Twelve Ceredigion community projects have been granted a share of nearly £3 million in funding.

Ceredigion County Council included 12 projects in its bid to the UK Government Community Renewal Fund. The projects have received a share of £2,780,537 in funding.

University of Wales Trinity Saint Davies’s Canolfan Tir Glas development, or the Lampeter food village, has been given £488,000 in funding for it’s planned network of co-dependant units.

£213,126 in funding is going to Enterprise Ceredigion, a project by Business In Focus supporting people in to self-employment.

The AberInnovation Mid Wales Challenge Led Launchpad Series, a new programme aimed at developing novel solutions to public sector and societal issues through research and innovation whilst offering new market opportunities for businesses and low skilled people in mid Wales, has received £560,187 in funding.

AberInnovation has also received £441,500 in funding for it’s Productivity Accelerator project, which will deliver manufacturing and productivity related guidance, to enterprises of all sizes in the Biotech, Agritech, and Food & Drink sectors, and circular economy.

The third AberInnovation project receiving £214,050 in funding is BioAccelerate, an investor readiness programme designed to help early-stage companies and start-ups develop their business plan and technical development strategies.

Antur Teifi has received £226,500 for it’s New Skills New Start project, which hopes to empower individuals to acquire transferrable skills through participation in a project delivering basic business skills.

Ceredigion County Council will receive £239,905 in funding for their Enabling the Recovery of Ceredigion Towns project, to develop six Ceredigion towns where individuals, communities and businesses can thrive.

Tir Coed’s AnTir Feasibility project, which is an action-based feasibility and pilot project for AnTir – a six year training programme – will receive £166,923.

£99,559 in funding will go to Menter A Busnes’ Lle I Weithio project, a pilot project forming a group of like-minded employers to collectively explore and trial initiatives to enhance job creation and retention of younger generations in Ceredigion.

Area 43’s project ReVerb, which is receiving £73,737, is part of a wider Youth Café project, which hopes to pilot a training and employment scheme which will be offered to currently economically inactive, unemployable young people from their client group, enabling them to gain skills and experience within a safe supported environment.

The council will also receive £50,000 for their Rural Community Engagement and Outreach Project, enabling individuals to live healthily as possible, improving their independence, resilience nand autonomy, supporting them into sustainable employment, training and or education.

Llwyddo Gyda’n Gilydd, a project by Cered developing the resilience of Ceredigion’s historic visitor attractions, has received £7,050.