Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales
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| Formation | 1928 |
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| Type | Environmental Organisation |
| Purpose | To secure the protection and enhancement landscapes and environment of Wales. |
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Membership
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1020 |
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Activities
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Environmental Campaigns, Lectures, Day Schools, Rural Wales Awards and Rural Wales Magazine |
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President
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Jules Hudson |
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Director
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Peter Ogden |
| Website | CPRW [4] |
The Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW) (Welsh: Ymgyrch Diogelu Cymru Wledig (YDCW)), originally named the Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales, is a charity in Wales that aims to secure the protection and enhancement of the country's landscapes and environment.
It was founded in 1928. The name was changed to the Council for the Protection of Rural Wales in 1962, and then to the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales in 1991. Past presidents have included Megan Lloyd George (1949-1965), Wynford Vaughan Thomas (1968-1972) and Baroness Eirene White (1973-1989).Clough Williams-Ellis was the Chairman of CPRW from 1929 to 1946 and the President from 1946-8. The organisation's offices are in Welshpool.
The Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW) is a national charity, organised in a structure comprising a central National Executive Committee and regional branches.The members of the National Executive Committee are Trustees of the charity and comprise the officers of the charity (elected by the general membership) and up to 12 members elected by a Council, made up of representatives of each branch and of affiliated organisations and members elected in their own right. The Council meets four times a year, once in North Wales, once in South Wales and twice in mid-Wales. The Director advises the National Executive Committee and the membership on policy and engages with the Welsh Government, the Welsh Assembly and other national organisations, as well as organising nationwide campaigns. In parallel with the central management structure, there are 14 regional branches across Wales, whose members are volunteers, and whose principal function is to consider and campaign on local planning and development issues.
This topical magazine on Rural Wales is published three times a year.
Awards made by the Regional Branches and sponsored by Post Office. These include:
This was organised in Wales by the Branches of CPRW from 1954 onwards and led to the enhancement of many Welsh villages The competition was discontinued in the early 1990s. Some villages such as Berriew in Montgomeryshire was awarded a Best Kept Village Award on a number of occasions from 1970 onwards. CPRE still continues with its Best Kept Village Competitions.
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