Charitable Trusts
Each year, the Montgomeryshire Society organises several competitions for school pupils and students in Montgomeryshire:
- The Clement Davies Award for Art
- The Charles Churchill/Mary Valentine Award for an English or Welsh Essay
- The Professor D Vaughan Davies Award for a Welsh Essay
- The Montgomeryshire Society Prize for Further Education at NPTC College, Newtown Campus
- Garthgwynion Music Prize
They are designed to encourage art, essay writing (in both Welsh and English), further education and music among Montgomeryshire school pupils and students. The first three competitions are organised and co-ordinated by the Society's Honorary Competitions' Secretary and are kindly adjudicated by volunteers with expertise in the relevant fields. A shortlist of nominees for The Montgomeryshire Society Prize for Further Education is proposed by the staff at the Newton Campus of The NPTC Group of Colleges and the winner is selected by the college's leadership team and the sponsor of the award. The Garthgwynion Prize is usually donated to an organisation (such as an Eisteddfod or Festival held in the County) as prize money for a music competition for young people from the County.
The prize money for these awards comes mainly from the income from funds generously donated to, and administered by, the Montgomeryshire Society Charitable Trusts. From time to time, the Trusts also receive additional donations, which help swell the trust funds and help the Trustees to keep the prize money at a suitable level. The 19 prizes awarded in 2024 amounted to a total of £1,230. The Trustees would be most grateful for any donation, of whatever size. Details of donations are usually included in the Trusts' Annual Report and Accounts, although they may be made anonymously. If you would like to make a donation, please send a cheque in favour of
THE MONTGOMERYSHIRE SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUSTS to:
Amanda Gibbon,
The Montgomeryshire Society Charitable Trusts,
43 Duncan Terrace,
Islington,
London, N1 8AL
Ymddiriedolaethau Elusennol
Trefnir nifer o gystadlaethau yn flynyddol ar gyfer disgyblion ysgol a myfyrwyr y sir gan Gymdeithas Maldwyn:
- Gwobr Clement Davies am waith celf
- Gwobr Charles Churchill/ Mary Valentine am draethawd yn y Gymraeg neu'r Saesneg
- Gwobr Yr Athro D Vaughan Davies am draethawd yn y Gymraeg
- Gwobr am Gyflawniad Addysg Bellach ar Gampws y Drenewydd o Grŵp Colegau NPTC
- Gwobr Cerddoriaeth Garthgwynion
Bwriad y cystadlaethau yw annog disgyblion a myfyrwyr i ymgymryd â chelf, ysgrifennu, cerddoriaeth ac addysg bellach. Trefnir y tair cystadleuaeth gyntaf uchod gan Ysgrifennydd Cystadlaethau'r Gymdeithas ac fe'u beirniadir gan wirfoddolwyr gydag arbenigedd yn y gwahanol feysydd. Daw'r arian gwobr ar gyfer y gwobrau oll yn bennaf o'r incwm o gronfeydd a roddwyd yn garedig i Ymddiriedolaethau Elusennol Cymdeithas Maldwyn. O bryd i'w gilydd, daw rhoddion ariannol ychwanegol i law, sy'n caniatáu i'r ymddiriedolwyr gadw'r arian gwobr ar lefel atyniadol i'r disgyblion. Rhoddwyd gwerth £1,230 o wobrau yn 2024. Am fanylion pellach, gweler 'Cystadlaethau' ar y wefan hon.
Os hoffech gyfrannu, a fyddech gystal â thalu eich siec i THE MONTGOMERYSHIRE SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUSTS a'i hanfon at:
Amanda Gibbon,
The Montgomeryshire Society Charitable Trusts,
43 Duncan Terrace,
Islington,
London, N1 8AL
