Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council will be holding a series of public consultation events on the proposed changes to residential care services for older people and how this will impact on the four residential homes that are directly managed by the Local Authority.
The event for Trefechan will be held on the 28th April 2009 from 6pm to 8pm in the Trefechan Community Centre.
Please come along and have your say as this will affect all of us in the future.
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Monday, 16 March 2009
Engagement Gateway
Are you a local organisation which works with people outside of mainstream employment and furthest from the labour market e.g people facing specific disadvantage such as
- women who want to return to work
- black, asian and minority ethnic people
- people with a work limiting health condition or disability
- mental health service users
- people over 50 yeas of age
- people in receipt of incapacity benegit
- lone parents with children of all ages
- young people not in employment , education or training
- economically inactive people throughout wales?
The Gateway is a scheme under the European Union's Convergence programme, which aims to reduce economic inactivity in Wales and improve the employability of disadvantaged people furthest from the labour market.
If you are interested in finding out more, please call into the office for further details.
- women who want to return to work
- black, asian and minority ethnic people
- people with a work limiting health condition or disability
- mental health service users
- people over 50 yeas of age
- people in receipt of incapacity benegit
- lone parents with children of all ages
- young people not in employment , education or training
- economically inactive people throughout wales?
The Gateway is a scheme under the European Union's Convergence programme, which aims to reduce economic inactivity in Wales and improve the employability of disadvantaged people furthest from the labour market.
If you are interested in finding out more, please call into the office for further details.
Monday, 9 March 2009
Grants available to the Vaynor Ward
Are you a local farmer, business or community group that is looking for funding?
Two new grant funds are available which can provide individual grants of either capital or revenue for between £1,000 to £15,000, which must be fully spent within the period January 2009 to February 2011. All prospective project applicants will be expected to contribute a minimum of at least 20% match funding towards the cost of projects (can be in kind match funding e.g time spent by volunteers etc)
Grants can be made to eligible organisations in the form of:
- Enterprises within the farming and land based sector requiring support to promote non-agriculturally related diversification activities
- Small business looking to extend their activities in ways that support the local economy, improve employment capacity or are related to tourism promotion
- community groups seeking to engage in enterprise or improvement focused activities that add value to services or local features
If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Chris Collins at Rural Action Merthyr on 01685 725017
Two new grant funds are available which can provide individual grants of either capital or revenue for between £1,000 to £15,000, which must be fully spent within the period January 2009 to February 2011. All prospective project applicants will be expected to contribute a minimum of at least 20% match funding towards the cost of projects (can be in kind match funding e.g time spent by volunteers etc)
Grants can be made to eligible organisations in the form of:
- Enterprises within the farming and land based sector requiring support to promote non-agriculturally related diversification activities
- Small business looking to extend their activities in ways that support the local economy, improve employment capacity or are related to tourism promotion
- community groups seeking to engage in enterprise or improvement focused activities that add value to services or local features
If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Chris Collins at Rural Action Merthyr on 01685 725017
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Cleaner, Greener Trefechan
The Communities First Team in partnership with Keep Wales Tidy and the Cleaner Greener Team from Groundwork Merthyr and RCT held a waste amnesty today in Trefechan. Local Residents were able to deposit unwanted bulky waste and electrical items for free in a skip provided. A free pick up service was also provided for Senior Citizens. Many of the items were taken for recycling at the local recycling point.
The event was a great success and it is hoped that future clear ups will be held
later in the year. We would like to thank all residents and Keep Wales Tidy and the Cleaner Greener Team from Groundwork merthyr and RCT for their support for this event.
New Year, New You !
The New Year, New You Health Week was held in the week beginning the 23rd February 2009, with a range of activities being held from Smoothie making with young people, relaxation and indian head massage, smoking cessation. The Trefechan Health and Fitness Group also ran a series of stalls on the main event.
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