The Carneddau Landscape Partnership involves 22 voluntary and statutory organisations and academic institutions. To find out more about the work of the partners and how they are involved in the scheme, click on their logos below:
A social enterprise and company made up of members local to the village of Abergwyngregyn that deliver a range of community projects, including most notably a community owned Hydro-electric scheme, Ynni Anafon Energy, and running a successful café and community space, Yr Hen Felin (The Old Mill) in the heart of the village. Footpath improvements, bracken control around archaeological monuments and guided walks, finishing at Yr Hen Felin café are some of the projects being delivered in the area through the Carneddau Scheme.
The School of Natural Sciences at Bangor University is proud to be a partner on the Scheme. The University’s research farm, Henfaes, has land going from the Menai Straits to the ffridd of the Carneddau, this is an important part of our Welsh sheep flock grazing system. We do a lot of pioneering research in the area in the fields of environmental sciences, agriculture, and forestry, to name a few. Our students often visit the Carneddau for practical sessions, central to their education at the University. The Scheme’s new tree nursery is located in Henfaes along with nature reserves and ancient monuments, and many of our staff are closely associated with the Scheme in a variety of ways.
The British Mountaineering Council represents climbers and hill walkers across England and Wales, it helps to promote the interests of Climbers and Hill Walkers within the Carneddau and works within the partnership to promote sustainable access and conservation work. Some of our most recent work includes promoting the use of public transport to enjoy the area and how responsibly explore the landscape leaving no trace.
Cadw is the Welsh Government’s historic environment service. We are working for an accessible and well-protected historic environment for Wales. The role of Cadw within the Carneddau Landscape Partnership is to advise on management of the nearly one-hundred nationally important scheduled monuments within the Partnership area, with the aim of enhancing their condition and understanding by the public.
The Carneddau Ponies are an iconic feature in the landscape and its our main aim to protect this genetically unique herd to ensure they thrive and persist on the mountains for future generations. As part of an agreed management plan with natural Resources Wales, we have been working in partnership with the Carneddau Scheme to promote the ponies and our work in protecting them.
Conwy County Borough Council (CCBC) is the governing body for Conwy County Borough and provides services for the people of Conwy County, including Education, Social Services, Leisure, Culture and Libraries, Roads and Facilities, Tourism, Economic Development and Regeneration.
Together with the Carneddau Scheme and working with Town and Community Councils, we support grassroots participation, partnership working and innovation across our communities, supporting development and implementation of projects that benefit the area’s residents and local economy.
The Farmers’ Union of Wales is an independent voice for the country’s farmers and family farms and its vision is thriving, sustainable, family farms in Wales, whilst the mission of the Union is to advance and protect Wales’ family farms, both nationally and individually, in order to fulfil the Union’s vision.
The FUW’s role within the partnership is to promote the work of the Partnership and to ensure that our members are aware of projects that may be of interest to them in the area so that they can take part in as many projects as possible with the Carneddau Landscape Partnership such as planting trees, hedges and registering old field and place names.
Gwynedd Archaeological Trust (GAT) is one of four Welsh Archaeological Trusts providing advice on the historic environment across Wales. We are an educational charity established in 1974, and provide education and outreach activities for schools and communities. Our main involvement with the Carneddau Scheme has been co-leading on a large-scale community excavation digs to discover the extent of axe making activities in the Carneddau from the Neolithic period, up 6,000 years ago! We have enjoyed 3 years of delivering 3 weeks of community archaeology, with participation from over 200 volunteers and local primary school students.
Gwynedd Council is the governing body for Gwynedd County and provides services for the people of Gwynedd, including Education, Social Services, Leisure, Culture and Libraries, Roads and Facilities, Tourism, Economic Development and Regeneration.
Together with the Carneddau Scheme and working with Town and Community Councils, to support participation, partnership working and innovation across our communities, supporting development and implementation of projects that benefit the area’s residents and local economy.
NFU Cymru is the leading agricultural organisation that represents and champions all farmers and growers in Wales. We promote and protect the interests of our members by working with and influencing government, the supply chain and consumers in order to secure a stable and sustainable future for Welsh agriculture and to get the best possible deal for our members.
The National Trust is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in Wales, England and Northern Ireland. The Trust are helping to deliver on many different projects within the Carneddau Scheme. From developing meadows; creating tree nurseries to supply locally grown native trees; planting trees at low density near streams and rivers; uncovering archaeological monuments in the landscape; improving access by repairing footpaths; and helping to protect a rare habitat, montane heath, which survives on the summits of the Carneddau.
