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      • Autumn 2017
        • Book donation aims to inspire
        • British plans making progress
        • Budding bakers reach final
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        • Communities for Work offers employment support
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        • Cwmbran jobs fair success
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        • Santa Appeal 2017
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        • Students across Torfaen celebrate exam success
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        • Work starts on £350m Llanfrechfa hospital
      • Spring 2017
        • Building a sustainable future for Torfaen
        • Carers' Congress trip
        • Council invests to keep parks cleaner
        • Council sets 2017/18 budget and council tax
        • Dewis brings together local services and information online
        • Fostering: could you make a difference?
        • Green waste collections have resumed
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        • Make a difference with the Torfaen People's Panel
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        • News from Schools
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        • Pontypool Park Green Link
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        • Volunteer litter picker uses mobile app to make Torfaen cleaner and greener
        • What is hate crime?
        • Torfaen in the Royal Spotlight
      • October 2016
        • Live in a privately rented property?
        • £57 Million boost to transform schools
        • Annual Performance Report 2015-16
        • Blaenavon cinema reopens
        • Canal lock reopened after 100 years
        • Carers Week 2016
        • Communities for Work comes to Torfaen!
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        • Could you be a MIST carer?
        • Council invests in cleaner communities
        • Council praised for vision, leadership and improvement
        • Dead Man's Penny returned to Torfaen family
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        • Frog bikes takes business leap
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        • Protect yourself from flooding
        • Residents have their say
        • Takeaway prosecuted
        • Taxi drivers have licences revoked
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        • Torfaen's Play Success
        • Tributes as foster carer Jen retires
        • Wild flowers thrive across Torfaen
      • April 2016
        • Advice available on Homeseeker service
        • Autism charity helps Torfaen residents
        • Award winners
        • Budding florist supported to open Cwmbran boutique
        • Businesses warned about oil burning
        • Changes to playschemes this summer
        • Charity relay event in Pontypool
        • Collections
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        • Council agrees annual budget
        • Cwmbran High School has been officially opened
        • Dates set for summer events
        • Dementia friendly scheme
        • Dogs must be microchipped
        • Elections
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        • Gearing up for Velothon Wales
        • Harry Potter evening success
        • Houses to homes loans for owners
        • Kitchen caddy liners available to residents
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        • Legal highs film stars local pupils
        • Llanyrafon Manor set for changes
        • More school governors needed
        • New Head for Nant Celyn
        • New social services and well-being act created
        • News from schools
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        • Personalise waste containers
        • Priorities agreed by councillors
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        • Pupils enjoy Crucial Crew
        • Pupils learn the importance of recycling at waste centre
        • Pupils show off their ideas
        • Reduced frequency, but Torfaen Talks is now in Welsh!
        • Register Office for your special day
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        • Residents' recycling rates are on the rise
        • School children celebrate World Book Day in Torfaen
        • Schools set to close and expand
        • Street party advice available
        • Time to foster, time to care
        • Training success for lone parents
        • Wild flowers to brighten county's greens
        • Young carers supported
      • February 2016
        • Absent voter letters sent to torfaen residents
        • Are you feeling the financial pinch?
        • Beware of Scammers
        • Business success
        • Car park works at Cwmbran Boating Lake
        • Charity shop takes display title
        • Collections for nappies
        • Consultation on proposed changes
        • Council prepares to set budget and council tax
        • Cracking Christmas concert!
        • Creative cards for Christmas
        • Dangerous hover boards warning
        • Date is set for Velothon Wales
        • Dementia friends in Blaenavon
        • Dog fouling
        • Drop-in health sessions
        • Education out of special measures
        • Excellence award for Garnteg
        • Former councillor dies
        • Free caddy liners for food waste
        • Fundraising efforts praised
        • Great turnout for women in business event
        • Language and play sessions
        • Maddy spreads Christmas joy
        • Make your special day unforgettable
        • Market offer expands with new businesses
        • Market record fair success
        • More than a job campaign promotes fostering
        • Networking
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        • Official opening for Cwmbran customer care centre
        • Pay your bills online at council's new E-store
        • Play volunteers paint mural
        • Prosecution
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        • Residents thanked for donations
        • School reopens after New Year's blaze
        • Spanish prisoner letter warning for residents
        • Stay warm and healthy this winter
        • Take a stroll
        • TRAC 2 celebrates successful year
        • Waste service standards and performance in 2014/15
      • December 2015
        • Admissions
        • Adoption
        • Businesses reminded about waste disposal rules
        • Business set up with Torfaen EFFECT support
        • Charity book
        • Coding Clubbers!
        • Consultations
        • Costar completes raft race
        • Council supports Hate Crime Awareness Week
        • Cross country fun at Croesyceiliog
        • Date set for Velothon Wales
        • Do you have a big idea?
