Freestyle Rock Painting

Free-Style Rock Painting Workshops

Our free-style community-based rock painting workshops are run in the local community.
Taff Rocks can also be "booked" to run an outreach event in your own community

See our upcoming schedule of events on Eventbrite.

Provided for you are:

Rocks
Acrylic paints / paint pens
Additional resources
Pencils
Erasers
Brushes
Plus other resources as necessary
A reference library for inspiration
Coaching and help

Who can attend?

Anyone, age and ability is no barrier
You don't need to be a member of the Taff Rocks Facebook Group, you can attend from any other rock painting group
Families - One must be an adult
Couples
Individuals
Carers for persons with disabilities, who will not be participating in rock painting, can attend for free. There is an option on the event pages to add non-participating individuals.

A colourful poster titled A Quick Update from Taff Rocks explains the end of free reservations due to no-shows. Includes people painting and positive wording.

Costs:

We'd love to be free! However, in order to sustain Taff Rocks and keep it running, we do need to ensure we have sufficient funding for costs and resources.

All costs are outlined on each individual event page.

Back in early 2026, we made the difficult decision to move away from free reservations for Taff Rocks events.

Unfortunately, we could no longer sustain the number of no-shows without cancellations, which often meant spaces appeared unavailable while people on the waiting list missed out on attending.

This change was made to help ensure that those who genuinely wanted to attend had a fair chance to take part, while also helping us plan and run events more sustainably.

Read what our fantastic beneficiaries have said:

Great time again, loving watching my grandson grow in confidence with the volunteers as well as seeing his rocks gain more detail.

Had a great morning. Lady was very helpful and boys really enjoyed.

Was great to see the library back to help with new ideas for our rocks.

Nice to see the special Halloween themed rocks.

Myself and the children really enjoyed it.

Great way to spend a wet and windy afternoon, in the warm Caffi Canolfan making some Taff Rocks, making some lovely memories with my kids, thank you.

Brilliant! Lovely people, great rocks.

Was very well set up and organised. Individual mats and set of pens for each group. Grandson had great fun as usual.

The Smyrna building. A small stone chapel with a classic gabled roof and arched windows. The entrance features a wooden door. The building evokes a serene, historical ambiance.

Registered office:

Smyrna Chapel Community Hall,
Aberfan Road, Aberfan,
Merthyr Tydfil CF48 4QN

Charity Registration

Taff Rocks is registered in England and Wales as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). Registered Charity Number: 1192749