Invest Local group Together for Colwyn Bay have created a beautiful booklet full of fun and stimulating creative tasks to help with wellbeing in these difficult times.

Invest Local Caerau have delivered their Winter 2020 newsletter, keeping local residents updated with community news and projects, and letting them know where they can access support for issues such as increased winter energy costs.

Chris Johnes, Chief Executive of the Building Communities Trust outlines why UK and Welsh Government need to prioritise long-term investment led by local people to transform their communities

Not being able to go out trick or treating didn’t stop these communities from making the most of Halloween this year!

rom Communications to Covid-19, Development Officer Vin Murtagh writes about his first six months working with the Invest Local group Together for Colwyn Bay.

Rosie Cribb, from third sector consultancy Funding Assist reflects on her experience mapping the community asset sector in Wales and highlights some of its unique and special features.

Matthew Brindley, Building Communities Trust’s policy officer reflects on where communities sit in the wider public policy debate following the autumn party conferences in Wales.

Chris Johnes, Chief Executive of Building Communities Trust, discusses a new report commissioned by the UK Government on encouraging and supporting local community activity after Covid.

In Llwynhendy, Llanelli, the Invest Local group has been looking after the wellbeing of residents during the Covid-19 lockdown.

We’ve been taking part in lots of podcasts during the covid-19 – and so have the Invest Local communities. It’s been amazing to hear the stories of what communities have been doing in response to Covid-19. Have a listen and be inspired!

Jess Mead Silvester, Community Development Worker for the Invest Local group MaesNi, writes about the community activity that’s been going on in response to the Coronovirus Crisis.

In Newport the Invest Local group Pill Unity have been working together with other local organisations to boost community spirit during lockdown.

Our Covid Stories series of blogs have shown just some of the work that Invest Local areas have been doing in response to Covid-19.

In Ynysowen, the Invest Local group has been keeping the community connected and busy during lockdown by encouraging people to get creative with rock painting.

In Maesgeirchen, Bangor community groups, organisations and individual volunteers worked together quickly to efficiently respond to the Covid-19 crisis.

It’s Volunteers Week – a week-long celebration of the amazing contribution that millions of people across the UK make through volunteering.

In Cardiff, community volunteers have organised a Veg Plant Giveaway in the local area to encourage gardening for mental and physical health during lockdown.

In Plas Madoc, Wrexham, the Invest Local group We Are Plas Madoc have a team of volunteers who are keeping people in the community connected, fed and entertained.

Due to the current course of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Building Communities Trust and Invest Local head office in Cardiff Bay will be closed until further notice.

The evaluation of the first three years of the Invest Local has been launched at The Pierhead Building in Cardiff Bay.