Projects

4CG works with the community on a range of projects that support and invest in local enterprise, aligned with the priorities of the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act.

4CG Supports the Purchase of the Cardigan Tabernacle – Hwb Aberteifi

4CG Supports the Purchase of the Cardigan Tabernacle – Hwb Aberteifi

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In 2025, 4CG helped form Hwb Aberteifi and ran a share offer that raised the capital to buy the Tabernacle in the centre of Cardigan.

Community Land Trust

Community Land Trust

4CG instigated a housing need assessment in Penparc, where a public meeting agreed in principle to form a Community Land Trust.

Featured as the Modern Face of Co-operation in Wales

Featured as the Modern Face of Co-operation in Wales

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4CG featured in an online exhibition by the Wales Co-operative Centre celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Owen.

Town App

Town App

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With Ceredigion County Council and developers Locly, 4CG created the Cardigan town app, used across the town for a number of years.

Bringing New Events to Cardigan

Bringing New Events to Cardigan

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Working in partnership, 4CG helped fund Cardigan's first Lantern Parade in 2016 and its first Carnival in 2017.

Energy Club Pilots

Energy Club Pilots

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4CG formed South Ceredigion Energy Local, a pilot of two clubs letting local households and businesses use locally generated renewable energy.

A new website

A new website

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We’ve put together a new website to help people find out what 4CG is about and what we’re up to around Cardigan.

Blooming Wild

Blooming Wild

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Working on consultation with Grow Wild, 4CG is supporting a cross-generation project to plant twelve different varieties of wild flowers in a number of sites around Cardigan.

Local Fish Produce

Local Fish Produce

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Over 150 tonnes of fish is landed in Cardigan Bay each year and all of it is immediately transported away for sale.

Town Centre Partnership

Town Centre Partnership

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In 2016, 4CG set up a town centre partnership bringing together Cardigan's stakeholders, which funded and delivered a range of town centre projects.

Town Wifi

Town Wifi

4CG managed the installation and ongoing support of Cardigan's town centre Wifi scheme, which became a blueprint other towns followed.

FLAG project feasibility study completed

FLAG project feasibility study completed

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The Fish produce feasibility study, produced with the help of the Fishermens’ Local Action Group has been completed and 4CG presented its findings at the Small World Theatre along with some excellent

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New Office Space Completed

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4CG have completed renovation work on the 1st floor of the old bike shop. The building will now be the offices of Jigsaw.

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Finalist in Social Enterprise Award

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4CG were one of four finalists for the “Social Enterprise Award Cymru of 2014”.

Affordable Homes

Affordable Homes

As part of developing the town centre 4CG estate, the charity rents a 2 bed house and 6 flats to people with a local need.

Y Clinc

Y Clinc

4CG bought Cardigan's old Court House and Police Station, now transformed into Y Clinc, a group hostel sleeping up to 28 guests in converted jail cells and judge's chambers.

CADDAM – Cardigan and District Agricultural and Maritime Museum

CADDAM – Cardigan and District Agricultural and Maritime Museum

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In the early days of 4CG, the empty sheds became the first home of the CADDAM collection of heritage agricultural machinery.

Cardigan's First Farmers Market

Cardigan's First Farmers Market

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4CG established a weekly farmers market in the sheds at Pwllhai, which grew and later moved to the town's indoor market.

Supporting Small Businesses in Cardigan

Supporting Small Businesses in Cardigan

4CG provides retail and office spaces for a number of small businesses operating from Cardigan town centre.

Affordable Car Parking in Cardigan

Affordable Car Parking in Cardigan

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4CG’s flagship project was the purchase of the old Co-op site in Pwllhai in 2010. This overgrown and derelict land has been since been transformed into a car park and business units.