Co-option Vacancy to serve on the Garw Valley Community Council (Blaengarw) – closes 7th March 2025
We currently have a vacancy on the community council for a councillor to serve the Blaengarw ward. If you’d like to apply to be co-opted onto the council please see the following co-option notice: Co-opted Councillor Vacancy Advert Blaengarw Ward February 2025
Read more >Co-option Vacancies for 2 Councillors to Serve on the Community Council (Closing date 7th February 2025)
We currently have two vacancies on the community council for councillors to serve the Bettws and Blaengarw wards. If you’d like to apply to be co-opted onto the council please see the following co-option notices: Bettws Ward Blaengarw Ward
Read more >New Bin Pontyrhyl and Bus Stop Cleaning
The Garw Valley Community Council has recently purchased and installed a new bin on the post to the side of the bus stop on Beech Road. In addition, at the council’s request the bus stop has been cleared of weeds and cleaned. Below is a photo of both before and after the work was completed: […]
Read more >Electoral Arrangement Review Bridgend County Borough (closes 7th April 2025)
Bridgend County Borough Council has undertaken an Electoral Arrangement review of all Town and Community Councils across Bridgend County Borough. The review has considered the following: The number of Town and Community Councils – including the option of mergers, alterations or creating new ones. Electoral arrangements – including the number of councillors, the number of wards, the number of councillors elected in each […]
Read more >BCBC Budget Consultation 2025-26 (closes 26th January 2025)
Budget Consultation 2025-26 This consultation is designed to ensure that you can have a say in the budget-setting process. It builds upon the results of last year’s process, during which you told us that we should look at introducing charges or increasing them if they were already in place, reduce staffing costs, and review what […]
Read more >Repair to the War Memorial, Pontycymer
The Garw Valley Community Council carried out some repairs to the war memorial in Pontycymer in time for the Remembrance Service on Sunday 10th November 2024. Below are some photos of the repaired memorial:
Read more >Improvements to the Strand Blaengarw
The Garw Valley Community Council has now taken over the management of the green space at The Strand, Blaengarw. Following a successful application by GVCC to BCBC we received 50% match funding to replace the walls, steps and handrail at this location and in addition, from GVCC funds, we’re installed 3 new benches, 3 new […]
Read more >Christmas Tree Pantygog
In addition to our usual Christmas trees, decorations and lights throughout the four wards in the valley, this year we added a tree with solar lights to the Pocket Park in Pantygog. See photo below of the tree:
Read more >Garw Valley Community Council Christmas Concert 2024
Once again this year the Garw Valley Community Council’s Christmas Concert was a huge success, thanks to the school children of Blaengarw Primary School and the Ogmore Valley Male Voice Choir. The concert was very well attended and seats were filled downstairs as were several rows in the balcony at Blaengarw Workmen’s Hall. The event […]
Read more >Christmas Gifts for the children of the 5 Primary Schools in the Valley
Once again this year the Garw Valley Community Council delivered Christmas gifts to each child who attends one of the five primary schools in the area – Bettws, Blaengarw, Calon y Cymoedd, Ffaldau and Tynyrheol. This year we gave each child a gift bag containing a pair of multi-coloured gloves and a box of 12 […]
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