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Local Area Energy Plans in Wales
Afallen was a critical component of the Local Area Energy Plan process in Wales. Peter Trott led our involvement, and writes about our contribution ‘On the bank of the river he saw a tall tree: from roots to crown one half was aflame and the other green with leaves.’ Peredur Son of Evrawg, The Mabinogion…
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Afallen is 6 🎂
Afallen commissioned Professor Calvin Jones to write a series of four blog posts about Wales’ economy. The publication of the fourth and final blog post was celebrated at Afallen’s 6th birthday with a talk in front of 40 guests at Clwb y Bont in Pontypridd. Our values One of Afallen’s overriding aims is to keep…
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Backing Welsh food innovation
Backing Welsh food innovation Afallen has played a pivotal role with helping bring a new food to Welsh markets. The Lion’s Mane mushroom burger has proved to be a popular addition at the popular Swansea eatery and coffee shop ‘Ground‘. The mushrooms are harvested in Trimsaram, Carmarthenshire, and combined with other ingredients to produce a…
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Stone by stone: Deconstructing and rebuilding innovation in Wales
The last guest post in the series of four by Professor Calvin Jones about the Welsh economy describes how innovation has developed before and after devolution. You can read his first three posts in the series: Header photo: courtesy of William Warby “In the war against the Welsh, one of the men of arms was…
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FOSS for the third sector
Afallen Partner David Clubb was asked to give his thoughts about how Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) could help the third sector. This article was first published by Newid. Header photo: courtesy of Marcus Winkler. What is open source software? Free and open source software (FOSS) is a category of software that follows the…
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Faster: imagining a Wales that *really* goes for growth
This third guest post by Professor Calvin Jones about Wales’ economy is part of Afallen’s objective of elevating the terms of the debate in Wales about how our economy operates – and what can be done to improve it. You can read Calvin’s first blog post here, and his second post here. Header photo: courtesy…
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Leaving Twitter
Afallen was set up in 2018 to keep money and skills in Wales, and to help organisations understand, and implement, Future Generations ways of working. We’re a small business, and in common with most other organisations in Wales, we adopted a range of social media platforms to help communicate with our audience. Twitter (X) was…
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Evaluating GwyrddNi
We’re delighted to announce that Afallen has been appointed to evaluate the exciting next stage of the GwyrddNi project – a Gwynedd-based, community-led movement, embedding climate actions across five communities. We have previously evaluated a wide range of projects, from tourism activities on Ynys Môn, to supporting refugees in Swansea. We’re really excited about this…
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Must Everything Go? The Prospects for economic (re-)localisation in Wales
This second guest post by Professor Calvin Jones about Wales’ economy is part of Afallen’s objective of elevating the terms of the debate in Wales about how our economy operates – and what can be done to improve it. You can read Calvin’s first blog post here. Header photo: courtesy of Jim Nix. London never…
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Cardiff National Park City; could you be the new Chair?
The Cardiff National Park City movement is seeking a passionate and driven person to help make Cardiff one of the most nature-friendly cities in the world. The National Park City movement is well-established internationally, with London and Adeleide already being confirmed as National Park Cities, and several other cities such as Breda, Glasgow, Chattanooga and…