Welcome to the digital platform that connects people, groups and organisations in Torfaen to their community.
This platform is free for everyone to use and is a space to help people find opportunities to support their local
community, and a place for community groups and organisations to find volunteers to support their work.
What can you do on this website?
Find nearby support
Our directory feature lets you find or share information about the services or social groups in your community. It's easy-to-search and add new listings ... read the full guide.
Take part in polls
Polls enable communities or colleagues to share their opinions, set their own challenges and vote for their favourite ideas. You can... read the full guide.
Find local events
Our events feature lets you find or share information about the events in your community. You can easily set up repeat events and share via social media ... read the full guide.
Who we are
This platform has been set up by Torfaen Voluntary Alliance’s (TVA).
Torfaen Voluntary Alliance supports the Third Sector. That’s community based organisations, and social enterprise development in Torfaen and surrounding areas. We assist organisations to secure funding also by providing advice on, governance and structures, charity law registration and constitutions.
We've set up Connect Torfaen to give local people the chance to make their own opportunities for connecting with other local people or local organisations making a positive difference in their community.
Connect Torfaen aims to:
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connect people and organisations in an easy to find and friendly manner
- be a safe space, which is closely monitored by admins
- actively promote groups and activities within the borough
- increase the number of volunteers contributing to partner services and priorities
- develop communities of interest to encourage people to become active and engage in their community.
Our vision for this platform
We know that encouraging people to become active and engage in their community brings significant benefits including reducing or delaying the need to access statutory care.
We now want to build on these foundations to establish at pace a system-wide and asset-based approach to health and well-being which has social connectedness at its heart.
Our vision is for Connect Torfaen to support existing platforms such as Infoengine and Dewis to become sustainable, as well as engaging with a different audience. We want to form strong links with other community developments to further strengthen the online platform.
Find out more
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