On a morning spent in the upper Afan valley local MP Stephen Kinnock visited Gwynfi Community Co-operative. Set up during the miner’s strike in 1984, the Co-op has been serving the Gwynfi community ever since.

Stephen Kinnock said, ‘the story of Gwynfi Community Co-operative is truly inspirational and demonstrates what can be achieved when a community comes together. The principle on which it was founded, of providing an essential service to the community, is still very much what continues to drive it. The commitment and dedication of the staff and the board is second to none.’