        • Evaluating the council's performance
        • Gardeners have 'lost the plot'
        • Garden waste collections suspended
        • Have your say on carnival
        • Help to be independent
        • Heritage youth summit success
        • Jobs scheme launched
        • Mayor's artistic competition
        • More than just a job
        • New activities company sets up
        • New Cwmbran park opens
        • News in brief
        • Poppies Sale
        • Reporting fly-tipping
        • Residents have their say
        • School celebrates national challenge award
        • Significant investment in Pontypool town centre
        • Store Fines
        • Syrian refugees to be housed in Torfaen
        • Town to be dementia friendly
        • Trading standards
        • Tweet Customer Services
        • Union anniversary
        • West Mon pupils raise money for British Legion
        • What matters to YOU?
        • Work starts on new schools
      • October 2015
        • 21st Century School improvements
        • £7million project is launched in Torfaen
        • Blogger Ben receives award
        • Born to run
        • Carriage club
        • Christmas cavalcade
        • City deal agreed
        • Council launches new website
        • Council looks at priorities for new corporate plan
        • Cwmbran customer care move
        • Date set for possible by-election
        • Dog-chipping law to be introduced
        • Donations needed for allotment
        • Duke of Edinburgh awards presented
        • Election registration – residents' reminder
        • Encouraging others to 'be a saint'
        • Energy advice initiative
        • Follow Torfaen's digital mayor on social media
        • Free debt advice available
        • Green Flags for borough attractions
        • Helping older people get online
        • Helping people find employment
        • Help make a child's Christmas
        • Home food service
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        • How is Torfaen performing compared to the rest of Wales?
        • Improved results for Torfaen pupils
        • Join Torfaen's people's panel
        • Library's new home
        • Local businesses benefit from work placements
        • National autism award for council officer
        • New approach to dementia
        • New Blaenavon post office
        • New nappy collection service to help residents reduce black bin waste
        • New sign for inclusion base created
        • News in Brief
        • New skinny bins arrive
        • New stores open in market
        • New survey
        • No Smoking in vehicles
        • Parades and services for Remembrance Day
        • Photo club celebrates anniversary
        • Pilot housing teams created
        • Plastic or fantastic?
        • Playscheme annual awards
        • Torfaen builder prosecuted
        • Secondary school admissions
        • Single occupancy council tax review
        • Special days made unforgettable
        • Stay Connected
        • Successful fly-tipping prosecutions
        • Take a stroll with group
        • Talent show is big success
        • Town's Winter wonderland
        • Training helps to upskill residents
        • Truly Scrumptious cafe opens with support from Torfaen EFFECT
        • Universal credit
        • Volunteers improve outdoor space
        • Volunteer visits Parliament
        • Vote to create an Urban Buzzz
        • Water supplies
      • August 2015
        • Customer care centre relocation
        • Encouraging others to foster children
        • Family fun at heritage centre
        • Farm events
        • Grant pays for starter packs
        • Group's good old fashion fun
        • Highways
        • Illegal off-roading prosecutions
        • Illegal tobacco seizures
        • Indoor market relaunched
        • Local taxi licence suspended
        • Meals vehicles powered by electricity
        • New centre for Upper Cwmbran
        • News from schools
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        • Performance is good
        • Reading challenge for pupils
        • Receive the latest news direct to smartphones and tablets
        • Residents' survey
        • Review of adult community education in Torfaen
        • Sector skills
        • 'Skinny' bins are coming
        • Speak out to stop scams from spreading
        • Stress support available
        • Tesco fined
        • Testimonial awards
        • Torfaen bakery fine for contaminated water
        • Transport routes
        • UNESCO youth summit competition
        • Volunteers presented awards
        • Wisdom Bank open for deposits!
