Caerphilly CBC's Cabinet have agreed to provide a one-off payment of £19.50 per week, per child, to eligible families for the school holiday period.

The total funding per child will be £117 for eligible families as at Friday 21 July 2023. If you become eligible for free school meals after this date, you will receive a reduced amount..

Caerphilly County Borough Council has once again been awarded for its commitment to maintaining green spaces across the county borough.

The Green Flag Award celebrates the very best parks and green spaces in the UK, with eight of the county borough’s green spaces being awarded as a Green Flag destination in this year’s ceremony.

Caerphilly County Borough Council’s cabinet has recently approved plans to further progress the Caerphilly Interchange Project.

The cabinet report outlined that £520,000 from the Regeneration Project Board Development Reserve, can be used for the delivery of RIBA Stage 4 for the Caerphilly Interchange proposal.

The Cabinet also approved a further allocation of up to £580,000 from the Council’s Placeshaping Earmarked Reserve to cover the shortfall in funding in the event that further external funding cannot be identified.

A mother and two daughters from Fochriw who bred dogs without a licence rearing at least 27 litters over a 2 year period have been sentenced for unlicensed dog breeding under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.   

Julie Pearce (aged 57), Rosalie Pearce (aged 33) and Kaylie Adams (aged 24) of Glyn Terrace, Fochriw, Bargoed pled guilty on 24th April 23 and were sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on 10th July 2023 for unlicensed dog breeding and failing to indicate in adverts that puppies were being advertised by a dog breeder contrary to The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.

The search has begun for a market operator to manage the new Ffos Caerffili market, and with the market due to open this autumn, the council is now welcoming expressions of interest from local, independent businesses who are interested in securing a unit.

The container style market on Cardiff Road will bring an enhanced food and drink offer to the town, as well as a traditional market experience featuring fresh food and produce together with retail goods and services from independent traders

Caerphilly CBC was presented with the Workforce Development Award at The UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) Excellence Awards hosted by Olympic Athlete Kriss Akabusi. 

The awards ceremony which marked the 15-year anniversary of UKATA, saw over 100 attendees celebrate success and unite to raise vital funds for the Mavis Nye Foundation, a charity dedicated to providing relief of financial hardship, and helping the advancement of laboratory and clinical research in the UK for the treatment of mesotheliom.

Although one of our smaller green spaces the Riverside Park is still a terrific place to visit and is well used by local residents. With all-weather levelled surfaced paths you can enjoy a walk along the river bank with summer swallows for company or savour the flower-rich meadows alive with insects.

This oasis of small fields and hedges, the remnants of a former farming landscape, offers you peace and tranquillity away from the busy world nearby. The Riverside Park is located on both the Rhymney Riverside Walk and The Celtic Trail (Route 4) of the National Cycle Network so it's a great place to stop if you're undertaking these longer trails.

Another Caerphilly County Borough resident has been awarded £500 for recycling their food waste as part of the Borough’s Mash for Cash campaign.

Mr and Mrs Roberts from Pontllanfraith have been announced as the latest winners of Caerphilly County Borough’s Mash for Cash campaign.

Exciting plans to create new community facilities on a former secondary school site in Pontllanfraith will start to take shape next month.

Demolition of the old Pontllanfraith Comprehensive School buildings will commence in August to make way for a new education hub along with a 4 court sports hall and multi-use games area (MUGA) with 3G surface.

Caerphilly County Borough and the LTA have announced a partnership to invest in and refurbish public park tennis courts across the county borough. In total, six tennis venues will be renovated, with investment of £377,828.22 helping ensure that quality facilities are available for the local community.

The project is part of a nationwide investment by the UK Government and LTA Tennis Foundation, delivered by the LTA, to refurbish public tennis courts across Great Britain and open up the sport to more people.

The Van Community Centre, operated by a volunteer committee, has been providing essential support to the local community and residents.

The Food-share and ‘Cwtch Café’ which run weekly out of the community centre, offers support to residents experiencing the effect of the current cost of living crisis.

The Leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council has asked the First Minister to intervene in helping to address historic issues associated with chemical waste deposited in the late 1960s at the Ty Llwyd quarry site near Ynysddu.

Cllr Sean Morgan has written to Mark Drakeford following a recent decision at a council meeting to make a formal approach for support.

Ty’n Y Wern Primary School, already the recipients of the ‘Active Journeys Silver Award’, have now been awarded with the gold title.

The school is only the third school in Wales and the first school in Caerphilly to receive this prestigious award. It recognises and celebrates the commitment and dedication of the children, teachers, and parents to active travel to creating a happier and healthier community

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