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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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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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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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Introducing; Mastodon for Organisations training
As Xitter continues to plumb the depths of free speech absolutism, empowering, enriching and emboldening far-right views, many people are starting to question whether the dominant forms of social media are appropriate for them or the organisations they work for. Afallen has long been a pioneer of open source technologies, and we are proud to…
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Board training
Afallen is delighted to be working in partnership with Deep Insight to deliver a programme of training, fully funded by Welsh Government, to improve representation of Wales’ diverse communities on public Boards in Wales. The three training programmes, to be delivered in February and March 2024, are: Each of the training programmes is being offered…
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Supporting Mastodon in Wales
One of Afallen’s values is championing the use of Creative Commons and open source solutions. This is because we believe – and the evidence supports our view – that a cooperative and co-production approach provides bigger overall benefits to society than a purely commercial economy. Our first White Paper outlined the potential for Wales that…