The Board
Creation is run by a voluntary board of trustees:
Lee Turner (Chair)Alan Griffiths (Vice Chair)
Lynne Cleary (Secretary)
Michelle Jones
Lloyd Jones
Martin Lewis
Ken Ward
Jamie Warlow
We also appreciate the input of various other good people involved in an advisory capacity. Thank you for all your enthusiasm, talent and commitment to Creation.
Staff
Chief Executive
Dawn Davies
Hall Manager/Administrator
Betty Kettley
Finance Manager
Andrew Thomas
Administration Officer
Steven Honeywill
Food Development Manager
Sain Burnett
Ohana Project
Stephen Hooper
Sound Engineer
Jamie Warlow
Creation Development Trust
A social enterprise that was set up in April 2000 by members of the local community to address the social, environmental and economic needs within the Garw Valley. The Garw Valley is an area of outstanding natural beauty in South Wales, but it has suffered from the decline of the coal industry and the closure of the coal mines in the 1980s.
Blaengarw, the town situated at the top end of the Garw Valley, is a very strong community but has very high levels of deprivation and ill health. In order to kickstart the redevelopment of the local community, Creation has developed and built a series of social enterprises, projects and events that have made regeneration a reality for this ex-mining town.
The trust is a social enterprise and a community development project rolled into one successful and creative organisation.
Mission: To play an important role in supporting and assisting local communities in their revitalisation to become prosperous, healthy and sustainable places to live, work and visit.
Rationale: We are in the regeneration business, and by working flexibly and being accessible, we will play an important role in supporting and assisting local communities in helping to meet their aspirations of becoming prosperous, healthy and sustainable places to live, work and visit.
Our values are:
- ~ Respect - for one another, inside and outside the organisation.
- ~ Strength - of voice, tostand up for what we believe is right for the community.
- ~ Commitment - to our mission and to one another.
- ~ Driven by high expectations - for those lives we seek to enhance, and of ourselves.
- ~ Openness and transparency - demonstrating our integrity.
- ~ Friendliness - Seen to be approachable.
- ~ Learning - Continually developing and improving, both in ourselves and in the communities.
- ~ Strength - of voice, tostand up for what we believe is right for the community.
History: Creation Development Trust was set up by local people to address social, environmental and economic needs within the communities of the Garw Valley. Communities that are amongst the most deprived in the Bridgend County Borough.
Creation was established in April 2000 and is presently structured as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee (company number 3998232). The Trust is registered as a charity (number 1091527) and a Development Trust. A Board of Trustees manages Creation in a voluntary capacity.
Creation manages Blaengarw Workmen's Hall as an arts and community venue for the benefit of the local community, on behalf of Bridgend County Borough Council.
Out of school childcare was established in 2000 with a generous grant from the New Opportunities Fund. A training room was established with funding from Lloyds TSB and the Welsh Church Act Fund. Lloyds TSB has since donated a further significant sum towards the employment of a Finance Manager. Additional funding has been secured from Awards For All for building improvements, the Coalfields Regeneration Trust for additional equipment and resources and the Welsh Assembly Government to cover equipment and 3 years funding for the employment of a Community Liaison Officer.
Thanks largely to these funders and the commitment and determination of all the individuals involved, Blaengarw Workmen’s Hall is now well on its way to becoming a commercially viable, self-sustainable centre for the people of the Garw Valley.
Creation Development Trust,
Blaengarw Workmen's Hall,
Blaengarw,
Bridgend,
CF32 8AW.
Tel: 01656 871911 or
01656 871142
email us at: creationdev@hotmail.com
Staff
Senior Playworkers
Wendy Sage
Ann-Marie Wedlake
Assistant Playworkers
Shelley WIlliams
Kathy Lewis
Cleaners
Leda Dent
House Staff
Carole Anderson
Buffy Page
Time Centre
David Pugh
Donald Sage
Learning Network Development Workers
Emma Minnifey
Iwan Williams