When Burberry closed its factory in Treorchy the company agreed to provide £150,000 a year for ten years to a charitable trust in the Rhondda to further the education and training opportunities of people in the Rhondda. The total will amount to £1.5 million.
The Rhondda Trust was founded in 2007 to receive this money from Burberry and to make grants to individuals and organisations in the Rhondda.
The Trust can also receive donations from other sources.
Trustees:
Chris Bryant MP (Chair)
Leighton Andrews AM
Joan Young (Former Burberry Worker)
Gaynor Richards (Former Burberry Worker)
Mervyn Burnett (GMB)
Guy Clarke (Solicitor)
