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.

Join storyteller Kama Roberts as she weaves local mythical tales and legends on a minibus tour of the Elan and Claerwen Valleys. £3 per person. To book please visit Eventbrite. Meet at Rhayader Museum & Gallery.

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Ymunwch â’r chwedleuwr Kama Roberts wrth iddi blethu chwedlau mytholegol lleol tra ar daith mewn bws mini o amgylch Dyffryn Claerwen a Chwm Elan. £3 y pen. I gadw lle ymwelwch ag Eventbrite. Man cyfarfod yn Amgueddfa ac Oriel Rhaeadr.

Join current artist in residence Kate Green for an evening talk on her residency, walking and more at the Elan Valley Hotel. Booking recommended: please visit Eventbrite. For more information, email beth.rees@elanvalley.org.uk

Please note - this event is in the Elan Valley Hotel, which is 2.5 miles out of Rhayader.

Join geology expert Dr Charlie Bendall for a fascinating talk on the geology of the Elan Valley in Rhayader Museum & Gallery. Light refreshment provided.

Booking recommended: please visit Eventbrite.

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Ymunwch â’r arbenigwr daeareg Dr Charlie Bendall am sgwrs ddifyr ar ddaeareg Cwm Elan yn Amgueddfa ac Oriel Rhaeadr. Darperir lluniaeth ysgafn.

Looking to improve your night photography? Join Daniel Meredith for a relaxed, friendly workshop in the Elan Valley. The evening will include a talk with refreshments and live site tuition, including travel to sites.

This workshop is aimed at high level beginners – intermediates with a DSLR and tripod. Please note that we are not responsible for any equipment.

Limited places available, booking required. To book, please visit Eventbrite.

Enjoy the final weekend in October with some film and photography workshops. There’s something for everyone, with beginners’ photography workshops, a night photography workshop, an evening travelling back in time in a historical film evening or create a creepy Halloween stop motion short film, great fun for kids and adults alike!

Workshops include:

Night photography - limted places available

Spooky Animation workshop

Create a creepy, Halloween-themed stop-motion short film with Jim Elliott in our drop in session at the Elan Valley Visitor Centre. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Drop in session. £2 per child, payable on the day.

For more information, please contact beth.rees@elanvalley.org.uk

Crëuwch ffilm fer iasol, stop-symudiad ar thema Nos Galan Gaeaf gyda Jim Elliott, mewn sesiwn galw heibio yng Nghanolfan Ymwelwyr Cwm Elan.  Rhaid i bob plentyn gael ei warchod gan oedolyn. Sesiwn galw heibio. £2 y plentyn.

Relive Rhayader and Elan Valley's past in a series of local historical films at Rhayader Museum & Gallery. Light refreshments provided. Booking recommended: please visit Eventbrite.

Bamboozled by buttons on your camera? Fed up with focusing and annoying with apertures? Join our beginner's workshop to take the confusion out of your camera! 

Places are limited, so please book ahead: please visit Eventbrite. 

Mewn penbleth am y botymau ar eich camera?  Wedi cael llond bol ar ffocysu ac wedi blino ar yr agorfaoedd?  Ymunwch â’n gweithdy i ddechreuwyr er mwyn dod i ddeall eich camera yn well!