Skip to main content
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • google plus
  • linkedin
Home
Skyline
  • Home
  • About
  • Caerau
  • Treherbert
  • Ynysowen
  • Contact
  • Treherbert
    Man on a mission
    Ian walking above Fern Hill
  • Treherbert Library
    In the Library
    Ian and Lynne in the recently acquired Library
  • Treherbert
    Upper Rhondda
    Looking north towards Treherbert and the head of the valley
  • Sign
    Which future?
    Different ways are possible
  • Blaencwm
    Blaencwm
    Nestled in the valley
  • Workshop
    Skyline workshop
    10th September at the Arts Surgery in Tynewydd
  • Fernhill
    Fernhill
    The colliery site at the head of the valley
  • Treherbert
    Imaging the valley
    Surveying the valley from the Rhigos Road
  • Treherbert
    At the end of the street
    The forest

News & Events

Lunch
Treherbert Festival of Ideas
News
Painted sign
Treherbert Festival of Ideas
Events
See more

Latest Videos

All Videos

Questions

  • Who is managing the feasibility study?

    The feasibility study is being run by The Green Valleys Community Interest Company (TGV CIC) with funding from the Friends Provident Foundation.  TGV CIC is a local social enterprise with experience of community woodland and energy projects. 

    Skyline
  • What work will be done during the feasibility study?

    The most important work will be working with communities to explore what it might mean and to understand the risks and opportunities.  The feasibility project will be seeking to answer some of the following questions: 

    Skyline
  • Can you imagine your valley in 5 years? In 20 years? Maybe even in 100 years?

    What might a community choose to do with the land if it could plan not for the three years of a Lottery grant but for three generations? Create jobs from forestry? Support small-holdings or food projects?  Improve public access? Support wildlife?  Or a combination of ideas and more besides. 

    Skyline
All questions

Maps of Treherbert

Skyline area in Treherbert
The Skyline map for Treherbert
Maps
Coal Authority Map
Coal authority land in Treherbert
Maps
See more
Lunch

Treherbert Festival of Ideas

by skyline

A few photographs from the Festival of Ideas in Treherbert on 27th October. Huge thanks to Melissa, Justine and Rebecca from PEAK and to Emily from Caban Sgriblio, Owen, Carys and Sakina and everyone at Welcome to Our Woods for making it such a great day.

News
Sun, 11/04/2018 - 14:09
0 comments
  • Read more about Treherbert Festival of Ideas
  • Log in or register to post comments
Painted sign

Treherbert Festival of Ideas

by skyline

Save the date.  Saturday 27th October there will be a Festival of Ideas in Treherbert to explore what Skyline could mean for the town.  Details to follow, but save the date. 

Events
Wed, 10/03/2018 - 17:37
0 comments
  • Read more about Treherbert Festival of Ideas
  • Log in or register to post comments
Skyline area in Treherbert

The Skyline map for Treherbert

by skyline

This rough map shows the area that we are looking that is the focus of our attention in the Treherbert area. It is only approximate.  More detailed maps that reflect landownership, ecological status and current land use will be come available as the work continues. 

Maps
Sun, 09/16/2018 - 19:58
0 comments
  • Read more about The Skyline map for Treherbert
  • Log in or register to post comments
Coal Authority Map

Coal authority land in Treherbert

by skyline

The Coal Authority owns and is actively monitoring the site at Blaencwm. Although the stability of the land will restrict options there may be possibilities for community stewardship. 

Maps
Sun, 09/16/2018 - 19:53
0 comments
  • Read more about Coal authority land in Treherbert
  • Log in or register to post comments
Subscribe to Treherbert

Library

Here are links to a number of resources that have informed our work on Skyline.

  • Alastair McIntosh's Soil and Soul
  • Andros Linklater's Owning the Earth: the transforming history of land ownership 
  • The Welsh Government's National Assets Working Group's, Community Asset Transfer in Wales - A Best Practice Guide
  • Small is Successful - This report examines eight smallholdings with ecological land-based businesses on 10 acres or less. The smallholdings demonstrate that economically viable and highly sustainable land based livelihoods can be created on holdings of this size. 
  • The Summit2Sea project in Wales.
  • Transforming landscapes and identities in the south Wales valleys
  • NRW's report: Opportunities for managing the Rhondda's natural resources.
  • CarnegieUK Trust's international evidence for Turnaround Towns and their December 2017 report, Supporting Local Places and Local People: Opportunities and Challenges for Welsh Towns.
  • Farnearer.com for a selection of the projects around the UK where communities are building economic resilience.

Know if other research, reports, blogs, or resources about community action to develop stronger local communities and economies, then email me a link to skyline@thegreenvalleys.org and I will add it to the library. 

 

Home

Footer menu

  • News
  • Events
  • Contact
COPYRIGHT © 2018 SKYLINE PROJECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT © 2018 SKYLINE PROJECT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Subfooter

  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact