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Friday 8 April 2022

Shining a light on Parkinson's disease

Description:: Parkinson's Awareness Week kicks off on Monday and to mark the occasion, residents who suffer from the illness, are invited to attend a free local support group.

Primary schools to get creative for competition

Description:: Torfaen Council is taking delivery of two new electric waste vehicles in May, and we want school children to name them...

Thursday 7 April 2022

Cost of living payment

Description:: Torfaen Council will start issuing the Welsh Government Cost of Living Payment to households in Council Tax Band A, B, C and D later this month.

Thursday 31 March 2022

School catering teams nominated for national awards

Description:: School catering teams in Torfaen have been nominated for two awards at the Public Sector Catering Awards which take place next week...

Thursday 24 March 2022

Join an award-winning service

Description:: If you fancy getting paid to help children play, then Torfaen Council's multi-award winning play service is recruiting.

Small businesses helped to flourish after pandemic

Description:: A total of £50,000 has been given to small businesses in Torfaen to help them recover and grow following the pandemic.

Safety lessons for primary pupils

Description:: Over 1000 primary school children have been learning about road safety, dangers of grass fires, and how to stay safe round water...

Torfaen Council supports Earth Hour 2022

Description:: Torfaen Council is going to be switching off the Civic Centre lights for Earth Hour 2022...

Wednesday 23 March 2022

Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Description:: 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...

New employment and skills advice pod

Description:: A new drop-in hub for people who need advice about returning to work, finding a better job or increasing their skills will be available from next week.

Mic Morris Torfaen 10k returns!

Description:: 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.

Friday 18 March 2022

Garden waste collections start Monday

Description:: Fortnightly garden waste collections in Torfaen will resume the week commencing Monday 21 March...

Wednesday 16 March 2022

New waste and recycling truck drivers

Description:: This week, Torfaen Council has welcomed four new HGV drivers to the waste and recycling team...

Torfaen Spring Clean is back

Description:: Volunteers are being recruited for this year's Torfaen Spring Clean...

Tuesday 15 March 2022

Two play area successfully refurbished

Description:: Two children's parks have been transformed with new play equipment, trees, hedges and aromatic plants, thanks to more than £100,000 in funding...

Monday 14 March 2022

Edition 1 of 'The British' Newsletter series now available

Description:: Edition 1 (March 2022) of a newsletter series featuring updates about the work taking place at 'The British' site, Talywain, is now available...

Friday 11 March 2022

DJ project opens up opportunities

Description:: Over 50 young people are learning new skills thanks to a new radio DJ initiative in Torfaen.

Interested in a career in social care?

Description:: Getting a job with Torfaen Council's social care teams can be the start of a long and varied career.

Thursday 10 March 2022

Council investing in vehicles and staff

Description:: On Thursday, Torfaen Council received five second-hand recycling vehicles purchased from Powys County Council to help address an ageing fleet and a spate of breakdowns.

Tuesday 8 March 2022

Council proud to support International Women's Day

Description:: Today is International Women's Day, and this year's theme is #BreakTheBias imagining a gender equal world...

Support for children with vision impairment

Description:: Children and young people with vision impairments will be given more support to live and learn independently, thanks to the introduction of a new curriculum framework.

Friday 4 March 2022

Play Service scoops prestigious award

Description:: Playworkers for Torfaen Council have won a top national award for their work during the pandemic.

Thursday 3 March 2022

Torfaen Council approves budget plans

Description:: Today, Torfaen Council has approved final budget proposals and set the Council Tax increase below two per cent for 2022-2023.

Wednesday 2 March 2022

Young Ambassadors get Royal seal of approval

Description:: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Blaenavon on Tuesday as part of a one-day tour to South Wales to mark St David's Day.

Tuesday 1 March 2022

Youth voluntary programme celebrates 20 years

Description:: Volunteers with Torfaen Council's Play Service have been thanked at a special awards ceremony.

Friday 25 February 2022

Special visitor to half-term play camps

Description:: Children at some of Torfaen Council's Play and Respite sessions welcomed a special visitor this half-term.

Work to begin on railway station upgrade

Description:: Work to improve Pontypool and New Inn Railway Station and create an integrated park and ride facility is due to begin next week.

Thursday 24 February 2022

Essential tree removal to be undertaken

Description:: 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.

Council seeks Mental Health First Aiders

Description:: Torfaen Council is allocating £25,000 to train and support six people from local community groups and the voluntary sector to become Mental Health First Aiders.

Tuesday 22 February 2022

UFC fighter backs elections campaign

Description:: Ultimate Fighting Championship competitor Mason Jones has thrown his weight behind a campaign to encourage young people to register for this year's local elections.

Monday 21 February 2022

Blaenavon's Broad Street tapestries on show for second time

Description:: Two 18ft tapestries capturing memories of both sides of Blaenavon's historic Broad Street are to go on public display once again...

