News and blogs

Working Together to Build Digital Capability in NHS Wales

Blog, Digital inclusion

Digital transformation is a high priority for NHS Wales. However, a significant gap exists between the rapid advancements in healthcare technologies and the workforce's ability…

28 April 2025

Statement From Cwmpas – Affordable Community-Led Housing

Press and opinion

We read a report from Nation Cymru on 23 April: Plans rejected for farmstead-style community The report details the reasons given by Swansea Council for refusing…

25 April 2025

Young care leavers find strength together at Sunflower Lounge

Blog, Social enterprise

From a traumatic childhood, Helen Davies overcame imposter syndrome and self-doubt to found Sunflower Lounge and create a safe space for young people estranged from…

9 April 2025

Cwmpas announces range of digital inclusion guides to lead the way to digital wellbeing in Wales

Digital inclusion

Cwmpas’s Digital Communities Wales (DCW): Digital Confidence, Health and Well-being team is the leading authority on digital inclusion training in Wales. DCW has produced a…

25 March 2025

North Wales businesses boost local resilience and job satisfaction through employee ownership

Blog, Employee ownership

For over 30 years, Cwmpas has supported businesses to transfer to employee ownership – from Tower Colliery, which became the largest employee-owned company in Wales…

18 March 2025

Andrea Wayman joins the Social Enterprise Stakeholder Group as our independent Chair

News, Social enterprise

The Social Enterprise Stakeholder Group is delighted to announce that Andrea Wayman will be joining as the group’s new independent Chair. The SESG believes that…

14 March 2025

International Women’s Day: Welsh social enterprises Accelerating Action for all women and girls

Blog, Social enterprise

This International Women’s Day, we’re joining with like-minded social enterprises across Wales to celebrate incredible women. Social enterprises are creating opportunities for women and girls,…

6 March 2025

Community-led housing can help solve Wales’s housing problem

Blog, Housing

Community-led housing takes various forms, including community land trusts (around 300 in England and Wales), co-housing units, mutual home ownership societies, and housing co-operatives, all…

3 March 2025

Hwyliaith: Language can be fun!

Blog, Social enterprise

The Welsh language is a vital part of Wales’s identity, and remains at the heart of modern Welsh life. Welsh heritage reflects the people and…

1 March 2025

Cwmpas supports Hoop Recruitment into employee ownership

Blog, Employee ownership

Hoop Recruitment, one of Wales’s leading independently owned recruitment companies, has transitioned to employee ownership with business support from Cwmpas and legal support from Acuity.…

28 February 2025

‘Pont Digidol’ bridges the digital gap for North Wales Housing residents

Blog, Digital inclusion

At a recent digital inclusion session at Llys y Coed, Llanfairfechan in Conwy, north Wales, two 92-year-old friends and North Wales Housing residents, Glenys and…

25 February 2025

Unpaid carers in Bridgend ask ‘Who Cares?’

Blog, Social care

A group of unpaid carers in Bridgend County Borough are pleading for authorities to make their caring lives easier at the launch of their original…

21 February 2025

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