The Merthyr Rising Festival has secured support to go ahead this year including £25,000 through a local community grant fund after concerns were raised about the festival’s future. It’s full steam ahead for this year’s festival with support provided to the organisers who had previously appealed for help having raised concerns about the costs of moving the location of the event.
Merthyr Tydfil council said it helped steer organisers towards a local grant fund and is introducing new road safety measures on top of the support announced last week by Welsh Government. After an appeal from the organisers, officers approached the Ffos-y-fran Community Benefit Fund Large Grants Scheme, which awarded the event £25,000.
The Ffos-y-fran Community Grants Scheme was set up by the council along with Merthyr (South Wales) Limited, which donates £1 for every ton of coal sold from the Ffos-y-fran land reclamation scheme. More than £8m has been awarded to a wide range of groups and causes since the site opened in 2007.
