Bryncynon Strategy is actively committed to improving the local environment and promoting sustainability for the benefit of the community. Our focus is to provide positive and worthwhile employment and training opportunities for people in one of Wales most deprived areas, whilst at the same time delivering initiatives that through direct community engagement can create vibrant local green spaces and involve volunteers in projects to support sustainable living, community horticulture and local biodiversity.

Please follow the links on this page to find out about our environmental projects and services that include information on:

• The Green Valley Centre is Bryncynon Strategys prestigious Community
  Green space project that has been developed over the last 4 years from a derelict overgrown wilderness into a thriving community garden. The site is divided up into 3 zones that reflect the activities that take place, these include: a recreation and learning zone used by local people, community groups and schools; a horticultural production zone that supplies local Food Co-ops and a seasonal Food Box Scheme and a quiet zone taking in woodland, orchards and a riverside biodiversity area.

• For the environmentally conscious wanting to do their bit, Fuel Factory Bio-diesel provides motorists owning suitable vehicles with a regular supply of fuel derived from waste vegetable oils. The fuel meets all regulatory requirements and can be blended with ordinary diesel in helping to mark a significant contribution towards reducing harmful exhaust emissions. Its also a little bit cheaper too than forecourt fuel!

• The Bryncynon Environmental Taskforce was set-up in 2010 to work with local community organisation and residents with the aim of encouraging people to look after the places where they live in reducing litter, tackling fly tipping and coming together to create local green spaces. 

• Bryncynon Strategy maintains a Green Dragon Level 3 Environmental Standard Certification for environmental management and auditing of all its activities. In practice, this means that the Strategy reduces waste, recycles everything it can and has taken active steps to reduce its carbon and environmental footprints.