and of abilities to feel they can be entering! 

The Outdoor Partnership are hosting in partnership with the Summit Centre, Rock UK an inclusive adventure films evening on Saturday, which is FREE and there is food and drink available to purchase. You will see more than your usual climbers on screen and have the opportunity to ask questions to some of the local inclusive climbing clubs.

We welcome more inspirational volunteer talks (please get in touch if this might be something you can offer)  

On the Sunday this is an opportunity for staff training, we have already filled the Climbing for All full days training course.  

 If you would like to join us and have a stall or run any additional activities; for all, part or some of the weekend, we welcome organisations  and individuals to get in touch with us and get involved! Summit Centre are also looking for volunteer belayers and volunteer climbing competition judges! We would welcome any inclusive cycling on the Taff trail!

There will be over 50 youth entering the competition on the Saturday accompanied by their families, there is lots of time they are not engaged in climbing and therefore plenty of time to engage with stalls and other activities.

Please see the SUMMIT Centre booking link for the event on the posters attached, where all the weekends opportunities are on one page to choose from. Please get in touch with them if you have any queries. 

Booking link below for all the activities available over the weekend:

https://app.rockgympro.com/b/widget/?a=list&&widget_guid=04f0803e059f4c07a396e23606acc886&random=6091605d942ea&iframeid=&mode=p&category_id=cat_b8be1f3a53144aa48ac2ea1cc7ba3417

Please note: Motorhomes and campervans are welcome to stay free of charge, there are toilets and washing up sinks available. There is bunkhouse accommodation options if required.

It will also be an opportunity to come and check out the 'Terrain Hopper' which has been generously donated and will live at Summit Centre and organisations are welcomed to contact them regarding loaning the terrain hopper to make their provision of activities more inclusive.

The Community Facilities Programme is significantly over-subscribed. This means we have a large number of applications in the pipeline.

To manage within our available budget, we will unfortunately have to pause the programme to new applications from 15 November 2024.

All applications currently in the pipeline and those received by 15 November will be processed in the normal way. Assessing these applications may take longer than usual – the Community Facilities Programme team will work as quickly as they can.

The Community Facilities Programme will re-open to new applications in 2025. We will announce the date at least a month ahead of the programme re-opening.

If you have any questions, please contact us at communityfacilitiesproghelp@gov.wales