News Archive

Friday 26 May 2023

Unpaid carers celebrated

Description:: This Carers Week, Torfaen Council will be hosting a series of events to thank adult and young carers for the work they do.

Foster carers honoured for transforming children's lives

Description:: More than 170 foster carers from across Torfaen have been celebrated for their outstanding work in transforming the lives of children in their care.

Childcare support reaches more families

Description:: A significant expansion of childcare provision in Torfaen is set to benefit more families, as more Flying Start areas are introduced across the borough.

Thursday 25 May 2023

New floodlit pitch for the north of Torfaen

Description:: A scheme to build a new floodlit all-weather community sports pitch for north of the borough has been given the green light

Need help to apply for Voter Authority certificate?

Description:: Torfaen Council's library service has launched a new service to help anyone who needs to apply online for a voter authority certificate.

Wednesday 24 May 2023

Former foster children say thanks

Description:: Young people who spent time in local authority foster care have said thank you to their foster carers as part of Foster Care Fortnight.

New easy to use online hub launched for food businesses

Description:: Food businesses can now find guidance and advice from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in one easy to access business guidance hub on food.gov.uk...

Monday 22 May 2023

Fitness programme helps woman reverse diabetes

Description:: Jacquelin Chapman has managed to reverse onset type-2 diabetes after taking part in the #IfyougoIgo health and fitness programme for women.

Friday 19 May 2023

Glowing Estyn report for primary school

Description:: A primary school in Cwmbran has received an exceptional report from Estyn inspectors.

Council and clients being held over a barrel by residential care providers

Description:: Today, Torfaen council have started speaking with residents and their families living in several residential and nursing homes in the borough in response to a letter from care providers demanding extra payments for care

Raise the Rate survey reaches 1,200

Description:: There's just two weeks left to have your say on how you think recycling rates can be improved in Torfaen.

Thursday 18 May 2023

New route helps pupils walk to school safely

Description:: Pupils and parents say a new footpath to Llantarnam Community Primary has transformed their journeys to school.

Wednesday 17 May 2023

Pupils play active role in school

Description:: Staff at Cwmffrwdoer Primary School are offering pupils the chance to join a walking bus this week, as part of #WalktoSchoolWeek.

Foster family keeps siblings together

Description:: Lorna and Jason have discovered working full time and having children are not barriers to becoming full-time foster carers.

Tuesday 16 May 2023

Key political appointments made at council AGM

Description:: At the annual general meeting (AGM) of Torfaen council on Tuesday 16 May, the key political appointments to the council's cabinet, committees and outside bodies were confirmed for the year ahead

Polling stations access review

Description:: Torfaen Council's elections team has been working with disabled people's groups to improve review access to local polling stations.

Monday 15 May 2023

Walk to Nursery Week

Description:: Nurseries and childminders are being encouraged to take part in Torfaen's first-ever Walk to Nursery Week.

Foster Wales calls on Welsh employers to support foster carers

Description:: This Foster Care Fortnight TM, 15 - 28 May, The Fostering Network, the UK's leading fostering charity, and local authority fostering services in Wales are calling on the wider business community to lend their support and make it easier for their employees to combine fostering and working.

Friday 12 May 2023

Pupils strive for 95

Description:: Pupils at Llantarnam Community School are aiming to return to an average of 95 per cent attendance.

Youth outreach scheme triumphs over antisocial behaviour

Description:: A new youth outreach scheme is helping to tackle antisocial behaviour in Cwmbran.

Thursday 11 May 2023

Get set for the Mic Morris Torfaen 10k run

Description:: 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".

Monday 8 May 2023

School rewards attendance

Description:: A secondary school in Torfaen has launched a new initiative that rewards good attendance in efforts to reduce unauthorised absences

Friday 5 May 2023

Raise the Rate recycling survey

Description:: A new survey has been launched as part of a campaign to increase household recycling rates in Torfaen to 70 per cent.

Thursday 4 May 2023

Let it grow for summer

Description:: 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...

Wednesday 3 May 2023

Pupils trial plant-based meals

Description:: Pupils at Ysgol Gymraeg Gwynllyw have put their tastebuds to the test by trying out a variety of new plant-based meals.

