AFAN ADVENTURE RESORT UPDATE from Huw Irranca-Davies AM and Dave Rees AM Plans for an Afan Valley Adventure Park take a step closer this week as Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council grant outline planning permission for the long-awaited adventure complex. Aberavon’s Assembly Member, David Rees, and Ogmore Assembly Member, Huw Irranca-Davies, will[…]
This year’s Ogmore Funding Advice Day, organised by Huw Irranca-Davies AM and Chris Elmore MP and held at Maesteg Celtic Club, saw the biggest ever turnout of funders, local groups and organisations. A deluge of organisations from all parts of the Ogmore constituency attended seeking out advice and funding opportunities from the many funders present[…]
As the Men’ Shed Movement steadily grows across Wales, its success is clearly seen in the flourishing Sheds continuing to pop up across Ogmore. Under the umbrella of the Men’s Sheds Cymru Association, the movement has now been officially constituted as a Cooperative, owned wholly by its members, enabling them to sustain and grow. Residents[…]
Wales’ leading marine charity has taken a deposit return machine into the Senedd giving Assembly Members the chance to see how a deposit return scheme (DRS) could work, and the impact putting a value on bottles and cans could have on reducing plastic pollution in Welsh seas. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) drop-in event[…]
In the heart of the Ogmore Valley, the beloved ‘Mem’ (Nantymoel Miners’ Memorial Hall) has undergone a £350,000 transformation following joint working from Bridgend County Borough Council, Nantymoel Boys & Girls Club, local community groups and many others. Revamped to become a prime community hub and heritage centre with full disabled access, it will also[…]
A dementia centre in Ogmore Vale which is in the running for a top national design award after a multimillion pound revamp is celebrating with a charity donation to help others battling the condition. Anwen Care Home, in Heol Pant-Yr-Awel Ogmore Vale, has won a place in the final of the prestigious Pinders Healthcare Design[…]
Ogmore AM Huw Irranca-Davies and Chris Elmore MP got to see first-hand what goes into upgrading a sewer system when they visited Welsh Water’s sewer upgrade work in Ogmore Vale. The local representatives were able to see how the company’s £3.3 million investment project will improve the performance of the wastewater network, especially in stormy[…]