PyC Supporting Groups to thrive – Treorchy Male Voice Choir
MAY 15th 2025
Treorchy Male Voice Choir is famous across the world for their beautiful choral singing and have been based in Treorchy since 1947.
As well as a whole host of events, concerts and performances locally they have always had a busy schedule of performing across the UK and overseas.
When they approached the fund early in 2023 they needed some help in placing Treorchy Male Choir firmly back on the world stage after a challenging year returning from Covid. The pandemic had reduced their numbers and badly affected their ability to perform and raise their own funds.
We awarded them £3,000 to help with travel for their 20 or so engagements throughout 2023.
They now have close to 100 members again and are back on a firm footing and have just returned from two successful overseas tours in March/April 2024 to Monaco and Florida where concerts were sold out and they were proud ambassadors of Wales.
“Treorchy Male Choir is grateful to Vattenfall Pen-y-Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund for the valuable grant of £3,000 which assisted with our choir travel by coach throughout the UK during 2023. Here we are in September 2023 travelling by coach to Covent Garden for the Ruth Madoc Memorial, which was a particular musical highlight.”
“Grant funding does not always have to be for new projects or activities, sometimes the role the fund can play is supporting organisations who are successful and provide amazing cultural and health and wellbeing outcomes to support them after a difficult time or to help them get back on their feet. The funding awarded here was a boost to allow them to future proof and continue doing what they do best.” – Kate Breeze, Executive Director, Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund
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.