
More than 20 volunteers joined council staff, businesses and community groups for the first Blaenavon Towns Together community action day.
The event, held on Saturday, brought people together to help improve and enhance the town centre, with volunteers carrying out a range of activities along Broad Street and Commercial Street.
Throughout the day volunteers washed benches, weeded areas around the town, cleaned shop fronts and helped tidy public spaces. Bethlehem Chapel also provided refreshments for those taking part.
In preparation for the event, the council's Streetscene team carried out a deep clean of the town centre in advance and undertook tree maintenance work on the day to help improve the appearance and visibility of the town and its well-used car parks.
Jaden McGowan said: "I heard about the event in Blaenavon and knew I wanted to take part. I love the idea of making Blaenavon greener and cleaner.
"I really enjoyed going around Blaenavon litter picking and I feel like just a few hours spent in the town doing that has already made a huge improvement the town. I feel proud to be a part of something like this."
Councillor Joanne Gauden, Executive Member for Economy, Skills and Regeneration, said: "Thank you to everyone who gave up their time to support our first Blaenavon Towns Together action day.
"It was fantastic to see residents, businesses, community organisations and council staff working side by side as pat of The Torfaen Deal and to make a visible difference in Blaenavon."
The Towns Together programme is a new way of improving and maintain town centres with council teams working alongside local communities to restore pride and bring people back to the high street.
The inaugural Blaenavon Towns Together event followed the first Pontypool Towns Together action day in September, when around 30 volunteers joined council teams to clean up Crane Street, The Link, Commercial Street, and George Street.
Garnsychan Partnership has agreed to keep the momentum going and organising future Towns Together events.
The launch of Blaenavon Towns Together follows the unveiling of a new mural at Botanic Possessions florists, in Broad Street, in September, as part of a new The Light We Carry mural trail.
Plans are also underway for a mural on the side of the Castle Hotel, also in Broad Street.