Welcome
to the Swansea Chinese Community Co-op Centre website. This is a dedicated website for the Swansea Chinese Community Centre in South Wales. Anyone from anywhere is welcome to view and use the facilities provided by our website. Here you can find information on all previous and future events,. You can also find various and useful information, such as the Swansea Women’s Group and term times and exam timetables for the Swansea Chinese School.
The Centre was set up on 1st December 1996 by a group of enthusiastic volunteers who have dedicated their time and money in the Chinese community’s development work for many years and, the Centre was subsequently registered as a charity organisation. In December 1997 we applied for funding and were granted a three year grant by the National Lottery Charities Board for the purpose of employing a Centre Manager, paying for the rent and other running cost.
The number of members increases each year covering the majority of South Wales. Currently we have over 600 members. Majority of our members are form Swansea and its nearby regions, but we also have members stretching from the West to North of Wales. The services and support we provide on daily basis targets women, young people and the elderly. We provide basic interpretation and translation of letters, organise trainings to build capacity and meet needs, run talks and seminars to increase knowledge, short trips to improve quality of life, and arrange workshops to promote the Chinese culture and encourage cultural diversity. Our annual Chinese New Year celebration at the Swansea Brangwyn Hall proved to be very popular. We also held an Ethnic minority fashion show and a Chinese Paining exhibition.