Project Summary :Tir Coed will create opportunities for disadvantaged people within rural parts of Pembrokeshire, Powys and Ceredigion to access well-being woodland activities and woodland skills training courses. Week long intensive training will be available along with mentoring support, work placements and guidance to set up micro-enterprises, become self-employed or start a co-operative in the sector.The grant over two years will part fund staff salaries. It will also part fund general running costs..

Support for LAF Director Alexandra Buchler to travel to Indonesia and Singapore in October-November 2017 to participate in the Asia Pacific Writers and Translators Conference; to attend the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival; and to lead a Poetry Translation Workshop and participate in the Singapore Writers Festival.

Goginan Community Association

Project Summary :Goginan Community Association in Ceredigion will use the grant to purchase a new marquee and PA system to continue hosting their annual village party.What Money is for :This grant for ?2,886 will fund an analogue mixer, two PA speakers with stands, a Gala tent and pegs and a ground bar set.

In partnership with Simon Harris' Lucid, Creu Cymru will look to continue its brokerage approach to the development of creative partnerships and collaboration between venues and producers. The project aims to foster key relationships in order to provide opportunities to develop high-quality, innovative Welsh-based work capable of developing work that responates with communities and audiences.

Crossed Paths is a production project: an exhibition, publication, public programme and documentary film. It is an interdisciplinary, artist - led field - work that will explore non - representational approaches to mountain ecology through performance, film and audio. The exhibition will take place at Oriel Davies, Newtown, Wales - 21 April -- 13 June 2018

MusicFest Aberystwyth 30th anniversary project

Aberystwyth Friendship Group in Ceredigion will use the grant to take their members on a series of trips to reduce social isolation. This grant for ?4,998 will fund travel costs and meals.

Datgloi Hanes Cudd y Rhyfel Mawr

50+ forum feeling healthier project

Bywyd Newydd iÔÇÖr Hen Goleg / New Life for Old College

Celtic Neighbours, wish to review their mission, revisit their governance, look in detail at the staffing needs of the organisation, evaluate the feedback of stakeholders, and develop a stronger digital presence for the project. To undertake this work, Celtic Neighbours wish to work with Dermot MacLaughlin, to conduct an independent review the organisation and also to facilitate a two day directors' retreat. This work will take place from mid-June to end of October 2017.

Elite Cymru Application

Mes Bach/Little Acorns Child Care in Aberystwyth will use the grant to improve their outdoor facilities for up to 100 children that use the service daily, during holidays, or at the toddler group. This grant for ?5,000 will fund a play cabin and surfacing.

A National Broadcast Archive for Wales: Access for all to the BBC Wales Archive

St Padarn's Playgroup in Aberystwyth will use the grant to provide an opportunity for the children attending the playgroup to learn about health eating. This grant for ?4,973 will fund six tablets, a laptop, an interactive whiteboard, kitchen scales, a food mixer, kitchen utensils, kitchen units, a cooker, a fridge freezer, and labour costs.

To support Aberystwyth University (Ceramic Archive) to develop a collaborative project exploring themes of "Crossings" journeys and metamorphosis. Project will culminate in exhibitions at STORIEL Bangor, Blue Egg Gallery Wexford, Pontio (tbc) and Aberystwyth/Old College Arts Centre. April 2017 to March 2018.

Project to develop Creu Cymru's presenting sector CPD work throughout 2017/18 for the benefit of its membership. The project aims to increase the skills and expertise of Welsh theatre and arts centre staff by enhancing the understanding of the skills involved with the presentation of high quality arts events. The programme of activity enables CPD and Research opportunities for programmers and marketeers presenting drama, dance, music, circus and cross-artform work.

Uchelgais Diwylliannol / Cultural Ambition: Diversifying the heritage workforce through collaboration, opportunity and skills

To support Celtic Neighbours continuting links with partners in the Basque Country, specifically through a residency for Luned Rhys Parri in Lekunberri.

Active Kids

Aberystwyth 50+ Forum

Robin Huw Bowen has applied for support to perform at the 3rd Encuentro de Arpas in Colombia in March 2017.

Poetry Connections India-Wales

Project to enable the artist to attend a peer-to-peer project based workshop at the Open Studio Workshops at Mellon Charles in the Scottish Highlands from March 13 - 20th March 2017, with experienced professionals (Eddie Ephraums, Paul Wakefield and possibly Joe Cornish), with the aim of preparing the artist to be able to deliver a future presentation.