Friday 28 April 2023

New dementia support group

Description:: A new support group is providing a welcoming space and activities for people living with dementia, memory loss and their carers.

Garden waste and purple lidded bin update

Description:: We've had a bit of a setback this week with our garden waste and purple lidded bin collections due to vehicle issues...

Golfers invited to tee off for charity

Description:: Golfing enthusiasts, golf widows, even golfing amateurs are invited to take part in the Torfaen Mic Morris Charity Golf fundraiser this summer.

Thursday 27 April 2023

Recycling and waste bank holiday collections

Description:: Our recycling and waste crews will be working as normal over the three bank holidays next month...

School wins digital film award

Description:: A team of primary school pupils from Pontypool has come third in a national competition to produce a video to promote internet safety.

Prepare for GCSE with Torfaen Adult Community Learning

Description:: Are you considering enrolling on a GCSE course this September with Torfaen Adult Community Learning?

Wednesday 26 April 2023

Cost of Living Payments

Description:: Millions of households are set receive further support from UK government to ease financial pressures during the rising cost of living.

Tuesday 25 April 2023

Waste consultation update

Description:: Council Leader Anthony Hunt has announced a public consultation on plans to reduce residual waste collections in Torfaen is to close early.

Monday 24 April 2023

Pupils interview Welsh stars for new podcast

Description:: Students at Croesyceiliog Comprehensive School have been interviewing Welsh stars for a new school podcast.

Friday 21 April 2023

Spring clean tackles litter hot-spots

Description:: 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.

Thursday 20 April 2023

New Welsh language centre opens

Description:: A specialist centre has opened this week for children who want to transfer from English-medium to Welsh medium primary school education.

Wednesday 19 April 2023

World Book Night

Description:: In light of this year's World Book Night, Torfaen Adult Community Learning will be offering a selection of free books to collect from their centres during normal opening hours.

Canal plan consultation

Description:: Residents are invited to have their say on a 10-year plan to develop and improve one of Torfaen's most popular attractions.

Monday 17 April 2023

Pupils star in their own film

Description:: Pupils and teachers at Padre Pio Primary School have filmed a video celebrating some of the reasons they love going to school.

Thursday 6 April 2023

Hundreds take part in Easter fun

Description:: More than 850 children have taken part in a week of Easter fun thanks to Torfaen Council's Play Service.

Friday 31 March 2023

Pupils enjoy learning opportunities

Description:: Pupils at Llanyrafon Primary School enjoy the opportunities they have to learn and play, according to an Estyn report.

Thursday 30 March 2023

Schools see drop in persistent absenteeism

Description:: Primary and secondary schools in Torfaen have seen a reduction in the number of pupils classed as persistently absent.

Batteries to be collected at the kerbside

Description:: From next week, residents will be able to recycle small household batteries weekly at the kerbside...

Easter recycling and waste collections

Description:: Crews will be working the Easter bank holidays this year, so there are no changes to collection days. Please put your recycling and waste out on your usual collection day...

Wednesday 29 March 2023

Ysgol Gymraeg Gwynllyw removed from Special Measures

Description:: Following a recent inspection by Estyn, His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales, Ysgol Gymraeg Gwynllyw is now judged to have made sufficient progress to be removed from the list of schools requiring special measures.

Monday 27 March 2023

Waste collections consultation

Description:: You can have your say on plans to increase recycling collections and reduce residual waste collections in Torfaen from today.

Friday 24 March 2023

Big Walk and Wheel Week

Description:: Three primary schools have agreed to sign up to a national programme aimed at getting school children to regularly walk, cycle or scoot to school.

Council signs Placemaking Charter

Description:: Torfaen Council are the latest council in Wales to sign up to the Placemaking Charter for Wales which demonstrates the council's support for the principles of placemaking.

Tattoo and beauty industry to be made safer

Description:: Tattoo artists and professionals working in body piercing, semi-permanent make-up, acupuncture and electrolysis will need to sign up to a new Wales-wide mandatory licensing scheme next year...

Wednesday 22 March 2023

Spring clean volunteering opportunities

Description:: This year's annual Torfaen Spring Clean will start on Monday and run for nearly two weeks...

Tuesday 21 March 2023

Social care recruitment bus hits the road

Description:: A bus dedicated to helping people interested in working in the care sector set off from Cwmbran today.