        • WW1 animation
      • June 2015
      • Advertise in Torfaen Talks
  • Births, Deaths and Ceremonies
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      • Burials and Cremations
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    • Marriages and Civil Partnerships
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  • Business and Economy
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      • Moving, Expanding or Closing Down
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    • Business Support & Development
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      • Enterprise
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    • Commercial Waste
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    • Doing business with the council
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    • European Policy & External Funding
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      • EU Programmes 2007-2013
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        • Rural Development Plan 2007 - 2013
          • Rural Development Plan Projects
      • Services
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    • Health and Safety
      • Health and safety at work
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        • Better Business
        • Information for Nurseries
        • Performance Indicators
        • Risk Management Toolkit
        • Safe Start Up Online Tool
        • Small Business Help
        • Sunbeds & Tanning
        • Further Advice
      • Health and safety - enforcement
    • Land and Premises
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        • Land and Property for Sale
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      • Local land charges search
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    • Licensing
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      • Licence - alcohol and entertainment
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        • Licensing Act 2003 Consultation Notices
        • Public Registers
        • Renew a Personal Alcohol Licence
        • Temporary Event Notice
      • Animal Licenses
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          • Applying for a Licence
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          • Applying for a Licence
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          • Applying for a Licence
        • Licence - dog breeding
          • Applying for a Licence
        • Licence - Performing Animals Registration
          • Applying for a Licence
        • Licence - pet shop
          • Applying for a Licence
        • Licence - riding establishment
          • Applying for a Licence
        • Licence - Zoos
          • Applying for a Licence
      • Charitable Collections
        • Licence - house to house collection
          • Forthcoming House to House Collections
        • Licence - street collections
      • Food Business Licences
        • Licence - Food Premises Approval
          • Applying for a Licence
          • FAQs
        • Licence - street cafe
        • Registration - food premises
          • Applying for a Licence
          • FAQs
      • Gambling Licences
        • Licence - gambling
          • Gambling Act Application Forms
          • Gambling Act 2005 Consultation Notices
        • Licence - small society lotteries
      • Leisure and Personal Treatment Licences
        • Licence - caravan site
          • Applying for a Licence - Caravan and Camping Sites
          • Applying for a Licence - Camping Sites
        • Licence - hairdresser
        • Licence - Hypnotism
          • Applying for a Licence
        • Licence - massage and special treatments
        • Registration - tattooists, piercing and electrolysis
          • Tattoo Hygiene Rating Scheme
          • Applying for a Licence
      • Licence - Private Hire and Hackney Carriages
        • Criminal Record Checks
        • Hackney Carriage Vehicles
        • Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Complaints
        • Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Drivers
        • Private Hire Operators
        • Private Hire Vehicles
      • Roads and Highways Licenses
        • Licence - highway projection
        • Licence - storage of petroleum
          • Applying for a Licence
          • Storing and Transporting Petrol
        • Licence - skip operator
        • Skip permits
          • Applying for a Licence
        • Licence - street trading
          • Applying for a Licence
        • Licence - street works
        • Licence - Structure Protruding on the Highway
        • Licence - weighbridge operator
      • Scrap Metal Licences
        • Registration - scrap metal site
          • Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
          • Applying for a Licence
          • Further Information
        • Registration - motor salvage operator
      • Other Licences
        • Licence - Car Boot Sales
        • Licence - Cooling Towers
          • Applying for a Licence
        • Licence - Environmental Permit
        • Licence - Houses in Multiple Occupation
          • Applying for a Licence
        • Licence - markets
        • Licence - sex shops
        • Licence - sports grounds
          • Applying for a Licence - Sports Grounds
          • Applying for a Licence - Safety Certificates for Sports Stands
          • Legislation and Guidance on Sports Ground Safety
        • Licence - venue for civil marriage and civil partnerships
    • Markets
      • Market stalls
    • Trading Standards
      • Trading Standards
      • Consumer Advice
      • Report a Trader
  • Council Tax and Benefits
    • Benefits
      • Benefits - fraud investigation
      • Benefits and Money Advice
      • Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction
        • Housing benefit - general information
          • Online Benefits, Council Tax and Business Rates Service
          • Get benefit paid directly into your bank account
          • Claimant's from Overseas
          • Other adults living with you
          • Temporary absence from home
          • What can I do if I disagree with the decision
          • Checking your claim and evidence requirements
          • Help with Childcare Costs
          • Guidance for Private Landlords
          • Help for those who are starting work
          • Information for the Self-Employed
          • Where can I get more advice?
        • Discretionary housing payment (DHP)
        • Housing benefit - backdating claims
        • Housing benefit - change of circumstances
        • Local Housing Allowance
