Cabinet have agreed a 99-year leasehold transfer of St Mairs Day Centre in Aberdare to Age Connects Morgannwg (ACM), which has £1.1m plans to improve the service. The local older people’s charity wants to transform the Centre into a new community hub, offering a much wider range of services. In July, Cabinet agreed to ACM…
We are concerned that public parks are increasingly threatened by commercial activities and that the government’s response to the House of Commons’ Communities and Local Government Select Committee report into the future of parks and green spaces does not adequately address this. Domes on Clapham Common. The society had argued to the committee that it should recommend…
Automated call crackdown continues as ICO fines firm for 16.7 million illegal calls about boiler grants The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Coventry firm Easyleads Limited £260,000 for making 16.7 million automated marketing calls. It brings the penalties handed out in the last week to companies behind illegal recorded messages to £610,000, after the ICO fined…
RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL (B4275 QUARTER MILE BRIDGE, ABERCYNON) (TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE) ORDER 2017 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council have made an Order under Section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991, which will…
Social workers launched a campaign today demanding respect for their profession after report revealed they work more than £600m of unpaid overtime a year. The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) and Social Workers Union (SWU) say there is an urgent need to stop damaging levels of stress among social workers to prevent skilled staff…
Welsh council leaders have called for an end to the ‘relentless cuts to public services’ after a new report highlighted the scale of shrinking budgets. The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) said the report by Wales Public Services 2025 ‘laid bare the catastrophic impact’ of eight years of austerity. Functions including transport, protection, culture, libraries…
Valleys Steps are holding Stress Control and Mindfulness meetings around RCT and Merthyr, designed to teach ways of managing stress and boosting wellbeing. We are running informal drop-in information sessions for people who are interested in attending our courses, but perhaps want more information on the content of the courses and the structure of the…