Monday 20 March 2023

Changes to waste and recycling services

Description:: At least 70 per cent of rubbish must be recycled in Wales by 2025.

Wednesday 15 March 2023

Plans to improve customer services

Description:: Around 400 calls are made to Torfaen Council's contact centre every day and there are often telephone queues at busy times.

Tuesday 14 March 2023

Social Care recruitment bus set to hit the road

Description:: A new recruitment bus that looks to help people take their first steps into the social care sector, is touring Gwent this year.

Friday 10 March 2023

Takeaway owner prosecuted for rotting meat

Description:: A takeaway in Pontypool was closed down after Environmental Health Officers responded to reports of a petrol generator being used because the electricity to the premises had been cut off.

Food waste recycling lessons

Description:: Primary school pupils are joining the fight to reduce food waste...

Thursday 9 March 2023

Greenmeadow Farm back open to the public

Description:: Greenmeadow Community Farm in Cwmbran will spring back into life in time for the summer season

Wednesday 8 March 2023

Train station on track

Description:: A project to transform Pontypool and New Inn Railway Station has reached an important construction milestone.

Tuesday 7 March 2023

New business service launched

Description:: Local business leaders and entrepreneurs marked the launch of a new business support service earlier today.

School library reopens

Description:: St Albans R.C. High School have opened the doors to its newly refurbished library, thanks to a £1.2 million grant from the Welsh Government.

Monday 6 March 2023

New dedicated litter and fly-tipping prevention officer

Description:: A new fly-tipping and litter prevention officer has been employed by Torfaen Council to help reduce litter and fly-tipping in the borough...

New trees for Pontypool Park

Description:: Work to establish 80 new trees and more than 4,500 hedging plants in Pontypool Park will begin this week.

Support for food businesses

Description:: A project has been launched offering grants to food businesses to help them diversify local produce or pilot new production techniques.

Wednesday 1 March 2023

Play volunteers celebrated

Description:: More than 180 young people from across Torfaen have been celebrated at this year's Torfaen Play Service Volunteering Awards ceremony.

Tuesday 28 February 2023

Council sets budget and council tax for 2023/24

Description:: Today, Torfaen councillors approved the final budget proposals for 2023/24 and set council tax at 1.95 per cent for the second consecutive year

iPad Lending Scheme launched

Description:: Torfaen residents can now borrow an iPad from Cwmbran Library, after a new pilot scheme was launched in the borough today.

Friday 24 February 2023

Answering the Housing Crisis

Description:: Next week, councillors on the Healthier Communities committee will scrutinise the wicked issues creating a national and local housing crisis and review the actions of the council and partners to address the fallout.

Torfaen Play Service Half Term Fun

Description:: More than 700 children have taken part in a fun-filled week of play this half term with Torfaen Play Service.

Thursday 23 February 2023

Surgeries to tackle a rise in damp homes

Description:: A series of surgeries for Torfaen residents have been set up during March to provide a range of information, advice and guidance on the increasing problem of mould and damp in homes.

Wednesday 22 February 2023

Service to transform business support

Description:: A new service to help and support more than two and a half thousand businesses in Torfaen will launch next month.

Friday 17 February 2023

Facebook sellers admit peddling fake designer items

Description:: Two women have admitted to trading in counterfeit designer goods, using selling groups on Facebook.

Torfaen Repair Café needs you

Description:: More than 50 electrical items have been saved from the rubbish bin thanks to the Torfaen Repair Café.The café opened in Pontypool Indoor Market in October and since then 54 products have been repaired including electric drills, vacuum cleaners, kettles and toasters.

Thursday 16 February 2023

More sites to be left for nature to bloom

Description:: Cabinet members have agreed to increase the number of sustainably managed grassland sites in Torfaen to increase local biodiversity and help tackle climate change...

Wednesday 15 February 2023

LGBTQ+ youth group gets lottery funding

Description:: A group that supports young people from the LGBTQ+ community in Torfaen has been given £10,000 in lottery funding.

Tuesday 14 February 2023

Cabinet approves plans for 20mph roll out

Description:: Cabinet members have approved Torfaen Council's plans for the roll out of new 20mph legislation later this year.

