The New Glyn Valley Tramway & Industrial Heritage Trust and our Museum at Glyn Ceiriog are run entirely by volunteers and are dependent on donations, sales and goodwill.
If you are interested in the history and heritage of the Ceiriog Valley and the Glyn Valley Tramway in particular, you should become a subscribing member of our charity and consider volunteering with us. You can help in other ways too.
If you are a current UK taxpayer, you can boost your membership fees and any donations you make by 25% - at no extra cost to you - with Gift Aid from the UK Government.
We'll require your full name and home address, and you'll need to make a Gift Aid declaration- see our Member's Gift Aid Declaration form.
Become a Member:
Membership of the Trust starts from just £12 a year for adults (£9 a year for over 65s and under 18s). There are joint, family and life memberships available too.
Members receive our magazine Two Feet, Four & A Bit (normally published three times a year) and those aged 18+ are entitled to attend and vote at our members' general meetings.
Please download and complete a Membership Application, then return it to us by post or as an email attachment, or hand it to one of our staff at our Museum or on our official stand at an event we attend.
You can pay your membership subscription fee (with any added donation you may wish to make) in the following ways:
Personal Cheque
Direct Bank Transfer
Cash in Person
Online with PayPal or a Dedit / Crebit Card - use the Pay Now button below to open a secure payment window.
Our Membership Application contains payment instructions for the ways to pay.
Printed copies of the form are available at our Museum or from our official stand at events we attend.
When it's time to renew your annual subscription, we'll send you a reminder by email or post.
Volunteer:
There are part-time roles to suit everyone from teens to seniors, from administration to engineering! Send us an email to let us know your contact details, potential availability and particular areas of interest and skillsets.
Our museum in Glyn Ceiriog requires more staff on Saturdays and Bank Holiday Mondays, as does our promotional stand at exhibitions and events we might attend across the country.
For those who like to be more hands on with maintenance jobs or development projects, regular working parties are held at our sites in Glyn Ceiriog.
If online sales, artwork or storyboarding is your thing, we will be very happy to hear from you too!
Social Media:
Please tell your friends and social groups, in person and online, about the Old Tramway Engine Shed Museum at Glyn Ceiriog and the work of The New Glyn Valley Tramway & Industrial Heritage Trust.
We have a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/tngvtandiht and a Facebook discussion group at www.facebook.com/groups/575068222605328. Please like, follow or join us!
Stories & Objects:
If you have stories from the past about family or other people who worked on the Glyn Valley Tramway or in the nearby granite and slate quarries, we'd like to hear from you.
Let's not forget the other industries that were situated in the Ceiriog Valley - flannel and flour mills, fish farms, gunpowder, concrete slab and lime works - they too have stories to be told.
Do you have any original photographs, records or objects relating to the Glyn Valley Tramway or to the industries of the Ceiriog Valley that the tramway once served?
Please consider lending or gifting them to our Museum at Glyn Ceiriog to expand our collections and enhance the educational experience and attraction for visitors.
All loan and gift items we receive will be properly researched, accessioned (catalogued), interpreted and labelled by our archivists.
Send us an email to let us know your contact details and to outline your story ideas or object finds. One of our archivists or trustees will then get in touch to discuss your proposed loan or gift.