# CYMDEITHAS ALAWON GWERIN CYMRU (WELSH FOLK SONG SOCIETY)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 259772
- **Other names:** CYMDEITHAS ALAWON GWERIN CYMRU
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 19, 1971
- **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=259772


## Contact

- **Address:** COED Y BERLLAN, BRYNYMOR ROAD, ABERYSTWYTH
- **Postcode:** SY23 2HX
- **Phone:** 01970 610160
- **Email:** rhcgriffiths@btinternet.com
- **Website:** www.canugwerin.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN WELSH TRADITIONAL MUSIC BY THE COLLECTION, PRESERVATION AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SAID MUSIC, THE PUBLICATION OF SUCH EXAMPLES OF THE SAID MUSIC AS MAY BE DEEMED ADVISABLE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF RESEARCH INTO ITS HISTORY BOTH LITERARY AND MUSICAL/AMCANION Y GYMDEITHAS FYDD ADDYSGU&#x27;R CYHOEDD YM MAES CERDDORIAETH DRADDODIADOL GYMREIG TRWY GASGLU, CADW A PHERFFORMIO&#x27;R CYFRYW GERDDORIAETH, TRWY GHOEDDI ENGHREIFFTIAU ADDAS O&#x27;R CYFRYW GERDDORIAETH A THRWY HYRWYDDO YMCHWIL I&#x27;W HANES YN LLENYDDOL A CHERDDOROL.

**Activities:** Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru collects and publishes Welsh folk-songs and undertakes research on the Welsh folk tradition. It publishes an annual journal, Canu Gwerin, collections of folk-songs and folk-song arrangements, and other works relating to the Welsh folk tradition.




## Classification

- **How:** Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES
- Throughout Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| DAVID ROY SAER MA |  |  |
| DR RHIANNON IFANS BA PHD |  |  |
| DR RHIDIAN GRIFFITHS |  |  |
| Dr Elen Wyn Keen |  | Sept. 29, 2024 |