Ysgol Penllwyn After School Club in Aberystwyth will use the grant to improve the provisions available for members during the Winter. This grant for ?3,845 will fund floodlights, waterproof clothing, wellington boots, folding tables, outdoor and indoor toys, a shed, electrical activity kits, a projector and screen, and training costs.

Aberystwyth Town Council

Project Summary :The project will develop a derelict area of wasteland and an outdated skate-park into a fully integrated park including a green plaza, a state of the art skate park, play facilities, spaces for community activity, wildlife area and a climbing wall for all ages.What Money is for :The grant, over one year, will pay for construction costs and professional fees. It will also pay for a freelance Client Agent and a freelance Project Ambassador for six months.

The Agor Drysau Opening Doors International Festival for Young Audiences will start to plan in 2017 for its 2018 Festival. The Festival happens every two years in Aberystwyth and around Wales.

Afg Get Fit With Yoga and Tai Chi

Caffael Byrddau Rasio/Hyfforddi Mawr Meddal Ar Gyfer Y 'Nipper-Juniors'

Further Training In Aikido

Ceredigion Local Sports Council will use the grant to bring people together on their 25th anniversary to celebrate the great work that volunteers do in the local area. This grant for ?1,900 will fund trophies, shields, polo shirts, translation costs, buffet, frames and certificates, and a bilingual programme.

Ysgol Penllwyn Parent Teachers Association in Aberystwyth will use the grant to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Capel Bangor, particularly focusing on an intergenerational celebration event for the local school. This grant for ?1,900 will fund an arts facilitator sessional worker, refreshments, printing costs, exhibition costs, and sound equipment.

Llanbadarn Fawr Senior Citizens Club

Llanbadarn Fawr Senior Citizens Club in Aberystwyth will use the grant to provide activities to prevent social isolation amongst their 20 members. This grant for ?2,482 will fund transport, entrance fees, refreshments, an end of year meal, afternoon tea, and resources.

'Oubliette' is Ellen Bell's response to Oriel Davies's 'Drawing Room' project area in its historical incarnation as a private, domestic withdrawing space. The project will comprise a one-day performance that will re-imagine the sampler as a form of creative writing. The title, meaning dungeon, is a reference to the punishingly-impossible tasks meted out to fairy-tale protagonists, such as spinning straw to gold, and the kind of rooms in which they performed them.

The Aberystwyth Joy Riders will use the grant to provide members, who are at risk of social isolation, with a series of activities and trips. This grant for ?3,000 will fund transport to places of interest such as Welshpool and Elan Valley.

Pared Gwyl Dewi Aberystwyth

Penparcau Community Forum Ltd in Aberystwyth will use the grant to bring local people together to celebrate the opening of their community centre. This grant for ?2,000 will fund refreshments, publicity and marketing materials, entertainment, and decorations.

'A 150m-year mystery solved?' Jurassic Heritage Exhibition at Old College with National Museum Wales

Prifio will combine exhibitions and performances, workshops and presentations, four residencies and two tours, to create an exciting, accessible symbiosis between modern Welsh, asque and Irish culture. Four embedded artists, each from a European smaller-language community, all native speakers committed to cultural diversity, will live and work for four weeks in a different host community.

Modifying Canolfan Arad Goch entrance

Archaeology for Mental Health: War Memorial Survey

This is a proposal for a high quality arts programme of events and activities for the 2017 biennial International Ceramics Festival, which is held at Aberystwth University and Arts Centre. It is a key Festival and event in Wales, and the ceramics world calendar, now in its 30th year.

The project aims are two-fold, to benefit the literary sector in Wales and to develop LAF's own practice.

Coach Training

Gideon Koppel applied for funding to travle to Amsterdam to visit Unseen Photography Festival and to research and create opportunities for him to exhibit his work there in the future by developing relationships with suitable galleries in Amsterdam and in nearby cities.

Project Summary :Merched y Wawr Cangen Melindwr, in Ceredigion, will take their members on two trips to places of interest in Wales and purchase equipment to share their experiences with the community. The group will also purchase a defibrillator for the local area. The grant, of ?3,983, will fund a defibrillator, projector, digital camera and case, two flasks and transport costs.

Wales Literature Exchange programme of work 2016-17Strategic Awards Organizations.

