Now Open: Free Digital Mentoring for Third Sector Organisations in Wales

Is your organisation ready to embrace smarter digital ways of working? The Newid Programme is offering free, tailored mentoring support to help charities, social enterprises, and community groups across Wales modernise how they work. Applications are open until 5pm on 30 June 2025.
About the Programme
Newid is a partnership programme delivered by WCVA, Cwmpas and ProMo-Cymru, with funding from Welsh Government.
We support the Welsh third sector to make the most of digital. This includes offering practical training, advice, and resources to help organisations build confidence and improve how they work using digital tools.
Through shared learning and real-world insights, we help charities and community groups adopt effective digital and modern workplace practices. We also promote the Centre for Digital Public Services (CDPS) standards and person-centred design to create better, more inclusive services.
About this ‘Open Call’
The Newid Programme is seeking a limited number of Welsh Third Sector organisations, Social Enterprises, charities, and Community Organisations to participate in our tailored mentoring support initiative. This programme is designed to help your organisation embrace technology, work more efficiently, save money, and make lasting, meaningful changes from within.
What is Mentoring Support
- Assessment of current business operational practise
- Personalised mentoring support exploring bespoke digital transformation and modernisation options
- Guidance on considering and implementing improved operational (short and longer term)
- Support to develop internal capacity for continued innovation
- Establish clear and simple plans and approaches that empowers your teams to drive change
Eligibility
To be eligible, your organisation must:
- Be a registered third sector organisation operating in Wales with a turnover in excess of £20,000.00 per annum.
- Demonstrate readiness to engage fully with the programme
- Have capacity to implement changes with internal resources
- Commit to the full duration of the mentoring support (see FAQ’s)
Selection Process
Due to limited spaces, we will select participants through a fair and transparent scoring process. Applications will be evaluated based on responses to key questions, with equal consideration given to organisations across all regions of Wales.
Important Information
- Application Deadline: 5:00pm June 30th 2025
- Programme Duration: June 2025 – March 2026
- Contact for Queries: marc.davies@cwmpas.coop
Apply now!
Next Steps
Successful applicants will be notified by 15th July 2025 Unfortunately, due to the limited capacity within this offer, not all applicants will be successful. Where possible unsuccessful applicants will receive feedback and information about alternative support options. We will also retain a reserve list in case some successful applicants will withdraw from the process.