Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil will manage a portfolio of six projects in the Merthyr Tydfil local authority area. Five of the projects will engage local communities of interest and one a community of geography. Target groups include older and younger people, traveller and migrant worker communities, disabled people and those in social housing. The development grant of £18,101 will be used to recruit and fund a project officer over four months to support the development of a stage two application.