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Newport Mari Lwyd Newport Mari Lwyd Festival

Beneficiaries

  • The General Public / Mankind

    The people of Newport. The Mari Llwyd is a long standing Welsh tradition enjoyed by the whole population of the city and nearby communities.

  • Number of beneficiaries - 1000

    It is an hour long moving procession

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

A procession of Cassie, the Newport Mari Lwyd, through commercial street and High Street Newport for the maximum of two hours on Saturday, January the 10th, 2026, accompanied by people in fancy dress and the Widders Border dance group.

BENEFICIARIES REACHED ANNUALLY

1000

Newport citizens and overall community in the area.

SIZE OF PROJECT PER ANNUM

£5,000.00

TIMELINE

Jan 2026 - Jan 2026

Project Outcome Targets

Keep the Mari Lwyd tradition alive

Engage people in their communities to be proud of Newport

Guarantee that the festival adheres to the best safety practices and it covered for any eventuality.

Project Activities

  • The procession of the Mari Lwyd through Newport commercial and High Street

  • Dialogues in English and Welsh

  • Morris dancing

  • Attend Chepstow Mari Lwyd the week after the Newport event

Project details
GEOGRAPHIC REACH

Wales: Newport

IMPACT REPORTING

Quarterly

March 2021

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
UN SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
How we monitor the quality and results of our work

We gather crowd numbers each year and monitor the followers on Facebook.

WHO IS ALREADY FUNDING THE PROJECT?

Self-funded

The organisers self-fund the projects and have been doing so for the last 6 years.