Are you confused by the new recycling scheme? Are you unsure of what to put in what box? Well Bridgend council have produces an easy to understand guide to the scheme. You have three boxes (two black and one brown) and a blue bag. This is what you do: . Box 1 In the first ...
New energy-efficient street lighting pilots have been approved by Bridgend County Borough Council Cabinet members. Local authorities across Wales are reviewing or have changed their street lighting because of concerns about energy consumption and light pollution. In Bridgend County Borough, the cost of street lighting has doubled since 2004. But Bridgend County Borough Council’s Cabinet ...
Local PoliticsBridgend County Borough Council has been congratulated by the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) for substantial improvements in its children’s services which have resulted in the lifting of a serious concern protocol. A recent review of children’s services by CSSIW found that social services staff and managers have continued to work hard to ...
Local PoliticsYoung people in Bridgend County Borough are set to benefit from a new high-tech Youth Bus and a three-storey Just Ask youth centre later this week. Both the new bus and youth centre will be officially opened at 12pm on Thursday 18 June 2009 in Wyndham Street, Bridgend town centre. Designed to provide drop-in advice ...
Local PoliticsThe authority is marking the start of Social Care Week 2009 by paying tribute to up to 1500 staff currently working in social care and asking more people to consider applying. Social care staff work with families, adults and children who, for all sorts of reasons, need support to carry out the day-to-day business of ...
Local PoliticsBridgend County Borough Council will fly a special flag in honour of servicemen and women ahead of the UK’s first Armed Forces Day on Saturday 27 June 2009. The flag will be raised outside Civic Offices in Angel Street, Bridgend, in a formal ceremony at 1030am on Monday 22 June and will fly each day ...
Local PoliticsBridgend County Borough Council will support this year’s Food Safety Week (15–21 June 2009) by visiting day care centres throughout the County Borough and giving talks and information to centre users. The visits by officers from the council’s Public Protection department will be done in partnership with CRT Training, a local provider of training, leading ...
Local PoliticsBridgend County Borough Council is urging staff and residents to green their daily routine this week, in the run up to World Environment Day (5 June 2009). The following tips may help people to do their bit for the environment: Save water at home – don’t let the tap run while you shave, wash your ...
Local PoliticsBridgend County Borough’s first alcohol action zone is marking its six month anniversary. From 1 December 2008, under the borough’s first Designated Public Places Order, drinking alcohol in Bridgend town centre became restricted to pubs, clubs and other licensed premises. Patrons can also drink outside in areas that have been designated for this purpose. It ...
Local PoliticsBridgend County Borough Council has welcomed new figures from the Office of Fair Trading showing local authority trading standards action saves UK consumers at least £347 million a year. In a new study OFT found that, on average, for every £1 that trading standards spend on that action they deliver direct consumer savings of at ...
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