Elan Links Events & Volunteering Opportunities

The Elan Links Archive Project aims to protect, record and celebrate Elan’s cultural heritage material which includes documents, memories, pictures and artefacts.  

We are looking for volunteers with some archiving experience to  help with recording information onto the archive database. The majority of work will take place at CARAD in Rhayader and the Elan Valley Estate Office, however, some additional onsite work may be necessary.

 A look at how the Elan Links Partnership is celebrating Elan’s human heritage, how the valley has been influenced by humans, and humans influenced the valley, through the artists in residence scheme.

Open daily from 10am until 4pm at the Visitor Centre.
 

Come along for a cuppa and a chat. This is an informal event. Just drop in when you can.

Happening on the first Wednesday every month.

Come and find out what's happening at the Elan Links Project.

Meet up with people involved.

Everyone welcome.

Refreshments provided.

Barbara Brown, from the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, will be giving an entertaining talk about Plant Hunting in Radnorshire during the 19th Century.

She'll cover topics including the significant plant finds in the county, and the important plant hunters of the period. 

The talk will be illustrated with photos, some; from the natural history museum; of herbarium specimens found.

Admission is free, but please book your place with Stephanie Kruse on 01597 811527 or stephanie.kruse@elanvalley.org.uk 

The last in a series of 5  sessions learning how to identify mosses, liverworts, ferns and lichens.

The day will be spent partly indoors and partly outside.  Meet at the Elan Links Office in Elan Village. Not the Visitor Centre.

Identification training will lead into a series of surveys of the lower plants in the Elan Valley. These are hugely important in the valley as they make up a large proportion of the vegetation present.

Are you interested in becoming involved in the Elan Links Curlew monitoring programme?

We are looking for individuals who have some free time to help us monitor curlews in the valley.

This is a training day, but you will be expected to work independently (or in pairs) throughout the breeding season.

We will meet at the Elan Links Office, but most of the day will be spent out in the valley. Bring suitable clothing and footwear, and food and drink.

Come along for a cuppa and a chat. This is an informal event. Just drop in when you can.

Happening on the first Wednesday every month.

Come and find out what's happening at the Elan Links Project.

Meet up with people involved.

Everyone welcome.

Refreshments provided.

Come and enjoy a range of arts workshops in the first week of the Easter Holidays. Ever fancied making a mug from clay? Get the children involved in decorating fairies, goblins and other mythical creatures. Come and have a go at painting the way people did in the Elan Valley thousands of years ago in the Elan Valley.

Workshops include:

Make Your Own Mythical Creatures

Pottery Making Workshop

Let your imagination run wild as you create a mythical creature, decorating them with natural materials. Come and decorate goblins, fairies, ogres and more, or design and decorate your own mythical creature! Drop in session. £2 per child (payable on the day). Children must be supervised. For more information email beth.rees@elanvalley.org.uk

Let Alex Allpress guide you to create and decorate your own piece of pottery. Come and play with clay as you create and decorate an egg cup, bowl, mug or more! No experience necessary.

For £5 the piece can be fired and picked up from CARAD at a later date. Minimum age 5; children must be supervised.

Places are limited to 8 per session. Booking required: to book, please visit Eventbrite.