Author: Rhys Gregory

COMMUNITY groups and organisations across Swansea are being urged to help make it a summer of fun for children and young people in our communities. Grants of up to £10,000 are on offer to voluntary and community groups, who’ve got bright ideas to help children and young people enjoy their summer break. People organising events for children and young people, or looking to get useful equipment for their club or local community group can apply for the cash on offer from Swansea Council and the Welsh Government. But the deadline for applications is July 9 and all activities, goods or…

People living in Neath Port Talbot will soon be asked for their views on both existing and planned walking and cycling (Active Travel) routes in the county borough. This follows earlier Active Travel consultation which took place from November 27th, 2020 to January 15th, this year with a total of 2,642 contributions received and 1,040 people responding. Active Travel, aimed at giving as many people as possible the ability to choose an alternative to motorised travel, is defined as walking and cycling for everyday purposeful short-distance journeys, not including journeys purely made for recreation or social reasons. The Active Travel…

Work has started on the first of four all-new Welsh medium childcare facilities planned for Bridgend County Borough. A ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction was held earlier today (Friday 25 June) on land off the Isfryn Industrial Estate in Blackmill. Designed to serve the Ogmore Valley by providing places for a total of 34 children aged up to five, the new Welsh-medium childcare hub will operate between 7am-7pm. Once completed, it will feature new play space, quiet rooms, storage facilities, offices and a car parking area with room for up to seven vehicles. With new landscaping to…

A project developed by the South East Wales Shared Lives Scheme in partnership with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has been praised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for its best practice. The South East Wales Shared Lives Scheme, working in partnership with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, have developed the Shared Lives for Mental Health Crisis Project.  The Project has piloted the use of Shared Lives as an alternative to admission or to facilitate early discharge from in-patient psychiatric care. This pioneering approach to mental health led to the team being asked to share their approach at a World…

A new grant to enable communities to develop and deliver projects aimed at meeting the needs of residents and local people took a step nearer to approval as it was endorsed at the Caerphilly’s Policy and Resources Scrutiny Committee. The Community Empowerment fund grant scheme will enable communities to develop and deliver projects aimed at meeting the needs of their residents. Key to this will be the involvement of local elected members as one of the key contact points in local communities, who will work with and support local community groups to develop project ideas that meet identified need on…

RCT Council has reached an important landmark in its remediation of the Tylorstown landslip, by completing two major phases of work which have enabled local walking and cycling routes to reopen to the public. The landslip occurred on the Llanwonno hillside at Tylorstown during Storm Dennis in February 2020, when Rhondda Cynon Taf endured record rainfall and suffered its most severe flooding since the 1970s. The landslip, consisting of 60,000 tonnes of spoil material, blocked the river valley, damaged a foul sewer, covered a strategic water main and covered a footpath/cycle path. Significant progress continues to be made towards the…

Public notices have been published as part of plans to relocate the pedestrian crossing at A4059 (Ynys) Roundabout in Aberdare – to improve links between the town centre, school and leisure centre, and improve A4059 traffic flow. There are currently two crossing points at the Ynys Roundabout – a toucan crossing and a steep footbridge over the road. These enable pedestrians to move between Duke Street and the Sobell school and leisure site, and in the direction of Aberdare Railway Station, Robertstown and Abernant. The Council’s proposal is to remove both crossings, including the traffic lights at the Roundabout, and…

Businesses affected by the Coronavirus pandemic will now be protected from eviction until the end of September 2021, Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has announced. As part of interventions the Welsh Government is making to support businesses, the moratorium against forfeiture for the non-payment of rent will now be extended until September 30, 2021. It was originally due to end on June 30, 2021. This measure will ensure businesses will not forfeit their business tenancies for non-payment of rent until 30 September this year, but businesses should continue to pay rent wherever possible, and it is in the interests of both…

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