Ystwyth CC Juniors

Double Mounting Block (Ti)

Clwb Hwyl Plascrug, in Ceredigion, will provide training sessions for staff in order to raise their capacity and enhance the play provision provided to children who attend. The grant, of ?4,952, will fund training sessions, five outdoor tables, outdoor games equipment and storage.

Treftadaeth elusen arbennig Merched y Wawr a'i chyfraniad i ddiwylliant Cymru

All-In Swimming Club, based in Aberystwyth, will run swimming lessons and water based taster sessions for people with learning difficulties and disabilities. This grant for ?2,408 is for the hire of a swimming pool.

Training Volunteers In Local Sports Clubs

Adult Disability Multisports Session (Ti)

Wheelchair Basketball For Young People (Ti)

Safety Riding Helmets (Ti)

The future life-histories of UK street-choirs

Wft 2016/17

In partnership with Simon Harris' Lucid, Creu Cymru will look to continue its brokerage approach to the development of creative partnerships and collaboration between venues and producers. The project aims to foster key relationships in order to provide opportunities to develop high-quality, innovative Welsh-based work that resonates with communities and audiences.The brokerage system involves periods of research, field trips, creative residencies, and occasional seed-funding of co-productions.

Commemorating the forgotten U-boat war around the Welsh coast: Exploration, access and outreach

Commemorating the forgotten U-boat war around the Welsh coast 1914-18: Exploration, Access and Outreach

Project to develop Creu Cymru's presenting sector CPD work throughout 2016/17. The project aims to increase the skills and expertise of theatre and arts centre professionals by enhancing the understanding of the skills involved with the presentation of high quality arts events. The programme of activity enables CPD and Research opportunities for programmers and marketeers presenting drama, dance, music, circus and cross-artform work.

Aberystwyth Friendship Group will use the grant to establish a series of trips for 20 members at risk of social isolation. This grant for ?3,670 will fund travel, entrance fees, tickets, and refreshments.

Aberystwyth Arts Centre aim to take SATURDAY NIGHT FOREVER in partnership with Difficult-stage, with whom they are shaping a joint 'Modern Wales' campaign to present ALIX IN WONDERGARTEN and SATURDAY NIGHT FOREVER in the same venue, as two examples of the excellent work that is being made in Wales. It is hoped that it will be presented at one of the Pleasance venues in Edinburgh in 2016.

Caroline Stockford is applying for funding for two Welsh poets and translators to undertake bi-lingual performances, poetry translation and meetings in Turkey.

Creu Cymru Limited

CC - Coach Education and Equipment

Camddwr Shooting Society

Caffael mwy o fyrddau achub/diogelwch ar y mor.

CC - Coach Education and Equipment

Llanfarian Village Cricket Club

Better Coaches - Better Facilities - Improved Participants

Wiff-Waff Ceredigion

Literature Across Frontiers are applying for funding to attend the Bookworm International Literary Festival and the Script Road Festival in China.

Llwyn yr Eos Out of School Club

TOSTA CYMRU will run between December 2015 and conclude in October 2016. Between February and April, a Welsh artist will live and work for six weeks in Galicia, and during the same period the community in Bro Ddyfi will host, mentor and learn from a visiting artist from the Basque Country. Additionally, two young people from Wales (selected by Theatr Felinfach) will travel to Donostia in the Basque Country for four days of collaboration and training, along with their counterparts from six other cultures.

Cymdeithas Gofal The Care Society

CC - Coach Education and Venue Hire

Pared Gwyl Dewi Aberystwyth

Cylch Meithrin Trefeurig

Rotary Club of Aberystwyth Charity Trust Fund

The project aims are two-fold, to benefit the literary sector in Wales and to develop LAF's own practice.

CC - 1071 Coach Education

An application to support the fourth North Wales International Poetry Festival in October 2015

Robin has been invited to perform at the Festival Latinamericano de Arpa in Mexico, in October 2015.

Aberystwyth and District Civic Society

St Padarn's Playgroup

Tir Coed

Knit and Chat

CC - 1059 Coach Education and Revenue

CC - 1056 Coach Education

CC - 1056 Revenue and Equipment (TI)

Dawns i Bawb

Veterans Oral History Project

Penparcau Community Forum Ltd

To produce and present an original Welsh musical as a partnership between Arad Goch and the Wales Millennium Centre to tour in late 2015.

CC - 1049 Coach Education andn Equipment