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Bridgend crowned Wales recycling champs!

Bridgend crowned Wales recycling champs!

October 5, 2011 No Comments

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 ...

Bridgend council agrees partnership to help people live at home for longer

Bridgend council agrees partnership to help people live at home for longer

September 21, 2011 No Comments

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 ...

Follow the Feastival leek this week!

Follow the Feastival leek this week!

September 21, 2011 No Comments

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 ...

Positive performance for our social care services

Positive performance for our social care services

September 21, 2011 No Comments

Social care services are improving and people in need are better supported – that’s the message from Bridgend County Borough Council’s Director of Social Services in her annual report. BCBC Cabinet Members have also been told how the response time to individuals who needed social care services has got better despite an overall increase in ...

Flexible funding for social enterprises in Bridgend

Flexible funding for social enterprises in Bridgend

August 25, 2011 No Comments

The South East Wales Community Economic Development Programme in Bridgend is launching its flexible grant scheme which supports social enterprise projects operating within Bridgend County Borough at Bethlehem Life Centre, Cefn Cribbwr today. The event will be officially launched byCllr David Sage, Deputy Leader, Bridgend County Borough Council and will include a keynote address by ...

Important new link for visitors officially opened in Porthcawl

Important new link for visitors officially opened in Porthcawl

August 16, 2011 No Comments

A £216,000 new shared footpath and cycleway across Locks Common in Porthcawl has been officially opened by the Deputy Leader of Bridgend County Borough CouncilCllr David Sageand the Mayor of Porthcawl Town Council Cllr Barbara Stubbs.   Designed to provide a safe, convenient link between Porthcawl’s promenade andRestBay, the 1.3km path forms an important link ...

Vote Bridgend as Wales recycling champ!

Vote Bridgend as Wales recycling champ!

August 16, 2011 No Comments

Bridgend County Borough Council (BCBC) is going head to head with two ofWales’s largest authorities in a battle to be named the country’s council recycling champions.   BCBC needs its residents to use the online public vote to ensure our borough beats rivals Rhondda Cynon Taff Council and Newport City Council.   The three councils ...

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Next step forward for world class new school for the valleys

Next step forward for world class new school for the valleys

July 11, 2011 No Comments

Leadbitter has been announced as the contractor to build an iconic new multi-million pound Gateway to the Valleys secondary school and community campus at Tondu. Following a tendering process, Leadbitter has been chosen to construct Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen. It will replace Ogmore and Ynysawdre comprehensives and will be a world-class facility. The Labour-led Bridgend ...

Bridgend one of “the cleanest and greenest boroughs”

Bridgend one of “the cleanest and greenest boroughs”

June 30, 2011 No Comments

As the borough’s new weekly recycling collection scheme marks its first anniversary, latest figures show more than half of our household waste is now being recycled. The Labour run Bridgend County Borough Council introduced the new initiative with partners May Gurney in June 2010, introducing recycling collections every week to every home and switching to ...

Maesteg Family Link teenager celebrated at Royal reception

A teenager who receives support through Bridgend County Borough Council’s Family Link Short Break Scheme has been recognised for...

Pumpkins don’t go to waste – now BCBC want your festive food too!

Householders in Bridgend County Borough had an especially green Halloween by recycling their pumpkins as food waste. BCBC’s recycling...

Praise for borough’s latest landmark school

Bridgend County Borough’s latest landmark school has been officially opened today. Archbishop McGrath Catholic High School has been open...

Ravens winger swoops in for player of the month award

Teenage wing Luke Morgan has impressed in his Bridgend Ravens shirt after scoring nine tries during this years’ Principality...

Olympic torch comes to Bridgend

As the build up to London 2012 continues, it has been announced that Bridgend County Borough has been selected...

Bridgend’s ‘Tell Us Once’ launched

A new service has been launched this week by Bridgend County Borough Council that will make it easier for...

New Brackla sports centre due to open soon

Bridgend County Borough Council’s plans to improve its leisure facilities and enhance the range of opportunities for local people...

Bridgend crowned Wales recycling champs!

The Labour Bridgend County Borough Council has beaten stiff competition from two of Wales’s largest authorities to be named...

Bridgend council agrees partnership to help people live at home for longer

The Cabinet of Bridgend County Borough Council has today agreed to enter into a partnership to improve and develop...

Follow the Feastival leek this week!

A leek which is being carried all the way from Bangor to Bridgend will again be used to officially...