Workshops & Events
For 15 years the Big Skill cic has provided creative activities across England and Wales, via Craft and Chat Wellbeing Workshops, Skills and Work Enhancement Accredited Training, Recycling Waste into Crafts and community designed sculptures.
"In the last three years Big Skill cic has run over 200 workshops, walks, projects & 25 accredited training courses at Craig-y-Nos country park & the surrounding Ystradgynlais, Aberdare, Brecon areas & at Hereford.
Now Springtime brings some exciting news:-
With funding from Community Foundation Wales/Welsh Church Act
We will be running over a dozen craft workshops, including a May Day event.
Later in the Summer with funding from the Moondance Foundation. We will be running 36 Rural Skills & Crafts From Waste Workshops - providing individual & community development.
Each workshop will be for up to 10 participants and run by a local, tutoring rural crafts.
The workshops will lead to ‘Rural Skills and Crafts’ & ‘Crafts from Waste,’ certificates & qualifications.
The Historical Potting Shed will be converted into a craft workshop and a sales area for crafts from recycled waste.
Exciting News
Creative Courses for Companies
These are being launched in September.
Click here to see the poster
Creative Courses for the Community
the first of these are listed below
Click on each for more information and to book your places.
The new Creative Courses for the Community are just £40 a place
Please contact us for details of our money saving membership plan.
We aim to be as inclusive as we can, tell us if you have any specific impairments or requirements we should be aware of, We will help in any way we can.
Please ensure you book your space onto the workshops.
We are introducing a minimum £5 donation to our tickets but please donate as much as you can.
Upcoming Workshops
Soda Can Workshop25 Aug 2025, 10:00 – 14:00The Potting Shed , Craig-y-Nos Country Park. Craig-y-nos, Swansea SA9, UK
Introduction to Cyanotype printingSold Out27 Aug 2025, 11:00 – 14:30Rainmaker Art Studio, Duke St, Aberdare CF44 7ED, UK
Upcycling - making new items from oldMultiple Dates08 Sept 2025, 10:00 – 15:00Pen-y-cae, Pen-y-cae, Craig-y-nos, Swansea SA9 1GL, UK
Weaving On A Twig Frame08 Sept 2025, 11:00 – 14:30Rainmaker Art Studio, Duke St, Aberdare CF44 7ED, UK
The Community Shawl Project - textile workshop!10 Sept 2025, 10:00 – 15:00Brecon, c/o, The Muse, Glamorgan St, Brecon LD3 7DW, UK
Glass Skills with Born Again BottlesMultiple Dates12 Sept 2025, 10:00 – 13:00Craig y Nos Country Park, Pen-y-cae, Craig-y-nos, Swansea SA9 1GL, UK
Textile workshop, with The Community Shawl Project!13 Sept 2025, 10:00 – 15:00Libanus, Libanus, Brecon LD3 8ER, UK
The Community Shawl Project - textile workshop!15 Sept 2025, 10:00 – 15:00Brecon, The Vaults, Market St, Brecon LD3 9AH, UK
Upcycled Autumn Crafts20 Sept 2025, 10:00 – 14:00The Potting Shed , Craig-y-Nos Country Park, Pen-y-cae, Craig-y-nos, Swansea SA9 1GL, UK
Mini Painting & Card Making Workshop29 Sept 2025, 10:30 – 14:00Rainmaker Art Studio, Duke St, Aberdare CF44 7ED, UK- Glass Skills with Born Again BottlesMultiple Dates10 Oct 2025, 10:00 – 13:00Craig y Nos Country Park, Pen-y-cae, Craig-y-nos, Swansea SA9 1GL, UK
Mabinogion's Rhiannon, Clay Workshop with Rebecca BuckMultiple Dates15 Oct 2025, 10:30 – 14:30Craig y Nos Country Park, Pen-y-cae, Craig-y-nos, Swansea SA9 1GL, UK- Mabinogion's Rhiannon, Clay Workshop with Rebecca BuckMultiple Dates23 Oct 2025, 10:30 – 14:30Craig y Nos Country Park, Pen-y-cae, Craig-y-nos, Swansea SA9 1GL, UK
Cancelled - for new Agored Cymru participants, please see the new 4 course course ad,Multiple Dates06 Nov 2025, 10:30 – 14:30Craig y Nos Country Park, Pen-y-cae, Craig-y-nos, Swansea SA9 1GL, UK- 4 week Agored Cymru Willow Weaving Course with Anna SticklandMultiple Dates06 Nov 2025, 10:30 – 27 Nov 2025, 14:30Craig y Nos Country Park, Pen-y-cae, Craig-y-nos, Swansea SA9 1GL, UK