October 5, 2011
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 ...
September 21, 2011
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 ...
September 21, 2011
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 ...
September 21, 2011
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 ...
August 25, 2011
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 ...
August 16, 2011
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 ...
August 16, 2011
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 ...
July 11, 2011
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 ...
June 30, 2011
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 ...