Thursday 17 February 2022

Torfaen Cares

Description:: If you've ever fancied a career in social care, then sign up for Torfaen Council's first ever virtual social care recruitment day.

Inclusive play equipment to be installed in two parks in the borough

Description:: 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...

Tuesday 15 February 2022

Charity reuse shop feels the love

Description:: A new reuse shop at the New Inn Household Waste Recycling Centre is proving a big hit with residents since it reopened in December...

Friday 11 February 2022

Community orchard deliberately vandalised

Description:: Around 15 fruit tree saplings which were planted as part of a new community orchard have been vandalised...

Torfaen to pilot advance voting centre

Description:: Residents will be able to vote in this year's local elections the weekend before polling day.

Wednesday 9 February 2022

Young people prepare for historic local elections

Description:: Young people will get the chance to have their say in who their next councillors will be in this year's local elections.

Sunday 6 February 2022

Shining a light on kidney cancer

Description:: Civic centre will be lit green next week to support Kidney Cancer Awareness Week.

Friday 4 February 2022

New food and craft market

Description:: A new monthly food and craft market is coming to Pontypool.

Safer routes to school

Description:: A new road crossing is to be installed near a primary school in Cwmbran as part of the Safer Routes in Communities initiative.

Friday 28 January 2022

Torfaen councillors to examine improved budget

Description:: Next week Torfaen councillors will examine the council's latest budget proposals and proposed level of council tax for 2022/23

Funeral attendance Gwent Crematorium - permitted numbers of mourners

Description:: With the Welsh Government announcement that Wales has moved fully into alert level zero, the number of mourners permitted to attend funerals in the Gwent Crematorium Chapel, Croesyceiliog has increased

Thursday 27 January 2022

Climate ambassadors network takes shape

Description:: Plans for Torfaen's first climate ambassadors network are starting to take shape.

Pupils mark Holocaust Memorial Day

Description:: Children from primary schools across Torfaen have been remembering Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager whose moving diaries about life in hiding during World War Two became famous.

Wednesday 26 January 2022

Food4Growth Grants

Description:: A project is offering £10,000 grants to businesses and community groups to develop local food supply chains.

Cwmbran Drive Active Travel Improvement Study - have your say

Description:: As part of the Council's work around Active Travel, we want to make it easier and safer for pedestrians and cyclists to cross Cwmbran Drive near four of the busiest roundabouts, and we need your views for potential new road crossings...

Tuesday 25 January 2022

Torfaen Local Elections 2022

Description:: Preparations are underway for the Local Government elections in May, which will elect 40 county borough councillors across Torfaen.

Friday 21 January 2022

Gwent gets ready for Nature Isn't Neat 2022

Description:: 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.........

Fly-tipper bags a fine

Description:: A women has been ordered to pay nearly £2,000 for dumping 12 black bags of rubbish, broken furniture and cardboard boxes...

Wednesday 19 January 2022

Community Meals serves up wellness check

Description:: Torfaen Council's Community Meals is helping older residents remain in their own homes by providing valuable wellness checks.

Monday 17 January 2022

Getting new skills is child's play

Description:: Learning new skills and gaining valuable work experience is child's play, thanks to Torfaen Play Service.

Thursday 13 January 2022

Memories of Broad Street come to life

Description:: Memories of shops on Blaenavon Broad Street have been captured in a new tapestry and audio exhibition...

Tuesday 11 January 2022

New library opening times

Description:: A temporary reduction in library opening hours comes into effect next week...

Monday 10 January 2022

Update - We need your help

Description:: Currently all our health and social care services in Gwent are under massive pressure due to staff absence from Covid-19, especially our domiciliary care services and care home providers.

Thursday 6 January 2022

For Dads, By Dads

Description:: A new and exciting support programme for dads is set to launch in Torfaen this month.

HWRC car bookings to end

Description:: Car drivers will no longer need to book to visit the Household Waste Recycling Centre from next week.

Wednesday 5 January 2022

Message to parents from Torfaen Education Service

Description:: Over the Christmas period, there have been a number of Welsh Government decisions which will impact all schools in Wales and your child's headteacher will be in touch to explain how they will affect you

Tuesday 4 January 2022

Reuse shop reopens

Description:: A shop selling good quality unwanted items has reopened next to the Household Waste Recycling Centre.

Cremation attendance - permitted numbers of mourners

Description:: The number of mourners permitted to attend cremations at the Gwent Crematorium Chapel, Croesyceiliog will be again restricted to twenty with effect from the 26th December 2021

Bake-off star shares fostering journey

Description:: Channel Four Bake Off finalist Jon Jenkins has spoken about becoming a foster carer to help support a new campaign.

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