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Social Science Research Park (SPARK)

SPARK Members

Cardiff University's Social Science Research Park is proud to support our current members:

TGP Cymru

TGP Cymru is the leading Wales based charity working with children, young people and families through a range of projects and service delivery, training and development and campaigning.

Carers Trust

Carers Trust is a major charity for, with and about carers. They work to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or addiction problems.

Cwmpas

Cwmpas is a development agency working for positive change, in Wales and across the UK. They are a co-operative, and their focus is on building a fairer, greener economy and a more equal society, where people and planet come first.

The Centre for Digital Public Services (CDPS)

The Centre for Digital Public Services is a Welsh Government owned limited company. It has been created to work with the devolved Welsh public sector to deliver digital transformation of public services and increase digital skills within the Welsh public sector.

Cynnal Cymru

Cynnal Cymru are a leading sustainable development charity based in Cardiff, working across Wales and the UK. Since 2002, they have been supporting organisations from across the public, private and third sector to turn sustainability aims into action through the provision of advice, training and enabling connections.

Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA)

At the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), they find and fund exploitable innovation to support UK defence and security quickly and effectively, and support UK prosperity. They are part of government, imbedded within the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.

Ethnic Minorities & Youth Support (EYST)

Ethnic Minorities & Youth Support Team was set up in 2005 by a group of ethnic minority young people in Swansea. It aimed to fill a gap in provision for young Black Asian minority ethnic people aged 11-25 by providing a targeted, culturally sensitive and holistic support service to meet their needs.

The Institute for Community Studies

The Institute for Community Studies is a new kind of research institute, with people and communities at its heart. They believe the involvement of communities leads to better decision making on the issues that most affect them.

Llamau

Llamau is the leading homelessness charity in Wales, supporting the most vulnerable young people and women. Their mission is to eradicate homelessness for young people and vulnerable women.

Disability Wales

Disability Wales is the national association of disabled people’s organisations in Wales striving to achieve the rights and equality of all disabled people. Our core role is to represent the views and priorities of members to government with the aim of informing and influencing policy.

ProMo Cymru

ProMo Cymru works to ensure young people and communities are informed, engaged, connected and heard. ProMo Cymru work collaboratively to make links between people and services using creativity and digital technology. Supporting the third and public sectors to imagine, test and create better services.

Child Friendly Cardiff

Child Friendly Cardiff is a programme of work within the local authority which aims to embed a child rights approach across key areas in partnership with UNICEF UK. It seeks to deliver the strategic goals set out in the Child Friendly Cardiff Strategy and be recognised as the first UNICEF Child Friendly City in the UK.

North Star Transition

North Star Transition’s Wales Transition Lab brings together leaders from various sectors to address challenges in food, health, and nature by fostering collaboration and systemic change across Wales.

The British Deaf Association (BDA)

The British Deaf Association’s Wales Office supports community development and advocacy for Deaf people, promoting the BSL Charter and empowering individuals to influence services through self-help groups and specialist advice.

Keep Wales Tidy

Keep Wales Tidy is a charity that works with communities across Wales to protect the environment, supporting actions that enhance well-being, community life, and nature.

The Royal Society of Arts (RSA)

The Royal Society of Arts (RSA Wales|Cymru) Fellowship connects changemakers across Wales, fostering collaboration and innovation through networking events and initiatives aimed at addressing social challenges.

Children in Wales

Children in Wales is a national organisation that supports professionals and organisations working to improve the well-being of children, young people, and families across Wales.

Brook

Brook is a UK charity that supports the sexual health and well-being of young people up to age 25, offering accessible services like contraception, STI testing, and relationship education.