Llanwrthwl Community Council
Refers households needing more than money. Co-publishes the January call for nominations.
Community impact
A small parish, twelve thousand acres, and the work of seven neighbours.
The parish covers around twelve thousand acres of uplands, lowlands and riverside meadow on the upper Wye. This page sets out where our work has reached, who helps us reach it, and what the numbers do — and do not — tell about a charity our size.
By the numbers · year ending 15 March 2025
What the numbers say.
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Households assisted in 2024
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Distributed in our last full year
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Residents at the last census
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Acres in the historic parish
Where we have reached
The parish on foot.
The former Parish of Llanwrthwl runs from the seven-arched stone bridge over the Wye in the south to the heads of the Claerwen and the Elan in the north. The chair walks the post round himself most January weeks — he reckons it takes three afternoons. The list below names the named hamlets and farm-clusters where we delivered grants or parcels in 2024 and 2025.
- Llanwrthwl village. Five households in 2024; four in 2025.
- Doldowlod and the Wye-side cottages. Two households in each of the last two years.
- The Garreg-Ddu road towards the reservoir. One household in 2024, the same in 2025.
- The lane above Glan-Rhos. Two households in 2024; three in 2025.
- The upper farms towards Drygarn. One household in 2024.
We do not publish names. We do not publish exact addresses. But the trustees know where every envelope went, and every envelope was opened.
Partner organisations
Twelve neighbours and bodies who make our work possible.
A small charity cannot work in isolation. Below are the partner organisations we currently rely on, with one line on how each one helps.
St Gwrthwl’s PCC
Lends the church porch for collections and circulates our notices among parishioners.
Llanwrthwl Village Hall
Provides our meeting room without charge, four quarterly meetings and the Spring Supper each year.
Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations
Points us towards specialist agencies for cases that need more than a small grant.
Rhayader Foodbank
Helps us assemble Christmas Parcels and accepts referrals for households that need food support year-round.
Elan Valley Trust
Donates a sack of kindling each Christmas and points us to households near the reservoir who would welcome our visit.
Penuel Congregational Chapel
Sister congregation; passes word quietly when a chapel member is in difficulty.
Powys County Council · Adult Services
Signposts older parishioners to our discretionary fund where a small immediate grant is the right answer.
Powys Citizens Advice
Refers households on the parish edge whose primary need is benefits advice rather than cash.
Dyfodol Powys Futures
Trustee Alan Austin also serves with Dyfodol Powys Futures; we coordinate quietly where our beneficiaries overlap.
The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society’s Welfare Fund
For our farming households facing acute hardship beyond what we can cover.
The Rural Trust (Wales)
Holds an occasional matched-funding scheme for rural hardship charities; we apply when it opens.
What the numbers don’t say
A note on impact, honestly.
If you ask a small parish charity for an ‘outcomes framework’, you will get a polite shake of the head. We could tell you that eleven households were assisted in 2024 — that number is in our return. We cannot tell you whether any of those families’ lives were ‘transformed’, because we have not asked, and would not. The dignity of the help depends on not asking.
What we can tell you: nobody in our parish has gone without coal for want of being known, in any year that our records cover.
A small donation keeps the round going.
£15 buys a sack of kindling. £40 covers the postage and stationery for a year. £150 funds an average January envelope.