Wales Co-operative Centre moves to new S4C building in Carmarthen

Wales Co-operative Centre moves to new S4C building in Carmarthen

The Wales Co-operative Centre has moved into offices in the recently built Canolfan S4C Yr Egin building in Carmarthen. It is hoped that the new space, will help raise awareness of the Centre’s work to a new audience of young entrepreneurs and encourage them to use the co-operative or social business working models.

Marc Davies, Project Manager at the Wales Co-operative Centre, had this to say about the move:

“This is a very exciting move for the Centre and staff at the Wales Co-operative Centre. The new Carmarthen office brings in new project partnership opportunities for us, with Business in Focus, Carmarthen County Council and Pembrokeshire County Council also having office space in the S4C building. Our Digital Communities Wales project will be one of the main beneficiaries, as many of the building’s tenants are linked to the creative technology industries, which is always looking for new and innovative ways to embed digital inclusion practices into their local communities.”

Opened in October 2018, the building is directly opposite the University of Wales Trinity St Davids College Campus. It is hoped that by moving to this new cluster of influential companies, Wales Co-operative Centre staff will gain better opportunities for networking with the creative arts industries and innovative projects linked to the Swansea Bay City deal programme, which helped finance the new building.

The new space will be used by staff for client meetings, regional coordination and to host informal meetings in the spacious public café, which has open access WIFI. The space has been brought to life in this virtual tour:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pVP1jierA0&feature=youtu.be

Wales Co-operative Centre delivers a wide range of Government funded projects from Digital Communities Wales, Social Business Wales, Co-operative Housing and Care to Co-operate, all of which are there to help communities come together to make a fairer and more co-operative Wales.

To find out more information, please visit the Centre’s website at www.wales.coop.