Vale residents find out where their kitchen waste goes
Vale residents recently visited Cowbridge Compost at Llwynhelig Farm to see what happens to kitchen waste after it is collected from their recycling caddies.
View ArticleIt’s a clean sweep for Stanwell
A group of year nine pupils from Stanwell School in Penarth have been undertaking voluntary work as part of their GCSE coursework.
View ArticleGlorious sunshine for Dyffryn’s new glasshouse
The Vale of Glamorgan’s Deputy Mayor, Cllr. Katherine Kemp, welcomed over 50 guests to the opening of the new glasshouses at Dyffryn Gardens on Saturday 2 July.
View ArticleStudent art exhibition extended
A popular exhibition displaying the work of final-year art students at Barry College has been extended until 23 July.
View ArticleCouncil secures funding for Coldbrook flood management scheme
The Vale of Glamorgan Council has secured funding from the Welsh Government to address the flood risk that exists within the Coldbrook catchment area in Barry.
View ArticleVale youngsters set for summer of fun
Parents in the Vale will be able to keep their children occupied all summer long, thanks to the new ‘Activale Summer Brochure’ which is out this week.
View Article‘Big Clean Up’ campaign gets underway in Penarth
Penarth could soon be a brighter, cleaner place with several organisations in the Vale of Glamorgan coming together this week to create a new graffiti ‘task group’.
View ArticleCouncil responds to ‘co-mingling’ call
Residents in the Vale look set to benefit from a major change to the Vale of Glamorgan Council’s kerbside recycling service.
View ArticleGreen cones help keep school children safe
Green cones are appearing outside schools across the Vale of Glamorgan in a bid to make roads near schools safer for pupils.
View ArticleVale pupils get to grips with road safety
Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSOs) in the Vale of Glamorgan met members of the emergency services at their annual ‘Get-Together’ event on 29 June.
View ArticleCCTV assists with 11 arrests and three cautions in Barry
The CCTV operation in the Vale of Glamorgan, working under the umbrella of the Safer Vale Partnership, assisted with eleven arrests and three street cautions in Barry in the week ending 10 July 2011.
View ArticleVale retains its Blue Flags for Whitmore Bay and Penarth Marina
The Vale of Glamorgan has retained its two Blue Flag Awards for Whitmore Bay beach and Penarth Marina.
View ArticleTreatment waiting lists for heroin users eliminated in Vale
Treatment waiting lists for heroin users have been eradicated in the Vale of Glamorgan thanks to a joint initiative from the Safer Vale Partnership and local substance misuse agencies.
View ArticleNew council service to give young people a voice
Vulnerable children and young people in the Vale can now access a new support service through the Vale of Glamorgan Council.
View ArticleCCTV assists with four arrests and one ASBO referral in Barry
The CCTV operation in the Vale of Glamorgan, working under the umbrella of the Safer Vale Partnership, assisted with four arrests and one ASBO referral in Barry in the week ending 17 July 2011.
View ArticleYouth offending office opens its doors to Vale residents
Residents in Barry met with the Vale’s youth offending team last week to find out what happens when a young person is sentenced to a community order.
View ArticleVale family fun day starts Olympics countdown
The countdown to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games begins in the Vale this weekend with a ‘Get out and play Olympic fun day’ at King Square and Central Park in Barry.
View ArticleLottery play project to give Vale children a summer of fun
This weekend sees the launch of the summer ‘Play Aloud’ programme, a series of free children’s events across the Vale.
View ArticlePenarth Learning Community still ‘on track’
Following the recent announcement of Leighton Andrews AM, Minister for Education and Skills, the Vale of Glamorgan Council has expressed its appreciation that the proposals for the Penarth Learning...
View ArticleCouncil event helps obtain extra funding for Skill Centre tennis sessions
The Vale of Glamorgan Council has helped the Sully Skills Development Centre obtain funding for tennis sessions for people with disabilities.
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