The Green Man Trust, the independent charitable arm of Green Man, has unveiled the community projects in Powys that benefited from its grant funding in 2025.
Building on the festival’s longstanding ethos of community support, the Trust has donated almost £90,000 since 2023 through its Community Grant Funds to projects that encourage inclusivity, tackle social inequalities and help build resilient communities.
In 2025 alone, 17 grants were awarded to Powys-based community groups within Brecon, Crickhowell, Glangrwyney, Llangattock, Llangorse and Talgarth:
- Brecon and District Mind – grant for outdoor-based activities to reconnect people with nature and improve mental health
- Brecon Pride – towards the overall costs of the event
- Brecon Volunteer Bureau – to launch a community kitchen in Brecon, providing 30 people with a pay-what-you-want meal each week
- Brecon Youth Club – towards a summer activity day at a Brecon centre for young people from low-income backgrounds
- Crickhowell Bowling Club – towards improvements to the Bowling Green
- Crickhowell Community Primary School – to create an Inclusive Outdoor Play Tower in the school’s outdoor play area
- Crickhowell Top Park – towards the cost of replacing the old, unsafe goals in the community park
- Glangrwyney Cricket Club – towards buying junior kit bags that help break down financial barriers for children from low-income backgrounds
- Little Brecon Theatre – towards a workshop for students from the Pupil Referral Unit to design, create and construct set pieces that will be used in a future community production
- Llangattock Community Council – towards the restoration of a grassland area with native flowers and fungi
- Llangattock Village Society – to cover the full cost of a new boules pitch on the village green
- Llangorse Community Toilets CIO – towards operational costs
- Mid Powys Youth Theatre (MPYT) – towards a touring theatre outreach project that involves marginalised communities
- Re-engage – to establish and enhance support services for people aged 75+ in Powys
- Schools Service Powys County Council – towards launching an Intergenerational Roast Dinner Club at Priory School, Brecon
- The Honeypot – towards Residential Respite Breaks for young carers aged 5-12 in the Brecon area
- Wild Child – towards their Community Wellbeing Walks project in and around Talgarth
Among those benefiting from this year’s grant funding is the ‘Green Minds’ project run by Brecon and District Mind. It offers outdoor-based activities that reconnect people with themselves, others and nature to help improve their mental health.
Gethin Amoss from Brecon and District Mind said…..
“Brecon and District Mind is incredibly grateful to the Green Man Trust for its generous contribution towards the running costs of our Green Minds Project. It’s initiatives such as the Green Man Trust that keep movements like ours going, changing the lives of local people for the better! Diolch yn fawr iawn.”
Fiona Stewart, founder of the Green Man Trust added….
“Green Man is a proudly Welsh festival and we are delighted that it economically contributes to the region. But Mid Wales is in crisis. The wealth and age gap forces our young people to leave, increases the number of residents living in poverty, contributes to health deterioration and affects elderly citizens living in isolation. This massive challenge would take billions to address, but through our charity, the Green Man Trust, we bring people together through action, training and community projects that create opportunity where it’s needed most.
The 2025 grants highlight how caring local groups are in building opportunities for people of all ages – whether that’s nurturing well-being, opening doors for young people, strengthening neighbourhood spaces or bringing people together. We’re thrilled to have been able to support such a vibrant mix of ideas and ambitions in 2025, and we can’t wait to see how they grow.”
Applicants for Green Man Trust’s 2026 Community Grants will be opening in the coming months. Visit their website to keep updated HERE
