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THE VOICE OF THE RIVER TEIFI

Llais yr Afon - Festival in Cenarth 9 to 11 August 2024

Are you looking for free fun-filled activities for yourself and your family this Summer holidays?

West Wales Rivers Trust teamed up with Small World and SaveTheTeifi for a jam-packed programme for the Cenarth Llais yr Afon festival! Details and poster below.

Llais yr Afon Festival in Cenarth is a pop-up river festival with a creative programme for all to enjoy. Please help spread the word!

Free entry to all the events.

This programme is in development and some information may change. Times across the programme are to be confirmed.

Please check the list of activities and times nearer the time on this link

Friday 9 Aug
- 2pm - 4pm Exhibition and festival opening talk. 📍 The Vestry, Capel Cenarth.
  - Artworks by pupils from Ysgol Gymunedol Cenarth and Ysgol Llechryd.
  - Idris Mathias’ famous illustrated map. An opportunity to view a replica of the fine manuscript map compiled by the late Idris Mathias of Cardigan (conceived and created 1945 - 1962).

Saturday 10 Aug
- 10am - 4pm Exhibition continues. 📍 The Vestry, Capel Cenarth.

- Guided talks. 📍 The National Coracle Centre. Start times: 10.30am, 12pm, 2pm and 3.30pm.
  
  Talks by owner Martin Fowler on the Teifi coracle heritage and salmon fishing in Cenarth. The centre will be open all day to view the coracle collection from around the world, including Tibetan, Iraqi and British examples.
- 10am - 12.30pm &2pm- 4.30pm
  
  Animation workshop.📍 The Vestry, Capel Cenarth. spacetocreate with Gemma Green Hope.
  
  Drop-in animation workshop with spacetocreate artists and artist animator Gemma Green Hope. Suitable for ages 8+.
- 10am - 12.30pm &2pm- 4.30pm
  
  Hat and boat workshop. 📍 Yellow tent near The Vestry. Small World Theatre.
  
  Hat boat making workshop with Small World Theatre artists. Suitable for ages 5+.
  
  At the end of the workshop, watch your hat boat being released into the river, and hear the new poem created by the Teifi. Free entry. Suitable for all ages.
- 10am - 4pm.
  
  Kick sampling. 📍 Riverside. West Wales River Trust.
  
  An all day drop-in workshop. Kick sampling (collecting samples from the river) with West Wales River Trust.
- Music evening with Ceri and Julie📍 Capel Cenarth. 7pm - 8.30pm
  
  A beautiful, intimate concert performed by Julie Murphy (voice and shruti box) and Ceri Rhys Matthews (flute) with songs and stories.

Sunday 11 Aug
- 10am Welcome Save the Teifi river relay see Source to Sea ! 📍 Riverside. Save the Teifi and friends.
- Forum Theatre performance by Ieuenctid Byd Bach and others. 📍 Riverside. Small World Theatre.
  
  Watch a piece of awesome theatre with opportunities to contribute towards creating positive solutions.
- 10am - 4pm Exhibition continues. 📍 The Vestry, Capel Cenarth.
- 10am - 2pm Kick sampling. 📍 Riverside. West Wales River Trust.

Contact

Sam Vicary, Communications Manager sam@smallworld.org.uk

WWRT CITIZEN SCIENCE TRAINING

Below is the poster for the first West Wales Rivers Trust (WWRT) visual water quality monitoring training and outfall safari session. Planned for Wednesday 5th June 10-14:00. Contact WWRT here for more info on future trainings - or Nathaniel, email below.

Meet at Cenarth Falls Resort at Phat Forks restaurant for the classroom session before heading out for a loop walk round the village and river to identify water quality impacts, outfalls and put survey training into action.

Parking is available free at Cenarth Falls Resort.

Anyone wanting more info can get in touch Nathaniel at WWRT directly: Nathaniel@westwalesriverstrust.org

This project is kindly supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation & Dwr Cymru's Citizen Science Fund.

If you could share the word amongst your contacts and socials it would be much appreciated

Llais yr Afon (Voice of the River) Project (Esmee Funded)

We have received the start up documents from WWRT for the Esmee Fairburn funded Project – it will have a start date in March.

Here is some of the salient information:

A reminder of the organisations involved:

West Wales Rivers Trust (“WWRT”) acting as the “Lead Partner”
Ffynnone Community Resilience (represented by “Save the Teifi”)
Small World Theatre
spacetocreate

Here is a table of how the Esmee grant money is distributed:

Here is a Gant Chart of the Project Plan:

See this link for the steps that were taken over the last year to initiate this project: Fundraising – Teifi-Forum

More details and how to get involved will be forthcoming as soon as possible.