        • Housing benefit - overpayments
        • Welfare Benefit Changes from 1 April 2011
    • Council Tax
      • Council tax - general information
      • Council Tax Explanatory Notes
      • Council tax - account enquiries
      • Council tax - discount
      • Council tax - exemptions
      • Council tax - valuation banding
        • Valuation Banding Appeals
      • Ways to pay Torfaen
    • Local Government Pension Scheme
    • Online Benefits, Council Tax and Business Rates
  • Crime & Emergencies
    • Crime Prevention
      • Anti social behaviour and nuisance
      • CCTV - releasing for evidence
      • Community safety - gating orders
      • Cold Calling Control Zones
      • Hate crime
      • Off-road Biking
      • Public Spaces Protection Order
    • Emergency Management
      • Civil emergencies - business continuity advice
        • Achieving Business Continuity
        • Business Continuity Guidance for Fuel Shortages
        • Business Continuity Management
        • Corporate Risk Management
        • Role of Torfaen County Borough Council
      • Preparing for emergencies
        • Community Resilience
      • Emergencies - major incident response
        • Gwent Local Resilience Forum Volunteers Group
      • Emergencies - severe weather warnings
        • Heat Wave
        • Storms & Gales
      • Emergency Planning - flooding
      • Emergency Planning - Emergency Advice
        • Your Home
        • What to do in an emergency
        • At work or travelling
        • Emergency Evacuation
        • Emergency Contacts
      • Legislation and regulations
        • Civil Contingencies Act 2004
        • Community Risk Register
    • Youth Offending
      • Anti Social Behaviour
      • Assessments made by the Youth Offending Team
      • Community Interventions of the Criminal Justice System
      • Detention and Training Order
      • Early Intervention of the Criminal Justice System
      • How to get involved with the Youth Offending Team
      • Objectives of the Youth Justice System
      • Restoration Responsibility and Reintegration
  • Education & Learning
    • 21st Century Learning
      • Recent Projects
      • Latest News
      • Cwmbran High School
    • Adult & Community Education
      • Adult education courses
      • Adult Education Centres
      • Learner Information
      • Clubs
    • Children and Young People
      • Play Service
        • Community Play Clubs
        • Play Equipment and Resources
        • Play Sufficiency Assessment
        • Torfaen Play Service
        • Volunteering
      • NEETs
      • Children & Young People Partnership
        • Archived Documents
        • Children and Young People's Improvement Board Structure
        • Partnership Framework
        • Flying Start
        • Partnership Members
      • Young people - information and advice
    • Extra-curricular Activities
      • Duke of Edinburghs Award
      • Outdoor Education
    • Parental Support
      • Childminding information
      • Families First Torfaen
      • Family Information Service
      • Financial Help with Childcare Costs
      • Childcare - out of school hours
      • Day Nurseries
      • Parent & Toddler Groups
      • Parenting Tips and Support
        • Parenting Programmes
      • Playgroups
    • Schools & Colleges
      • Attendance, behaviour and welfare
        • Bullying and harassment policy
        • Child Employment
          • Children in Employment
          • Children in Entertainment
          • Chaperone Licence
        • School - exclusion of pupils
        • Attendance at School
        • Non Attendance Fixed Penalty Notices
        • Holidays During Term Time
        • School - home schooling
      • Financial Support
        • Free school meals
        • School - travel support
        • School - clothing grants and vouchers
        • Student awards
      • School Admissions
        • Parental Choice of School
        • School Admissions - Nursery
        • School Admissions - Primary
        • School Admissions - Secondary
        • School Admissions - Voluntary Aided Schools
        • School Admissions - In Year Transfers
        • Appeals Procedure
        • Catchment Areas
        • Education through the Medium of Welsh
      • School - complaints procedure
      • School catering
        • Free school meals
        • School Menus
        • Younger Diners
        • Older Diners
      • School governors
      • School Inspections & Performance
        • School Inspections
        • School - assessment and performance
      • Term, holiday and other closure dates
      • For Teachers and Practitioners
        • Asbestos Management in Schools
        • SACRE
        • Schools Literacy & Resource Centre
    • Special Educational Needs
      • School Support
        • Role of the SENCO
        • School Action
        • School Action Plus
        • Individual Education Plan
      • Statutory Assessment
      • Disagreements
      • Statements
      • Annual Reviews
      • Early Years
      • Specialist Support Services
        • Autistic Spectrum Disorder
        • Careers Wales Gwent
        • Educational Psychology Service
        • Hearing Impaired Service
        • Visual Impairment Service
        • Communication Intervention Team
        • Independent Parental Support
        • Schools Counselling Service
        • Specific Learning Difficulties
      • Inclusion Team Contacts
      • Glossary
      • Additional Needs Panel
      • Exciting Changes
        • Person Centred Planning
        • Individual Development Plans
    • Training and Development
      • Choice at 16+
        • Why carry on?
        • Staying in School
        • Going to Coleg Gwent - Pontypool Campus
        • What do these letters mean?
        • Training & Learning Opportunities
      • Torfaen Training
    • Wisdom, Wealth and Well-being
      • Seven projects to boost Wisdom, Wealth and Wellbeing
      • Wisdom Wealth and Wellbeing Programme Board for Phase 3
  • Health & Social Care
    • Caring for Someone
      • What is a Carer?
      • Carers assessments
      • Carers Legislation
      • Carers' support service
      • Financial support for carers
      • When Caring Ends
      • Supporting young people leaving care
      • Young carers - support and advice
      • Torfaen Carers' Centre
      • Get Involved
      • Adult placement schemes
      • Respite care
      • Dementia
      • Direct Payments
    • Complaints and Compliments
      • Complaints - children's services
    • Fostering and Adoption
      • Adoption
      • Fostering
        • What options are there in fostering?
