# RHONDDA TUNNEL SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1162646
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 13, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1162646


## Contact

- **Address:** V&amp;amp;R TooGoodtoWaste, Horeb Street, TREORCHY, Mid Glamorgan
- **Postcode:** CF42 6RU
- **Phone:** 07794 673633
- **Email:** therhonddatunnel@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.rhonddatunnelsociety.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE RHONDDA AND AFAN VALLEYS BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE:(B) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES:(C) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT:(D) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT:(E) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.

**Activities:** Our overriding aim is to improve the economic prospects and social benefits for the Upper Valleys by encouraging visitors, principally by re-opening the Rhondda Tunnel to become the world&#x27;s longest continually-open cycling &amp; walking tunnel. Most of our income comes from subscriptions, and it is aimed at developing proposals and lobbying for grants to make this project happen.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Neath Port Talbot
- Rhondda Cynon Taff





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **STEPHEN MACKEY** | Chair | Sept. 9, 2014 |
| Aubrey Leonard Green |  | June 12, 2019 |
| JIM MAGGS |  | Sept. 9, 2014 |
| TONY MOON |  | July 1, 2016 |




