ORGANISERS of Llangollen's Eisteddfod have taken home a share of a £30,000 award fund after being announced as runners-up at the ScottishPower Foundation Awards last week.
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod was runner-up in the Community Impact and Engagement category.
The Welsh festival of literature, music and performance has been awarded an additional £2,500 to continue their good work in the community.
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Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod will put the grant towards expanding its Inclusion Project, which reflects the diversity of society and promotes the idea of spreading love and peace via music, song and dance.
Every year the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod maintains its commitment to inclusivity, by allowing people with diverse abilities the opportunity to come together, learn from one another and perform on the Royal International Pavilion stage.
The Awards ceremony took place at ScottishPower’s HQ in Glasgow and celebrated the organisations which the ScottishPower Foundation has supported this year. Organisations were judged in four categories including Education, Innovative Project, Community Impact and Engagement and Charity Champion with the winning organisation in each category receiving an additional £5,000 funding boost and four runners-up receiving £2,500 each.
Elise Jackson, Community Engagement Officer at Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod said: “We are delighted to have been recognised by the ScottishPower Foundation for our Inclusion Project.
''Thanks to the ScottishPower Foundation’s generous support over the past decade, we have been able to deliver our objective of inclusivity, working tirelessly to celebrate diversity and raise disability awareness among our participants at the Eisteddfod. This grant will enable us to continue to deliver this important message and engage with even more people.”
Ann McKechin, Trustee and Executive Officer of the ScottishPower Foundation, said: “The ScottishPower Foundation Awards is an opportunity for us to celebrate the milestones of these organisations, bring them together to foster working relationships and of course, provide additional financial support to those projects which we feel have really gone above and beyond.”
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