Natural Resources Wales’s job is to look after Wales’ natural resources and what they provide for us: to help reduce the risk to people and properties of flooding and pollution; to look after our special places for people’s well-being and wildlife; to provide timber; and to work with others to help us all manage them sustainably. Our people have the knowledge, expertise, and passion to help make the sustainable management of natural resources a reality. NRW play a key role in the partnership as landowners, as well as advising on the management of the Carneddau Massif, which is designated as a Special Area of Conservation, as well as several Sites of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserves.
The Outdoor Partnership works to support the people of Wales and other areas of the UK to undertake outdoor activities as lifelong activities. Their new strategy has defined their vision for the next ten years; Improving people’s lives through outdoor activities.
A social enterprise working for the benefit of the economy, environment and communities of Dyffryn Ogwen. Ogwen Partnership was established in 2013, through innovative collaboration by Bethesda, Llanllechid and Llandygai Community Councils to provide a clerking service to the 3 councils and develop community projects. Our main role within the scheme includes delivering community projects and events to promote engagement and connectedness with residents to their local natural and cultural environments.
Penmaenmawr Museum is an independent community museum and registered charity (no. 1148984), managed by volunteers. As well as taking care of the museum and coffee shop, we look after an archive collection of artefacts, documents and photographs; organise an annual lecture series; host community events; lead a programme of heritage walks; support learning placements at the museum; and we are involved in partnership projects such as the Carneddau Scheme focusing on the preservation of local heritage.
Plantlife’s work spans four strategic areas – protect and restore, connect people with nature, work in partnerships and collaborate and influence. The Carneddau uplands and lowlands offer a diversity of plant species, some of which are rare and important to protect, most notably, the plants found in the montane heath habitat found in the highest and most extreme areas of the Carneddau.
PONT brings together and shares knowledge, expertise and practical skills on conservation and grazing across Wales. The aim is to collaborate with those in the farming, conservation, local communities and other interest groups to help deliver practical grazing solutions that benefit the various interests in an integrated manner.
RSPB Cymru is part of the RSPB, the UK-wide charity working to secure a healthy environment for birds and other wildlife, helping to create a better world for us all. As part of the Carneddau Landscape Partnership scheme, we are collaborating with others to conserve two of the rarest species in Snowdonia: red-billed chough and twite. We are tracking choughs with the help of volunteers and the latest GPS technology to identify key foraging sites and inform habitat management. In Nant Ffrancon and Dyffryn Ogwen, we are providing seed-rich habitats to support the last remaining twite population in Wales.
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield has enjoyed several research visits to the Carneddau’s many scheduled ancient monuments to record and survey using an array of technologies including ground penetrating radar and LiDAR. Our partnership working with the Carneddau Scheme is providing valuable practical experiences to our students and also providing highly accurate survey and visualisation data to better understand many archaeological sites.
Snowdonia-Active is a ‘not for profit’ organisation which operates as a consultancy delivering projects linked to outdoor recreation, tourism and conservation in Wales and sometimes beyond. Snowdonia-Active are passionate about outdoor recreation and the benefits to peoples’ physical and mental well-being but feel strongly that this activity should take place with minimal impact on the landscape and ecology in which it is based. Through the Carneddau Landscape Partnership scheme Snowdonia-Active are delivering a series of “Train the Trainer” environmental workshops and creating content for a Carneddau module which will be added to the Llysgennad Eryri. The purpose of this work is to increase understanding and enjoyment of the Carneddau’s history, cultural traditions and wildlife amongst outdoor providers so they can share this knowledge with clients.
As the host for the Carneddau Landscape Partnership, Eryri National Park Authority is working to secure a sustainable future for the National Park, protecting its natural, cultural and historic qualities. The Carneddau Scheme is run through a designated team of 5 staff members; a scheme manager, scheme support officer, Northern Carneddau engagement officer, Southern Carneddau Engagement Officer, engagement assistant and scheme support officer.
The Snowdonia Society is involved in several ways in the Carneddau Landscape Partnership. As a Core Partner we help steer the overall project and on the ground we manage volunteer teams whose practical work helps care for this wonderful area. Volunteers tackle invasive plant species in river catchments, protect archaeological sites from scrub encroachment and manage habitats for rare species such as the chough.
