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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sixty social enterprises awarded prizes totalling £2m

Here are the winners from Wales:

Green Valleys CIC, an environmental enterprise based in the Brecon Beacons National Park, won £50,000 to develop a new food production area with the funding being used to buy fencing, a water supply and storage units

• Flintshire-based DangerPoint, a social enterprise that educates people about safety, will use their £50,000 award to increase their visitor numbers by expanding into the local tourist market

• Powys-based glass recycling social enterprise Ten Green Bottles will use its £30,000 funding win to launch a new in-house packaging service to help make its products more saleable

Pedal Power, a social enterprise offering accessible cycling to those with physical disabilities and learning difficulties has been awarded £30,000 to expand and offer its services to more people

• Swansea's Down to Earth Project, which offers outdoor educational and training programmes, has won £30,000 to help it launch a second site on The Gower Peninsula

• Newport's E-Inclusion Recycling, a business that collects and refurbishes computers, has been awarded £15,000 to extend its services to offer a full recycling facility

Reseiclo Community Wood Recycling, also based in Newport, will use their £15,000 award to expand into Swansea with the purchase of a new truck for collections, lifting machinery and office equipment

• Blaenau Gwent-based radio station and recording studio BRfm will purchase new studio equipment, including studio lighting and trussing, with its £15,000 funding to attract new clients

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