HEALTHWISE Wales has the potential to transform the health and wellbeing of the nation, Minister for Social Services and Public Health, Rebecca Evans, has said today. The largest research study of its kind ever to have been undertaken in Wales, HealthWise Wales hopes to recruit 260,000 people aged 16 and older. People who volunteer to take…
To celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 2nd March 2017, and the overwhelming success of the first term’s use of the Accelerated Reader programme, your child will be taking part in a sponsored MACS Reading Marathon, along with all students in years 7, 8 and 9. Throughout the day, in a designated time slot, your…
St John school would like to wish Macey Lane (year 11) all the best for the netball Europe Open Championships which are being held over this weekend in Belfast. The Netball Europe Annual Championships provide a performance environment and opportunity to raise the profile of the game. The championships bring together Europe's larger countries and the developing netball nations. Macey will be representing Wales at U17 level…
Literature Wales has announced an international programme to commemorate the death of Welsh poet Hedd Wyn and other World War One writers such as the Irish poet Francis Ledwidge who, like Hedd Wyn, died on 31 July 1917. The aim of the project is to collaborate with Flanders in organising cultural events to note this…
More flooding at the Ynys fields how much has Rhondda Cynon Taf Council spent on this? Thousands of pounds of your council tax but the problem persist. Two sets of water pumps have been installed costing thousands but the system fitted isn’t working again you have to ask the question why, there are on-going issues…
Exciting News for all our followers….. The concert at The Coliseum for St.David's Day on Saturday 4th of March 7.00pm will be streamed LIVE, here on our Facebook Page. So whether you are in Cwmaman or Croatia, Swansea or South Africa, Aberaman or America…..you'll be able to watch and listen to us LIVE !! More…
The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales recently completed a two-year species and habitat recovery project at a Nature Reserve in Abercwmboi. The site, known as Pwll Waun Cynon Nature Reserve, was given to the Trust by Lord Aberdare in 1986 and thanks to a Biffa Award grant it has received two-years of intensive management,…
Download (opens in new window) PDF [2.33MB] We have examined whether the Welsh Government is fulfilling effectively its oversight role to ensure that, despite financial constraints, further-education colleges are financially well placed to deliver the Welsh Government’s expectations. We concluded that, while generally sound, the Welsh Government’s funding and oversight arrangements would benefit from a…
Officers and staff were in Tesco car park in Aberdare on Friday and Saturday night engaging with young people after concerns were raised about vehicles being used for anti-social behaviour in the area Boy racers one of the subjects discussed at Aberdare Pact meeting back in 2014 https://www.aberdareonline.co.uk/node/31165 September 2008 https://www.aberdareonline.co.uk/node/1544 This subject has come up many…
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) is advising Fire Risk Assessors from across the South Wales area to take due diligence of their legal obligations when undertaking fire risk assessments on behalf of organisations. A Fire Risk Assessor from Barry pleaded guilty to 13 separate charges relating to failures in carrying out suitable and…
