In 2011, well into retirement, I heard that the Abergavenny Civic Society was being revitalised by community-minded volunteers like Sue and Tony Konieczny and Alan Michie, and I felt that I might help. It was apparent that we newcomers did…
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The Civic Trust for Wales promotes civic pride as a means to improving the quality of life for all in the places where we live and work, and encourages community action, good design, sustainable development and respect for the built environment amongst people of all ages.
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Exploring Abergavenny – a personal view
Tagged with: Abergavenny, Abergavenny and District Civic Society, characterisation
Posted in characterisation, magazine, network
Posted in characterisation, magazine, network
Ewart Parkinson, a man of many achievements
Ewart Parkinson who sadly died on 9 March 2015 was highly influential in the planning and the civic movement in Wales. He was also a kind and generous friend and mentor to many. The below article is reproduced with the…
Tagged with: Cardiff City Council, Cardiff Civic Society, Civic movement, Ewart Parkinson, RTPI President
Posted in network, planning
Posted in network, planning
Learn about the work of Rhiwbina Civic Society
On Tuesday March 17th Rhiwbina Civic Society is holding a public meeting. All are welcome. Come and learn about the varied and interesting work of this Society. We’ll have an exhibition about the different projects, a book launch of the updated ‘The…
Tagged with: Beulah Road, Explore Rhiwbina, Public meeting, rhiwbina, Rhiwbina Civic Society, Street names of Rhiwbina, Trevor Fishlock
Posted in network, news
Posted in network, news
NAW factsheet: Community buildings, places of worship and faith groups
The National Assembly for Wales has published a useful fact sheet on ‘Community buildings, places of worship and faith groups’. It contains a range of information including information on funding sources: Community buildings places of worship and faith groups
Tagged with: community buildings, faith groups, funding sources, National Assembly for Wales, places of worship
Posted in heritage, information, network
Posted in heritage, information, network
Successful meeting to revive Conwy Civic Society
Conwy Town Council hosted a meeting on Wednesday evening in the beautiful surroundings of Conwy Guildhall to revive Conwy Civic Society. A society with a long and successful history but one now in need of a helping hand. The response was very…
Tagged with: Civic Trust for Wales, Conwy Civic Society, Conwy Guildhall, Conwy Town Council
Posted in network, news
Posted in network, news
Get your responses on the Planning Consultations into Welsh Government asap!
There are only 5 more days for you to respond to the various Welsh Government Planning Division Consultation Papers on design, the pre-application process, planning committees, delegation and the proposed Joint Planning Boards, as well as changes to the involvement…
Tagged with: Delegation, design, development management, Frontloading, Joint Planning Boards, Planning Committees, Planning Consultation, Planning Division, Planning Inspectorate, Pre-application advice, Welsh Government consultations, Welsh Ministers
Posted in information, network, planning, policy
Posted in information, network, planning, policy
Seasonal Greetings from The Civic Trust for Wales
The Civic Trust for Wales’s office will be shut from Saturday December 20th 2014, and will reopen again on Monday January 5th 2015.
Welsh Government Planning Consultations. The Civic Trust’s thoughts.
The new Planning (Wales) Bill was introduced on the 6th October 2014. A briefing on Bill was published by the National Assembly outlining the key points of the Bill. NAW summary of Planning Bill Following the introduction of the Bill the…
Working with schools
In addition to the Case Studies from the civic society network, the Civic Trust will be producing guidance and information on a range of topics to assist the society network in their work. The first in our new series has…
Tagged with: civic society, guidance for civic societies, schools, working with schools
Posted in information, network
Posted in information, network
Wales Planning Award 2014: CTW ‘Commended’ for ‘Exploring your Town’
(Anna Lermon from Civic Trust third from left) The Civic Trust for Wales’s ‘Exploring your town’ manual and toolkit was a finalist in this years RTPI Cymru ‘Wales Planning Award‘. At the Awards ceremony on Friday, the…
Tagged with: Abergavenny civic society, characterisation, Exploring your town, Newtown Civic Society, Rhiwbina Civic Society
Posted in characterisation, network
Posted in characterisation, network
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