        • Private Fostering
        • Fostering Opportunity - Torfaen's MIST project
        • Fostering FAQs
        • Fostering Case Studies
      • Parent and Child Foster Placements
    • Getting the help you need
      • Arranging care for yourself
      • Assessments - Adult Services
      • Children's Services Assessments
      • Dementia
      • Direct Payments
      • Family Support Centre
      • Having Your Say
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          • REACT House
        • Continuing NHS Healthcare
        • Falls Service
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        • Personal Care
      • Paying for Services
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        • Get Involved / Volunteering Opportunities
        • Government, Local Government & Communities
        • Housing
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        • Legal Matters and Capacity
        • Social Care Services
        • Staying Healthy
        • Third Sector Service Providers and Charitable Organisations
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      • Choose Well
      • Continuing NHS Healthcare
      • Food Safety
        • Food complaints
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          • E Coli 0157
          • Norovirus
          • Listeria
          • Salmonella
        • Food Safety - Charity Events
        • Food safety - inspections
          • Food Service Plan
        • Scores on the Doors
      • Health and Safety - Sunbeds
      • Health Challenge Torfaen
      • Health Services
      • Keeping Well this Winter
      • MEND
      • Mental Health
        • Community Mental Health
        • Direct Payments
        • Dementia
        • Mental Health Capacity Act
        • Mental Health Services
        • Mental Health Strategy
      • Pharmacy First - Minor Ailments Scheme
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      • Home Improvements - Loans
      • Community alarm services
        • REACT House
      • Residential and Nursing Care
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        • Paying for residential/resident nursing care
      • Return of Equipment
      • Sheltered/Retirement Housing
    • Keeping Active and Getting Out
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        • Misuse of the Blue Badge
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      • Concessionary Travel Pass
      • Day opportunities
        • Adult Education Access Support Team
        • Farm Friends
        • Green Wellies Horticultural Project
        • The Bistro - Ty Nant Ddu
        • The Countryside Team
        • The High Needs Support Service
        • Woodchips
      • Disabled Persons Railcard
    • Keeping Children and Adults Safe
      • Child Protection
        • South East Wales Safeguarding Children Board (SEWSC)
        • All Wales Child Protection Procedures
      • Domestic Abuse
      • Hate Crimes and Hate Related Incidents
      • Safeguarding vulnerable adults
        • POVA Inspection
      • Looked after children
    • Strategies, Reports & Legislation
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      • Report of the Director of Social Services
        • Annual Report 2014-2015
        • Annual Report 2013-2014
        • Annual Report 2012-2013
        • Annual Report 2011-2012
        • Annual Report 2010-2011
        • Annual Report 2009-2010
        • Annual Report 2008-2009
      • Social care services - public information
        • Adult Services
        • Childrens Services
        • Out of Hours Emergencies
        • Paying for your services
      • Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014
        • Population Needs Assessment
      • Strategies and Legislation
        • Carers Legislation
        • Learning Disability Strategy
        • Market Position Statements
        • Mental Health Capacity Act
        • Mental Health Strategy
    • Contacting Social Care
  • Housing
    • Affordable Housing
      • Help2Own
      • Homeseeker
    • Change of Address Service
    • Homelessness and Prevention
      • Homelessness - advice and support
    • Housing Advice
      • Council housing - information and advice
      • Registered Social Landlords
      • Torfaen Homes
    • Improvements and Repairs
      • Home improvements - disability facility grant for a private property
      • Housing - energy efficiency grant
      • Disabled people - home adaptations and aids
      • Home Improvements - Loans
      • Housing - neighbourhood renewal area
    • Private Housing
      • Private landlords
        • Drainage
        • Filthy & Verminous Premises
        • Harassment and Illegal Eviction
        • Housing Health & Safety Rating System
        • Immigration Visits
        • Rent Smart Wales - are you complying?
      • Empty Homes
        • Reporting an empty property
      • Licence - homes in multiple occupancy
        • Applying for a Licence
      • Private landlords - landlords forum
    • Supported and Sheltered Housing
      • Sheltered/Retirement Housing
      • Supporting people
        • Information for Professionals
          • Best Practice
          • Budgets & Expenditure
          • Commissioning Plans
          • Evaluation Procedures
          • How do Supporting People plan services?
          • Monitoring Procedures
          • Needs Mapping
          • Supporting People Strategy
        • Is there a charge for support?
