SEVERAL Powys projects will share in grants as part of a Cadw and National Lottery Heritage Fund.
A total of 24 projects from across Wales will benefit from £260,000 of financial support.
The '15-Minute Heritage Fund’ from Cadw - the Welsh Government’s historic environment service and The National Lottery Heritage Fund is for projects that connect communities with the heritage around them.
It is based on an idea called the 15 minute city where ‘most daily necessities can be accomplished by either walking or cycling from residents' homes.
Launched in 2020 after the first lockdown, the grant programme helped people across Wales to strengthen the connections they have with their surrounding community through ideas such as creating new walking trails and sharing stories about the place they called home.
Carreghofa County Primary School in Llanymynech will receive £5,000 for its 'A Celebration of Carreghofa' project.
Carreghofa County Primary School celebrated its 110th anniversary in 2021 and this project will celebrate this landmark by creating a collection of memories and photos that the local people have of the school.
Local people’s pictures and memories of the school will be preserved for future generations in a book - both printed and digital.
The school will also produce a local history and walks leaflet to encourage locals and visitors to see what rich heritage Llanymynech has to offer, such as the village’s lime kiln and Carreghofa Castle.
Ysgol Carreghofa in Llanymynech. Picture: Google.
Meanwhile Llansilin Parish Church has been awarded £8,250 for its ‘Local interpretation boards’ project.
The first board in St Silin's church will explore its history, including its use as a barracks by Oliver Cromwell’s Roundheads during the English Civil War.
A second board in the churchyard will include details about the churchyard trail such as a number of quirky, sad and incorrect headstones, such as the gentleman who dies on February 31.
The third board in the community car park will depict the history and beauty of the Llansilin area, including Sycharth – the home of Owain Glyndwr, which is less than a mile away.
Llansilin Church. Picture by Wendy Clough Jones.
At the other end of the county Brecon Heritage and Cultural Network have been awarded £9,890 for 'Walk: The Brecon Story’ which encourages the local community to contribute information and learn about the heritage on their doorstep.
It will map out and create new interactive ways of recording and interpreting places, objects and cultural events within Brecon town centre.
Meanwhile the art of one of Montgomeryshire's most esteemed landscaped artists is the focus of a project in north Wales.
Richard Wilson was born in Machynlleth 1714 and became one of the pioneers of British landscape art.
Richard Wilson’s Painting on the shores of Llyn Nantlle will receive £4,290 to raise awareness of the artist and his famous painting of Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle painted in 1765.
Richard Wilson (inset) and his painting of Cader Idris.
A copy of the painting will be installed near Llyn Nantlle with an interpretation board to explain the significance of the painting - described as ‘The painting that started British landscape painting', of the artist's fame and how this changed travellers’ perceptions of Wales.
There will also be artist workshops held at local schools which will use the painting as inspiration to raise the confidence of children and young people by giving them a sense of pride in their area.
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