Animal Friendly – The Vegan Coffi House, Aberdare
JUNE 22nd 2025
The Vegan Coffi House opened on 18 April 2023, at 1A Weatheral Street, Aberdare. The plant-based and animal-friendly café provides a selection of cupcakes, pastries and treats along with gluten-free options and a variety of plant-based milks.
Meirion Withey and Jeraldine Waddingham, are the owners of The Vegan Coffi House, “to bring something different” to the town centre. Merion also runs a dog grooming business in Aberdare.
Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund CIC (PyC) awarded The Vegan Coffi House £2,737 under Round 12 of the Micro Fund towards the start-up costs of the business.
“We still have new people each week visiting us helping us grow ever more popular in the community and from outside of Aberdare. The contribution made by PyC to our business through the funding the project has helped us achieve many of our goals.”
Meirion Withey, Owner
The Vegan Coffi House is open Monday to Friday between 9am to 5pm, and from 9am to 4pm on Saturdays and closed on Sundays.
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The Fund was established by energy company Vattenfall to benefit the communities hosting the Pen y Cymoedd wind farm across the upper Neath, Afan, Rhondda and Cynon Valleys. It exists to support local people, groups and organisations to invest in themselves, their ideas and their communities.
The Community Fund has a substantial annual budget that is index-linked, meaning it increases in line with inflation. As an example, this equated to around £2.5 million in 2025. The Fund will continue to support communities until 2043, creating long-term opportunities for growth, resilience and positive change.
The Fund is managed by an independent, locally based not-for-profit Community Interest Company. It is overseen by a Board of Directors with strong local connections and delivered by a small but dedicated staff team with extensive community engagement experience. We are here to help ensure the Fund delivers on the vision and priorities of local communities.
Over the next 10 years, the Fund is focusing on investment in people, places and businesses — helping the Valleys to thrive, driving bold ideas, supporting transformation and creating lasting impact for current and future generations.