Llys Ton celebrates 10th anniversary
Extra care scheme, Llys Ton, celebrated its tenth anniversary back in 2021, and after a year of waiting until it was safe to do so, residents were finally able to celebrate. Our Community Living team hosted celebrations; from games of bingo to afternoon tea, and, of course, cake! Residents were each given a “Sweetheart” plant, […]
Bridgend Repair Café is recruiting volunteers!
A repair café is on its way to Bridgend, and they are looking for volunteers to help as they set up. In their simplest form, repair cafés are pop up events held on regular dates where the local community can get their broken household items repaired for free by volunteers. Can you fix things? Bridgend […]
Our gardening competition is back!
This summer, we’re working with ASW Property Services to find the best gardens, places and spaces in Bridgend and showcase the hard work our customers and local residents have been doing to improve the social, economic, environmental and wellbeing of our neighbourhoods. Even if you’ve never gardened before, why not start now? The competition is […]
Spring Clean Cymru 2022: Clean up your streets, parks and beaches
We have an essential role to play in our communities. We want to be placemakers, working with people to ensure neighbourhoods are safe, attractive and connected. People in Bridgend and across Wales are being encouraged to help protect the environment and join Spring Clean Cymru 2022, showing that even small acts on your doorstep can […]
Valleys to Coast partner with Cyfle Building Skills to launch apprenticeship scheme
We have launched a partnership with Cyfle Building Skills which will create more apprenticeship and employment opportunities in our communities. Cyfle Building Skills is a shared apprenticeship scheme that has employed more than 650 apprentices to date, making it the largest shared apprenticeship scheme in the UK. Currently based in South West Wales, the new […]
Our ten year ‘safe and happy’ vision
We have launched our Corporate Strategy! This maps out our path as an organisation for the next ten years. Originally drafted before the pandemic lockdowns, we have used the time since to reflect, review and refresh our strategy for the new world we are living and working in – ensuring it is agile enough to […]
Dangers of Common Hogweed
A recent article on Wales Online told the story about a man that was hospitalised after strimming Common Hogweed, getting sap on his legs, and showed the dangers of not treating damaged skin. Common Hogweed (aka Cow Parsnip) is found everywhere at this time of year in fields, verges and hedgerows. However, it is not […]
We have been shortlisted for Service Business of the Year
This year we have been successfully shortlisted for Bridgend Business Forum ‘strictly’ Business Awards 2018 and the award we have been selected for is Service Business of the Year 2018. It recognises businesses that are customer-focused and doing something different for the local economy and community. We provided evidence of customer testimonials of exceptional customer […]
Tips to prevent fires at home
As we know, electrical appliances can be a cause of fires in the home. We have been advised that some electrical fires were believed to have been caused by mobile phone chargers – other rechargeable items could also be at fault. A Fire Chief has warned that mobile phone chargers should not be plugged in […]
We have retained the Green Dragon Accreditation for another year
Achieving the Green Dragon Standard demonstrates our commitment to improving energy efficiency, reducing our carbon footprint and improving environmental sustainability. We have held this accreditation for a number of years now. Here are just some of our achievements. Increasing waste recycling levels within our Housing Repairs Service. 92% of all our waste was recycled in […]