Debbie Luxon

1 week ago | cambrian-news.co.uk | Debbie Luxon

Attendees of a World Cafe session at Sploj on Bank Lane in Machynlleth. Sploj will be hosting two more sessions shortly to help shape the conversation around what Sploj is and what it can be. (Sploj)Machynlleth’s new cultural space for young people is one of nine Powys organisations to win social development funding. Sploj in Machynlleth is a new creative space led by young people which has secured funding from Powys’ Social Value Forum Development Fund.

1 week ago | cambrian-news.co.uk | Debbie Luxon

Fire in the Mountain Festival isn’t a normal festival. With a capacity of just over 2,000, the intimate gathering takes place on an old Welsh farm in the Cambrian Mountain foothills. Set up in 2011 as a way to restore an old farm, the folk festival has snowballed into a huge “family” affair, with no single-use cups or dishes, and all profits go back into the land or festival, reclaiming 99.7 per cent of its waste in the last two years.

1 week ago | cambrian-news.co.uk | Debbie Luxon

A new 'long awaited' youth group is launching in Newcastle Emlyn this month (Grŵp Emlyn Youth Group)Newcastle Emlyn is to get a new youth club thanks to the efforts of concerned residents. The youth club is set to launch this month with a ‘mini festival’ fundraiser. NE1 Fest will take place on 20 June from 4-9pm at St Nicholas Owens Catholic Church Hall, with everyone and anyone welcome to join in the festivities.

1 week ago | cambrian-news.co.uk | Debbie Luxon

Powys has expanded what residents can put in their red recycling boxes (Powys County Council)Residents can now recycle more thanks to a Powys County Council expansion. Residents are being encouraged to put items that are a blend of paper and plastic into their red recycling box for plastic, metal and tin. Paper-based containers like crisp tubes, dough tubes, gravy granule tubes, paper coffee cups and food and drink cartons can all now be recycled.

2 weeks ago | cambrian-news.co.uk | Debbie Luxon

Sam Robinson created Seidr Tydecho, a fine cider company based in the Dyfi Valley just outside of Machynlleth (Jack Kearns)A Machynlleth-based cider producer is going head-to-head in a new S4C business TV series. Busnes Bwyd (Food Business) airs this month, in which six Welsh food producers compete for £5,000 to take their ventures to the next level. The winner gains expert mentorship from judges and ‘business gurus’ Marian Evans and Prof Dylan Jones-Evans.