The Welsh Labour Government has announced over £4 million of new funding to relocate Brynmenyn Primary school in the Bridgend area. This will add to the unprecedented investment in school facilities in the area over the last decade. The original building built in 1913 does not have a playing field and has 172 children and[…]
It was quite a day when Prince Charles came to visit Coedcae Services near Rhiwceiliog, to see the work of the local woodland management company which recently won the Prime Cymru Green Business Award. The owner David Marchant showed the visitors the range of operations which include production of biomass for green-energy boilers, finished[…]
Photo L/R HCC Chief Executive Gwyn Howells, Huw and HCC chairman Dai Davies Huw recently met with meat industry leaders at an AM’s briefing event in the Senedd holding crucial discussions to ensure the safe-guarding of the welsh meat industry. He told industry leaders that the potential impact of the Brexit on areas of the Welsh red[…]
Huw was delighted to visit Anwen Nursing Home recently who have just installed a defibrillator in their residence with the help of Lewistown and Pantyrawel TRA and partners. The Anwen Care Home situated in Pantyrawel was the former Blackmill hospital and is a state of the art facility providing care for people living with dementia. […]
Huw and Ogmore MP Chris Elmore visited Bridgend College, Pencoed campus this week to congratulate the college on a historic year. The campus, which secured the Urdd Eisteddfod for 2017, welcomed the AM and MP and showed them around the ‘double excellent’ awarded college. Huw said: “Well done to the staff and students of the[…]
Huw has supported Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day on Friday December 16th by donning his favourite festive knit and the organisation is calling on everyone in Wales to join Huw in wearing a woolly to raise money for its life-saving work. The charity is asking for a £2 donation from all who take part[…]
The recent announcement by the Welsh Labour Government that Wales is to keep the bursary for student nurses has been welcomed by Huw Irranca-Davies AM. In contrast to England where the bursary will end shortly, here in Wales, those starting their training in September 2017 who choose to study an eligible health related programme, will[…]
CLICK ON PICTURE TO PLAY VIDEO It has been a year since the introduction of the ground-breaking new system for organ donation in Wales, and more lives are already being saved. The latest figures show that 39 organs from patients whose consent was ‘deemed’ have been transplanted into people who are in need of replacement organs.[…]
Huw welcomes news that the Welsh Ambulance Service is the only service across the UK that is hitting targets for responding to life-threatening “Red” calls – like cardiac arrests – which are targeted to be reached in eight minutes. Not only is Wales meeting the national target for response times, but we are now leading[…]
At this time of year my diary is full of Christmas events across the constituency: Christmas Fayres in village halls and churches; the growing popularity of Christmas Tree Festivals, in churches and vestries from Llanharan to Cefn Cribwr and all points between; and even Christmas lights parades through towns and villages, or the incredible Christmas[…]
Ahead of the Christmas period the Foodbank welcomed Huw and Chris Elmore MP to their collection in Tesco Maesteg. The Foodbank are expecting record uptakes this Christmas. The Trussell Trust, who run the foodbanks, have recently opened a new foodbank in Pencoed and run banks in Maesteg, Aberkenfig, Bettws, Caerau and Ogmore Vale. They serve[…]
At a recent event at the Senedd, Huw met with Byw Nawr members to find out more about their work in helping people in Wales plan ahead for the end of life. Many people find it difficult to think about planning for “end of life” issues, but Byw Nawr (Welsh for Live Now) and its[…]
Following an NSPCC petition signed by over 50,000 people, the UK Government introduced a new offence of sending sexual communication to a child via the Serious Crime Act in March 2015. Assembly Member Huw Irranca-Davies AM and his colleagues in support of this campaign have raised concerns that the UK Government has still not set[…]