Leisure Parks & Events
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- Part of Pontypool Park's children's play area and skate park will be closed until further notice because of concerns about an underground culvert...
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- Saturdays in Torfaen just got tastier!
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- Today marks a significant milestone for the Ponthir community with the official opening of new sports and community facilities at Ponthir Sports and Community Club.
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- Residents are being asked to help shape new management plans to protect and enhance the council's larger parks...
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- Residents are being asked for their views to help improve public rights of way routes in the borough.
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- Dads Jack Andrews and Nathan Wood have become friends and gym buddies, thanks to an initiative that supports new fathers.
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- If the Paris Olympics has inspired you to take up a new sport, a new equipment lending service could be just the thing.
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- More than 400 Torfaen Play Service staff and volunteers have taken part in a week-long training programme ready to deliver more than 30 play sessions as part of this year's Torfaen's Summer of Fun.
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- A report requesting emergency financial support for Torfaen Leisure Trust has been approved by councillors.
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- Thousands of children and young people are getting ready for an action-packed summer holiday.
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- A report requesting emergency financial support for Torfaen Leisure Trust will be discussed by councillors next week.
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- Did you know that Torfaen supports the most southerly population of Red Grouse in Wales?
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- Aimed at SMEs and entrepreneurs, this FREE two-hour event will give you valuable information on the multi-million pound CCR funds that businesses can apply for...
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- To safely remove diseased Common Ash trees on Foundry Road, Abersychan, a series of temporary road closures will be taking place...
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- A floating island at Cwmbran Boating Lake has been restored to attract nesting birds.
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- A project that supports young people struggling to cope with mainstream education has helped one promising rugby player tackle the challenges he faced.
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- Torfaen Council have appointed Mike Coe as their new General Manager at Greenmeadow Community Farm
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- Young aspiring athletes can apply for funding, to help them achieve their dreams thanks to The Mic Morris Trust
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- An innovative fitness and wellbeing programme exclusively for men in Torfaen is set to kick off this January.
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- Councillors have approved a new 10-year plan to protect and improve the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal in Torfaen.
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- Torfaen Play have won the Torfaen Voluntary Alliance 'Heart of the Community award', which recognises groups of volunteers that make a positive impact in the local community.
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- A former colliery site in Abersychan could become Torfaen's eighth Local Nature Reserve...
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- Wasp spiders have been discovered in two areas of Torfaen where grassland has been allowed to flower over the summer...
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- Councillors have agreed to invest an additional £1.64 million on redeveloping Greenmeadow Community Farm
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- Next week, Torfaen councillors will consider the latest report on the proposed reopening of Greenmeadow Community Farm
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- This week, around 100 girls from primary schools across Torfaen took part in a football festival at Cwmbran Stadium in preparation for the start of the women's FIFA World Cup.
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- Up to 1,000 runners are set to hit the road for this year's Mic Morris Torfaen 10k race, which takes place on Sunday 16 July.
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- Free plant giveaways, nature talks, and workshops about how to help nature, are just a few of the activities taking place throughout The Big Green Week, which starts tomorrow, Saturday 10 June...
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- Jacquelin Chapman has managed to reverse onset type-2 diabetes after taking part in the #IfyougoIgo health and fitness programme for women.
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- Hundreds of runners have already signed up for this year's Mic Morris race, which the organisers say is "the fastest race of its kind on the planet".
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- Residents are being urged to support No Mow May, which encourages people to leave their lawns uncut this month to support local biodiversity and help tackle climate change...
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- Golfing enthusiasts, golf widows, even golfing amateurs are invited to take part in the Torfaen Mic Morris Charity Golf fundraiser this summer.
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- Plastic drink bottles, crisp packets, car tyres, a scooter and a golf club are just some of the items of rubbish picked up as part of Torfaen's annual Spring Clean.
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- Residents are invited to have their say on a 10-year plan to develop and improve one of Torfaen's most popular attractions.
