News and blogs

How our evaluation team give projects a leg-up

Blog

Here at Cwmpas, we believe in values-based evaluation which is entirely people focused. The team are fortunate to work with inspirational and life-changing projects. In…

5 December 2023

Resilient Welsh social enterprises are finding creative ways to cope, Cwmpas Director tells BBC

Cwmpas Director of Enterprise Glenn Bowen has told the BBC that social enterprises across Wales are finding creative ways to cope in the current challenging…

5 December 2023

White Ribbon Day: Our Commitment to Changing the Story for Women and Girls

The 25th of November is the Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls when globally we observe White Ribbon Day; a day…

24 November 2023

Vaughan Gething Highlights Impact of Social Business on Social Enterprise Day

Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething has said… Over the last few years, social enterprises have gone through some incredibly difficult and challenging times but have been…

16 November 2023

New Appointees Boost Fast-Growing Cwmpas Consultancy Team 

Blog

We are very pleased to welcome two new appointees to the fast-growing Cwmpas Business Growth and Consultancy team.  Samina Ali and Rachael Hobbs join us…

23 October 2023

Social Business Wales Awards celebrates invaluable work of Social Enterprises

The Senedd played host to the annual Social Business Wales Awards this year, recognising the invaluable work of six Welsh social enterprises. Social Business Wales,…

18 October 2023

How to hack your way to a fresh idea?

What if you could energise your team or community to innovate, find solutions and pitch fresh ideas? Sound interesting? Find out more about our Hack…

5 October 2023

New Chair announced for Cwmpas

Blog, News

Cwmpas has announced Richard Hughes as its new Chair. Richard joined the board of Cwmpas in 2019, then the Wales Co-Operative Centre, after experiencing first-hand…

4 October 2023

Leading pioneer retires as Chair of Cwmpas after four decades

Blog, News

A leading pioneer of the co-operative and trade union movement in Wales, David Jenkins, OBE, is to stand down from his role as the Chair…

28 September 2023

South Wales Tourism: Take on the Hackathon Challenge

Blog

On 19th September, Cwmpas held a Start Something Good® Community Tourism Hackathon for South Wales. As one of the facilitators, my head is still spinning…

22 September 2023

The Cwmpas team reflect on their time at the Eisteddfod Llyn ac Eifionydd

Hosting a stall at the National Eisteddfod, a festival that welcomes over 100,000 visitors annually, is an invaluable opportunity to meet with members of the…

12 September 2023

The shortlist for the prestigious Social Business Wales Awards 2023 is announced

News, Press and opinion, Social enterprise

Following a huge response to this years call for nominations for the Social Business Wales awards, we are thrilled to announce the shortlist for this…

29 August 2023

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