In 2018 the Community Council secured £35,000 of funding from Community Green Energy Wales CIC, the company that runs Hafod-y-Dafal Solar Farm, for the benefit of the Communities of the A&LCC area. The Council discussed various proposals for grant funding.
The whole grant of £35,000 was paid in April 2019 to Abertillery Excelsiors AFC, on behalf of the Cwmtillery Partnership of various organisations, to fund Cwmtillery Lakeside improvements, fishing pegs, dredging of the lake, repairs and stock for the fishing club, a footfall counter, garden design, community café (fire doors, extractor fan, tiling, back door and windows), ecological survey, promotional events, planning fees, perimeter native hedging around the wood, a full ecological impact assessment and Memorial Garden. A report on progress as at 4 September 2020 can be seen here