  • Jobs & Careers
    • Jobs at the Council
      • Job Vacancies
      • Job Evaluation
        • Pay Grades
      • Pay Policy
    • Help to get back to work
      • A4E Pathways Programme
      • Break Through
      • Bridges into Work 2
      • Centre for Business
      • Communities First - Digital Inclusion
      • Communities First Employability Programme
      • Garnsychan Partnership's Employability Programme
      • No Limits
      • Remploy Employment Services
      • Torfaen Voluntary Alliance
      • WEA Workers' Educational Association
      • Working Skills for Adults 2
    • Torfaen Training
  • Leisure Parks & Events
    • Allotments
    • Arts & Entertainment
      • Arts development
        • Advance Youth Dance Company
        • Congress Youth Theatre
        • Head4Arts
        • It's My Shout
        • Night Out Scheme
        • South Wales Literature Development Initiative
        • Torfaen Young People's Music & Arts Trust
      • Cultural Venues
    • Community Centres & Facilities
      • Adult Education Centres
      • Licence - alcohol and entertainment
        • Live Music Act 2012
        • Renew a Personal Alcohol Licence
        • Premises Licence - Minor Variation
        • Designated Premises Supervisor
        • Club Premises Certificate
        • Personal Alcohol Licence
        • Premises (alcohol and entertainment ) Licence
        • Temporary Event Notice
        • Licensing Act 2003 Consultation Notices
        • Public Registers
      • Community Centres
        • Mount Pleasant Hall
        • Thornhill Community Centre
        • Two Locks Community Hall
        • Brynteg Community Hall
        • Cocker Avenue Community Hall
        • Coed Eva and Hollybush Community Centre
        • Court Farm and Oakfield Community Centre
        • Forgeside Community Centre
        • Garndiffaith Community Centre
        • Glenside Community Centre
        • Greenmeadow and St Dials Community Hall
        • Griffithstown Community Hall
        • Henllys Village Hall
        • Llanyrafon Social Centre
        • Neighbourhood Learning Centre
        • New Inn Community Hall
        • Ponthir Community Centre
        • Pontrhydyrun Community Centre
        • Pontymoile Community Centre
        • Three Penny Bit Community Centre
        • Trevethin and Penygarn Community Centre
        • Woodland Road Sports and Social Centre
        • Zion Hill Community Centre
      • Night Out Scheme
    • Events
      • Events Listing
      • Submit an Event
      • Planning an Event
    • Leisure Facilities
      • Exercise classes
      • Fitness suites
      • Health Suite
      • Junior Activities
      • Leisure and sport passes
      • Leisure centres
        • Blaenavon Active Living Centre
      • Exercise referral scheme
      • Over 60s
      • Skiing
      • Swimming
    • Local History & Heritage
      • Heritage Strategy
      • Historic sites and monuments
      • Museums and Galleries
      • Pontypool Townscape Heritage Initiative
        • Townscape Heritage Initiative Grants
        • Townscape Heritage Initiative Projects
      • Records and Archives
        • Records and archives - enquiries
        • Researching Family History
      • Heritage Volunteering
      • Waterworks Heritage Lottery Project
      • World War One
    • Nature and Conservation
      • Biodiversity
        • Invasive non-native species
        • Phytophthora ramorum
        • Torfaen Biodiversity Partnership
        • Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC's)
      • Cycle lanes and routes
        • Afon Lwyd Trail
        • Cycling Code of Conduct
        • Other Cycle Routes
      • Common Land
      • Countryside - local access forum
        • Local Access Forum Annual Reports
        • Local Access Forum Minutes
        • Membership of the Local Access Forum
      • Countryside events
      • Countryside volunteers
      • Countryside management projects
        • Special Landscape Areas
      • Forgotten Landscapes
      • Giant hogweed
      • Health walks
      • Local nature reserves
      • Meadowland and Wildflowers
      • Public rights of way - general
        • Animals and Rights of Way
        • Information for Landowners
        • Planning and Rights of Way
        • Registered Claims
        • Signs and Notices
        • Vehicles in the countryside
        • Torfaen Rights of Way Improvement Plan
      • Torfaen Walks
        • Blaenafon Walks Pack
        • Blaenavon Town Walk
        • Cwm Ffrwd Circular Walk
        • Cwm Lasgarn Circular Walk
        • Cwm Lickey Circular Walk
        • Cwm Sychan Circular Walk
        • Cwmafon Heritage Trail
        • Henllys Circular Walk
        • In the Footsteps of Pilgrims
        • Pontypool Park Circular Walk
        • Southern Henllys Circular Walk
        • Torfaen Leisure Route
        • Torfaen Trail - Figure of 8 Walk
          • Blaenavon Community Wood to Whistle Road
          • Boating Lake to Griffithstown Railway Museum
          • Henllys to Llantarnam
          • Pentre Piod Road to Pontypool Park
          • Pontypool Park to Blaenavon
          • Pontypool to Upper Cwmbran
          • Upper Cwmbran to Henllys
          • Whistle Road to Pentre Piod
        • Countryside Code
    • Parks and Open Spaces
      • Folly Tower
      • Pontypool Park
        • Pontypool Park History