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- This year's annual Torfaen Spring Clean will start on Monday and run for nearly two weeks...
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- Greenmeadow Community Farm in Cwmbran will spring back into life in time for the summer season
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- Work will begin next week to transform two children's parks into inclusive play areas.New play equipment is to be installed in Pontypool Park and Cwmbran Boating Lake to make the play areas more suitable for those with special needs including sensory impairments...
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- Two nature projects aimed at improving biodiversity across the region have been shortlisted for two prestigious awards...
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- A young karate champion says support she has received from the Torfaen Mic Morris Trust has been instrumental in helping her realise her sporting dream.
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- The Council's Local Places for Nature Co-ordinator, Veronika Brannovic, has been named a climate change hero by the National Lottery...
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- Details of a £1.7 million pound project to transform Greenmeadow Community Farm have been unveiled.
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- A fund that has supported hundreds of aspiring athletes in Torfaen has reopened to new applications.
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- Tributes have been pouring in for Pontypool RFC legend Eddie Butler, who sadly passed away yesterday, aged 65.
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- The Greenmeadow Show is back at the farm this weekend after a two-year absence.
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- Vandals have damaged an all weather sports pitch and games area for a second time in less than a year...
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- More than 340 staff and volunteers at Torfaen Play Service are getting ready to hop, skip and jump into delivering an action-packed summer playscheme for children throughout August.
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- Keep Wales Tidy has unveiled this year's Green Flag Award winners – the international mark of a quality park or green space.
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- The Folly Tower and Shell Grotto visitor attractions are set to re-open following a £45,000 refurbishment project...
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- Tennis courts in Pontypool Park and Panteg Park in Griffithstown are set to get a facelift, thanks to a £16,000 grant from Torfaen Sports Development Tennis Focus Sports Programme.
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- Road closures will be in place between Blaenavon and Pontypool to make way for the Mic Morris Torfaen 10k race this Sunday.
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- Party in the Park returns to Pontypool this year, featuring a fun fair, live performances, and Britain's Got Talent's Titan the Robot.
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- Close to 100 girls from primary schools across Torfaen have taken part in an all-girls football festival at Cwmbran Stadium this week.
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- Close to 1000 people have already signed up for the Mic Morris Torfaen 10K on Sunday 10 July.
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- Torfaen Council is looking for residents' feedback on how natural areas within the county are managed, as green spaces across Torfaen are being left to grow during spring and summer months to benefit ecosystems as part of the Nature isn't Neat project...
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- More than 450 children attended Torfaen's Play and Wellbeing Camps at schools across the borough during the Easter break.
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- The Torfaen Spring Clean 2022 is due to start next Monday at Sandybrook Park, St Dials, from 9.30am...
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- Play equipment at Glansychan Park, Abersychan, has been vandalised...
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- Over 1000 primary school children have been learning about road safety, dangers of grass fires, and how to stay safe round water...
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- Last month, Her Majesty The Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of service to the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms and the Commonwealth...
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- After the disappointment of the last two years, the Mic Morris Trust is delighted to be welcoming runners back to the start line in Blaenavon for the Torfaen 10k.
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- Two children's parks have been transformed with new play equipment, trees, hedges and aromatic plants, thanks to more than £100,000 in funding...
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- A section of Cwmbran Drive will be closed for three consecutive Sundays from this weekend in order to allow the safe removal of diseased trees.
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- Inclusive play equipment is to be installed in Pontypool Park and Cwmbran Boating Lake to make the play areas suitable for those with physical disabilities including sensory impairments...
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- Around 15 fruit tree saplings which were planted as part of a new community orchard have been vandalised...
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- Following successful grassland management pilots to improve biodiversity across the Gwent local authorities, this year the Nature Isn't Neat approach to management is being coordinated to cover wider areas across Gwent, with the mission of making it 'pollinator friendly' by allowing more wildflowers to grow in our green spaces.........
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