16 Jan 2024
Partners in a major £12.2 scheme to update and extend Grŵp Cynefin’s Extra Care Housing facility in Ruthin have been given a guided tour and an insight into how it will eventually look. Grŵp Cynefin Interim Chief Executive Mel Evans and Chair Tim Jones, Denbighshire County Council Cabinet Lead Member Elen Heaton and Ann Lloyd, […]
09 Jan 2024
Work has started on a £10 million development which will provide 41 energy efficient and affordable family homes for local people in Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd. The scheme, at the Canol Cae site in the centre of the town, is a collaboration between two leading housing associations in north Wales, ClwydAlyn and Grŵp Cynefin, in partnership with […]
20 Dec 2023
Many of us will be opening our warm and safe homes to welcome family and friends over the Christmas period. But for an increasing number of people, the Christmas holidays bring money worries and fears for the future. Gorwel is one organisation that is helping support people at this time of year. Gorwel is the […]
01 Dec 2023
Grŵp Cynefin is supporting the national #HousingMattersWales campaign, calling on the Welsh Government to increase the Housing Support Grant in 2024/25. Gorwel, the part of Grŵp Cynefin that provides services to people experiencing domestic abuse, receives Housing Support Grant and recently highlighted the shocking growth in demand for their services. Osian Elis, Chief Officer at […]
01 Nov 2023
Housing association Grŵp Cynefin has launched an £18,000 fund for activities to improve communities in the Ruthin area. The grants – of up to £1000 each – are available to voluntary and community groups which are making a difference and improving their local area. It’s all part of the re-development of Grŵp Cynefin’s Llys Awelon […]
25 Sep 2023
Grŵp Cynefin has confirmed Tim Jones as the new Chair of its Management Board. Tim brings extensive experience to the group having held various roles on Boards nationally and at UK level, with expertise working with stakeholders from a wide range of fields. He succeeds Carys Edwards, who came to the end of her three-year […]
27 Jul 2023
Grŵp Cynefin’s homelessness and support unit, Gorwel, has partnered up to launch a new service to help people who have experienced mental illness return home safely after hospital treatment. The new Gwynedd scheme has been developed through a partnership between Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Gwynedd Council and Gorwel. The focus of the scheme is […]
05 Jun 2023
Grŵp Cynefin’s Group Director of Resources, Bryn Ellis, has decided to leave his role after giving more than 23 years’ service as an Executive Director to Grŵp Cynefin and one of its predecessors, Cymdeithas Tai Clwyd, to pursue new challenges. Everyone at Grŵp Cynefin would like to thank Bryn for his loyal contribution to the […]
16 May 2023
After five years in charge of the north Wales housing association, Grŵp Cynefin Chief Executive Shan Lloyd Williams is standing down from her role to focus on some personal projects and interests. Grŵp Cynefin would like to thank Shan for her contribution to the organisation over that time and wish her every success for the […]
27 Mar 2023
Grŵp Cynefin has recently undertaken an internal review of some parts of our business – including around our asset management and how we keep records. Following this review, we took the decision to refer ourselves to the Welsh Government’s housing Regulator as it was clear we did not have the right records and process to […]