        • Heritage Lottery Restoration
        • Afon Lwyd Weir
        • Italian Gardens
        • Nant-y-Gollen Ponds
        • Pontymoile Gates
        • Gorsedd Stone Circle
        • Ice Houses
        • Tramway Tunnel and Tram Road
      • Shell Grotto
    • Sports Development
      • #ifyougoIgo
      • Active Young People
        • Abersychan High School
        • Croesyceiliog Comprehensive
        • Cwmbran High School
        • St Albans RC High School
        • West Monmouth School
        • School Sport Timetable
      • Sports - clubs directory
        • Club Accreditation
        • School Club Links
      • Sports - coaching
      • Coaching Bursary
      • Disability Sport
      • Dragon Sport
      • FAW Trust
      • Positive Futures
      • Sport and Challenging Activities
      • Sports - development
      • Tots Clubs
    • Sports Grants
      • Community Chest Grants
      • Mic Morris Memorial Sporting Trust
      • Talent Development Scheme
    • Tourism & Travel
      • Gateway to Pontypool
      • Places to Stay
      • Things to Do
        • Big Pit: National Coal Museum
        • Blaenavon Community Museum
        • Blaenavon Heritage Railway
        • Blaenavon Ironworks
        • Blaenavon Workmens Hall
        • Blaenavon World Heritage Centre and Library
        • Bowden Active Living Centre
        • Bowlplex
        • Cheeky Monkeys
        • Congress Theatre
        • Cwmbran Boating Lake
        • Cwmbran Shopping
        • Cwmbran Stadium
        • Cycling in Torfaen
        • Folly Tower
        • Garn Lakes
        • G-Force Karting
        • Greenmeadow Community Farm
        • Greenmeadow Golf and Country Club
        • Llandegfedd Reservoir
        • Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre
        • Llanyrafon Golf Course
        • Llanyrafon Manor
        • Llanyrafon Mill
        • Lollipops & Ladybirds
        • Pontnewydd Golf Club
        • Pontymoile Canal Basin
        • Pontypool Active Living Centre
        • Pontypool Golf Club
        • Pontypool Markets
        • Pontypool Museum
        • Pontypool Park
        • Pontypool Ski Centre
        • Shell Grotto
        • The Blaenafon Cheddar Company Ltd
        • Ticken's Trekking
        • Vue Cinema
        • Woodlake Park Golf Club
        • Zoopadoopa
      • Tourist information centres
      • Town twinning
  • Libraries
    • Libraries - your local library
      • Blaenavon Library
      • Cwmbran Library
      • Pontypool Library
    • Libraries - children and young peoples services
      • Babies Love Libraries
      • Babies Need Books
      • Better with books
      • Book Groups, Events and Activities
      • Bookstart
      • Children and Young People
      • Homework Help Clubs
      • Summer Reading Challenge
    • Libraries - computers and internet facilities
    • Library catalogue
    • Libraries - online information resources
    • Libraries - how to join
    • Health and Wellbeing
      • Book Prescription Wales
      • Dementia Friendly
      • Health and Wellbeing Information Service
      • Shared Reading Groups
    • Learners
      • Family History and Local History Groups
      • IT Drop In Sessions
    • Library charges
    • Standards and Policies
    • Supporting Readers
      • Carer's Card
      • Libraries - housebound service
      • Read to Me Service
      • Reading Groups
      • Shared Reading Groups
  • Pests Pollution and Hygiene
    • Animals and Pests
      • Dead Animal Removal
      • Dog control orders
      • Pest control
      • Animals - stray
      • Lost dogs
    • Environmental Health
      • Environmental services - out of hours emergencies
      • Food labelling and composition
      • Food poisoning
        • People at risk
        • Preventing Food Poisoning
        • Food Poisoning on Holiday
        • Campylobacter
        • Clostridium Perfringens
        • Cryptosporidium
        • E Coli 0157
        • Norovirus
        • Listeria
        • Salmonella
      • Food Safety - Charity Events
      • Food safety - inspections
        • Food Service Plan
      • Health and safety - fireworks advice
      • Scores on the Doors
    • Pollution
      • Pollution control - air quality
      • Pollution control - contaminated land
      • Pollution control - light pollution
      • Pollution control - idling vehicles
      • Pollution control - noise
        • The Law on Fireworks
      • Pollution control - smoke nuisance
      • Smoking ban enforcement
      • Pollution control - water
    • Sustainability
      • Energy - efficiency advice and assessment
        • Domestic Energy
        • Water Conservation
      • Energy efficiency - grants
      • Sustainable development - general
  • Planning and Development
    • Building Control
      • Building Regulations
        • Building Control - regulations
        • Building Control - Approval
        • Building Control - Applications
        • Building Control - Site Inspections
        • Building Control - Common Projects
        • Building Control - Advice and Guidance
      • Building Control - Access to buildings
      • Dangerous structures and public safety
      • Demolitions - control and advice
      • Street naming and numbering register
    • Conservation
      • Conservation areas
      • Listed buildings register
    • Planning Applications
      • The Planning System
