 In 1908 a second miners' mission was established in Japan, and others followed around the world (the Glynn Vivian Miners' Mission still exists today as the International Miners' Mission).He also established near Swansea the Glynn Vivian Rest Home for the Blind, at Caswell Bay in Gower.In 1905 he offered his collection of paintings, drawings and china to Swansea Corporation, who with his endowment built the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery to house it.