Community Group Resilience Award

About the award

We want to hear from community groups who have reduced their reliance on external grant funding by, for example, running successful income generation initiatives, upskilling group members and volunteers or using innovative ways to engage with their communities to ensure financial sustainability and long-term resilience.

Nominations could include:

Groups who make and sell their own products. For example, homemade compost and charcoal, apple juice from an orchard, or surplus food from an allotment.
Groups who collect and sell unwanted items, such as scrap metal or clothing that can be reused.
Groups who charge for training or other services like wreath-making or holiday activity sessions.
Groups that have upskilled members and volunteers to benefit from new opportunities and improve resilience
Groups that have run successful fundraising initiatives such as lotteries, membership schemes, crowd-funding campaigns and corporate partnerships.

All examples of income generation and improved resilience are welcome.

Required information

This category is open to any community group, school, CIC or charity.

Judges will be looking for the following information:

What income generation activities have the group run to improve their financial sustainability and resilience? Please list anything you can think of.
Which activity has been the most successful and why?
Approximately how much income have these activities generated, and what percentage of the group’s total annual income does this represent?
What have been the main benefits? How has the work helped the group with its long-term sustainability?
What challenges have the group faced along the way and how have they overcome them?
What has the group learned from this experience and what advice would they give to other groups?
What are the group’s long-term plans?

Please include video and / or photographic evidence of activities where possible.

Submit your nomination

Please complete the form below. Please note, this form does not have a ‘save’ function. You will be able to go back and amend information before submitting your form, but please avoid refreshing your browser.

If it’s easier, you can download a Word version of the form and send it back to us via email or post. Details are provided on the form.

If you can’t put into writing why you’d like to nominate someone for an award, you can also send us a voice note or video nomination. The voice note or video should be no longer than five minutes and must cover all the required information.

Voice notes can be sent via WhatsApp to 07875 662803 or emailed to twa@keepwalestidy.cymru. We do ask that you follow up with some photos to show the positive impact of the individual, group, school or business – again, these can be sent via WhatsApp or email.

Video nominations can be emailed to twa@keepwalestidy.cymru.

Nominations are welcome in English or Welsh.

All nominations must be submitted by 18.00 on Tuesday 30 June. Nominations received after this time will not be considered.