      • Planning - Permission
      • Planning advice and guidance
        • Planning News
      • Planning Forms
      • Planning - Objections
      • Planning applications - residential
      • Planning decision notices
    • Planning policy
      • Community Infrastructure Levy
      • Forward Planning Team
      • Local Development Plan
        • Annual Monitoring Report
      • Local Development Plan Consultation
        • Hearing Sessions
          • Hearing Session 1
          • Hearing Session 2
          • Hearing Session 10
          • Hearing Session 11
          • Hearing Session 12
          • Hearing Session 13
          • Hearing Session 14
          • Hearing Session 3
          • Hearing Session 4
          • Hearing Session 5
          • Hearing Session 6
          • Hearing Session 7
          • Hearing Session 8
          • Hearing Session 9
        • Examination Documents
        • Submitted Documents
      • Publications
        • Joint Housing Land Availability Studies
      • Site Specific Development
      • Supplementary planning guidance
    • Regeneration
      • Cwmbran Regeneration
      • Pontypool Regeneration
        • Pontypool Regeneration Partnership
      • Regeneration Strategy
      • Pontypool Settlement Area
  • Rubbish and Recycling
    • Household waste - domestic bins
      • Black Bin
        • Purple Lidded Bins - Frequently Asked Questions
        • Missed Purple Lidded Bin Collections - Frequently Asked Questions
        • Replacement Purple Lidded Bins - Frequently Asked Questions
      • Black Box
      • Blue Bag
      • Brown Bin
        • Brown Caddy - Frequently Asked Questions
      • Green Bin
      • Yellow Bag (Nappies)
    • Household waste - rubbish collections
    • Assisted refuse collection
    • Household waste - disposal sites
      • Van Permit Scheme
    • Recycling - bring bank sites
    • Household waste - special collections for large items
    • Recycling A to Z Guide
    • Household waste - clinical waste
    • Commercial waste - information and advice
    • Composting
    • Education
      • Dan - Out and About in Torfaen
    • Household Waste - Service Standards
  • ServiceDirectory
  • Roads Travel & Parking
    • MOT Station
    • Parking
      • Car parks - council
        • Car Parks in Blaenavon
        • Car Parks in Cwmbran
        • Car Parks in Pontypool
          • Parking FAQs
        • Parking Fines
      • Car parks - private
      • Disabled people - parking permits - blue badge
        • Misuse of the Blue Badge
        • Organisational Badges
    • Public Transport
      • Buses - information and advice
        • Bus times on your mobile phone
      • Concessionary Travel Pass
      • Disabled Persons Railcard
      • Transport - journey planning
      • mytravelpass
      • Orange Wallet Scheme
      • Trains - information and advice
    • Road Safety
      • Road safety - driver training
      • Road Safety - General
        • Safety for Children
        • Safety for Motor Cyclists
        • Safety for Motor Vehicle Users
        • Safety for Pedestrians and Cyclists
        • Safety of Horse Riders
        • Speed Management
        • Useful Links
    • Roads and Pavements
      • Flood Risk Management
        • Flood Risk Management Plan
        • Local Flood Risk Management Strategy
        • Strategic Environmental Assessment
        • Flood Investigation Report - Cwmbran
      • Licence - highway projection
      • Off-road Biking
      • Roads and highways - gritting
        • Winter Maintenance Resources
        • Winter Driving Tips
        • Winter Driving Checklist
      • Roads and highways - roadworks
      • Roundabout Sponsorship
      • Scaffolding and Hoarding Permits
      • Local Transport Plan
    • Street Care and Cleaning
      • Abandoned shopping trolleys
      • Abandoned Vehicles
        • Untaxed Vehicles
      • Dead Animal Removal
      • Environmental Fixed Penalty Notices
      • Refuse - Fly Tipping
      • Flyposting - reporting and removal
      • Graffiti - reporting and removal
      • Grass cutting
      • Refuse - litter - enforcement
      • Refuse - litter bins
      • Road safety - spillages
      • Public conveniences
      • Torfaen Spring Clean
    • Walking & Cycling
      • Active Travel Plan
        • Integrated Network Map Consultation
      • Community Links
      • Cycle lanes and routes
        • Afon Lwyd Trail
        • Cycling Code of Conduct
        • Other Cycle Routes
      • Health walks
      • Torfaen Walks
        • Blaenafon Walks Pack
        • Blaenavon Town Walk
        • Countryside Code
        • Cwm Ffrwd Circular Walk
        • Cwm Lasgarn Circular Walk
        • Cwm Lickey Circular Walk
        • Cwm Sychan Circular Walk
        • Cwmafon Heritage Trail
        • Henllys Circular Walk
        • In the Footsteps of Pilgrims
        • Pontypool Park Circular Walk
        • Southern Henllys Circular Walk
        • Torfaen Leisure Route
        • Torfaen Trail - Figure of 8 Walk
          • Blaenavon Community Wood to Whistle Road
          • Boating Lake to Griffithstown Railway Museum
          • Henllys to Llantarnam
          • Pentre Piod Road to Pontypool Park
          • Pontypool Park to Blaenavon
          • Pontypool to Upper Cwmbran
          • Upper Cwmbran to Henllys
          • Whistle Road to Pentre Piod