A teenager who receives support through Bridgend County Borough Council’s Family Link Short Break Scheme has been recognised for his achievements at a reception hosted by HRH The Princess Royal. Jordan Davies aged 16 from Maesteg, was invited to Buckingham Palace to receive the prestigious Commandant-in-Chief award in honour of his involvement with the local ...
Householders in Bridgend County Borough had an especially green Halloween by recycling their pumpkins as food waste. BCBC’s recycling collection partners May Gurney have revealed there was a ‘pumpkin peak’ in the week after Halloween, collecting an additional 12 tonnes of food waste on top of usual food recycling rates. Residents were asked to leave ...
Bridgend County Borough’s latest landmark school has been officially opened today. Archbishop McGrath Catholic High School has been open to its 750 pupils since September but today a special ceremony attended by officials and dignitaries including the First Minister Carwyn Jones, the Archbishop of Cardiff, Most Reverend George Stack, the Leader of BCBC Councillor Mel ...
Teenage wing Luke Morgan has impressed in his Bridgend Ravens shirt after scoring nine tries during this years’ Principality Premiership, earning himself October’s Principality Player of the Month Award. The 19-year-old came through the ranks at Bridgend Athletic and Bridgend college, trains with the Ospreys full-time and is a regular starter for Bridgend each week ...
As the build up to London 2012 continues, it has been announced that Bridgend County Borough has been selected to host the Olympic Torch Relay Route on Saturday 26 May 2012. Nantymoel, Ogmore Vale, Bryncethin, Bridgend, Laleston and Pyle are the communities that the relay route will pass through. Residents from across the borough are ...
A new service has been launched this week by Bridgend County Borough Council that will make it easier for residents to report changes in their family circumstances following a birth or bereavement without having to contact different local authority and central government departments. ‘Tell Us Once’ works by giving people the option of updating several ...
Bridgend County Borough Council’s plans to improve its leisure facilities and enhance the range of opportunities for local people to be healthy and active are progressing well, with the brand new Brackla Sports Centre, a shared facility situated on the site of the new Archbishop McGrath School due to open shortly. The modern facilities include: ...
The Labour Bridgend County Borough Council has beaten stiff competition from two of Wales’s largest authorities to be named the country’s council recycling champions. Thanks to votes from the public, BCBC beat rivals Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and Newport City Council in the Local Authority Partnership category of Cinch’s Wales Recycling Awards. BCBC made the ...
The Cabinet of Bridgend County Borough Council has today agreed to enter into a partnership to improve and develop the way in which its Integrated Community Equipment Service is run (Tuesday 20 September 2011). Designed to provide vulnerable local people with specialist equipment that can help them carry on living within their own homes, the ...
A leek which is being carried all the way from Bangor to Bridgend will again be used to officially open Bridgend’s unique Feastival event. The Great Welsh Leek Relay was first held last year to help raise the issue of food miles ahead of Feastival, the Wales Alternative Food Festival. Now the relay has returned ...
A teenager who receives support through Bridgend County Borough Council’s Family Link Short Break Scheme has been recognised for...
Householders in Bridgend County Borough had an especially green Halloween by recycling their pumpkins as food waste. BCBC’s recycling...
Bridgend County Borough’s latest landmark school has been officially opened today. Archbishop McGrath Catholic High School has been open...
Teenage wing Luke Morgan has impressed in his Bridgend Ravens shirt after scoring nine tries during this years’ Principality...
As the build up to London 2012 continues, it has been announced that Bridgend County Borough has been selected...
A new service has been launched this week by Bridgend County Borough Council that will make it easier for...
Bridgend County Borough Council’s plans to improve its leisure facilities and enhance the range of opportunities for local people...
The Labour Bridgend County Borough Council has beaten stiff competition from two of Wales’s largest authorities to be named...
The Cabinet of Bridgend County Borough Council has today agreed to enter into a partnership to improve and develop...
A leek which is being carried all the way from Bangor to Bridgend will again be used to officially...