Friday 10 February 2023

Work begins on new inclusive play parks

Description:: 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...

Road closures to remove diseased trees

Description:: Five temporary road closures will be in place over the next few weeks to allow for the safe removal of diseased trees along main road corridors in Torfaen...

Praise for nurturing and inclusive school

Description:: School inspectors have praised staff and pupils at a Torfaen primary school for creating a "respectful, nurturing and inclusive environment".

Thursday 9 February 2023

Local author praises library service

Description:: An author has dedicated his first book to Torfaen Libraries after receiving IT support from staff at Cwmbran Library over the past few years.

Wednesday 8 February 2023

New head praised by inspectors

Description:: A new headteacher has been praised by the school inspectorate Estyn, just a month after taking up the post.

Tuesday 7 February 2023

Turn food waste into Welsh power

Description:: This week marks the start of the annual Be Mighty Recycle campaign aimed at increasing food waste recycling.

Friday 3 February 2023

Report into future of waste and recycling services

Description:: A report into the future of waste and recycling services in Torfaen will be discussed by scrutiny committee members next week.

Go green for Kidney Cancer Awareness Week

Description:: Pontypool Civic Centre will be lit green from Monday in aid of Kidney Cancer Awareness Week.

Thursday 2 February 2023

New wetland for newts and toads

Description:: A new wetland area has been created near Garn Lakes Local Nature Reserve as part of a project to conserve amphibians and reptiles.

Friday 27 January 2023

Free fun maths workshops

Description:: Find out how to help your children with maths at a series of free workshops run by Torfaen Council and Techniquest.

Wednesday 25 January 2023

Winter Fuel Payment deadline

Description:: The Welsh Government Winter Fuel Scheme 2022/23 will close at the end February 2023.

Monday 23 January 2023

19 new recycling vehicles in service

Description:: Torfaen Council's new recycling fleet is now in operation as part of a multi-million pound investment in the borough's waste and recycling service...

Friday 20 January 2023

Parenting programme helps new dad

Description:: A new For Dads By Dads programme starts next month. Andrew, from Pontypool, recently completed the course and says it's helped him become a better dad to 6 month old William.

Thursday 19 January 2023

Pontypool awarded £7.6 million from Levelling Up Fund

Description:: Pontypool is one of only 11 projects in Wales to receive grants from the UK Government's Levelling Up Fund which aims to create jobs and grow the local economy

More opportunities to play and have fun

Description:: Torfaen Council's Play Service is launching six new clubs aimed at helping more children across the borough to have more fun!

Wednesday 18 January 2023

Recycling vehicles named

Description:: The results of our primary school competition to name some of Torfaen Council's new recycling vehicles have been announced...

Tuesday 17 January 2023

New Year, New Purpose

Description:: In a new series of vlogs, foster carers from across Wales have come together to explore the reasons, life experiences and changes that led to them becoming carers.

Tuesday 10 January 2023

Cabinet endorses improved financial picture and 2023/2024 budget proposals

Description:: Today, Torfaen Council's cabinet committee endorsed a report that updated the council's financial position for 2022/23 and importantly outlines how the council is moving towards a balanced budget position for 2023/24.

Thursday 22 December 2022

New warm hubs

Description:: Seven new warm hubs are being set up in Torfaen, thanks to Welsh Government funding of more than £35,000.

Youth service serves up Christmas fun

Description:: Youth workers served Christmas dinner to around 40 young people and family members this week.

Tuesday 20 December 2022

Volunteers needed for Assistive Technology trial

Description:: Torfaen Council's assistive technology team is looking for volunteers to trial a new device aimed at helping to calm and comfort people living with dementia.

Friday 16 December 2022

Council workers rescue elderly lady

Description:: Two council workers have been praised after they rescued an elderly lady who had fallen between two cars in Pontypool.

Nature projects shortlisted for national awards

Description:: Two nature projects aimed at improving biodiversity across the region have been shortlisted for two prestigious awards...

Thursday 15 December 2022

It's a kind of magic

Description:: Residents living in care settings across Torfaen are trialling new technology which can help to reduce falls and stimulate movement and interaction.

Foster carer reaps reward

Description:: A Torfaen foster carer has received a prestigious award from the Fostering Network for her contribution to fostering.

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