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RARS Strategy Consultation

The Raising Aspirations, Raising Standards (RARS) Education Strategy has provided a strong foundation for improving outcomes for children and young people across Merthyr Tydfil for the last 5 years. A… Content last updated: 22 May 2026

Food Waste Caddy or Bin

Collected every week.  By recycling food waste it can be turned into electricity to power homes and produce fertiliser. YES PLEASE! All food waste Cooked and uncooked food Meat Tea bags Fish Bones Eg… Content last updated: 11 May 2026

Derelict site to become modern hub for Merthyr Tydfil businesses

A trio of Merthyr Tydfil businessmen have formed a new company to develop a ‘problem’ brownfield site into the county borough’s latest business park. The area of land at on Pant Industrial Estate, Dow… Content last updated: 18 July 2023

Counselling support offered to Merthyr Tydfil residents

The Exchange have been working alongside Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council supporting the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children, young people and their families in Merthyr Tydfil for 8… Content last updated: 17 February 2025

A South Wales Heating engineer pleads guilty to Unfair trading in a case brought by Merthyr Tydfil CBC Trading Standards

A South Wales Heating engineer has been fined £2,000, made to pay compensation to a Merthyr customer and costs to Merthyr Tydfil CBC after pleading guilty to Unfair trading in a case brought by Merthy… Content last updated: 23 April 2024

Statement on the Castle Hotel

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council have been relying on B&B’s such as the The Castle Hotel over a number of years, more so in the past 2-3 years following the ‘No one left out’ Welsh Government… Content last updated: 21 August 2023

Merthyr Tydfil Rapid Rehousing Transition Plan

Rapid Rehousing is about taking a housing led approach to rehousing people that are experiencing homelessness, making sure they reach settled housing as quickly as possible rather than staying in temp… Content last updated: 08 November 2023

Universal Primary FREE School Meals

Welsh Government aims to provide every child in primary school in Wales with a free school meal by September 2024, regardless of household income. From February 19th 2024, UPFSM (Universal Primary Fre… Content last updated: 15 February 2024

Welsh Language takes centre stage at Careers Events

Following on from the highly successful and engaging launch of the Business Education Together Partnership in January, the opportunities of engaging businesses and employers with schools continues to… Content last updated: 15 March 2024

Replacement Local Development Plan Submission Documents

The Submission Documents listed below are the LDP documents that were submitted by the Council to Welsh Government and the Planning Inspectorate on Monday 21st January 2019 and following the close of… Content last updated: 25 March 2022

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The Blue Badge Scheme

Illegal loan sharks cash-in on cost-of-living pressures

Merthyr Tydfil has been highlighted as one of Wales’s illegal lending hotspots in new research confirming fears that current financial hardships may drive more people to borrow from illegal money lend… Content last updated: 05 November 2024

Local government signs up to Charter to help streamline the Welsh benefits system

A charter is being launched today to help improve accessibility of the benefits system and encourage eligible residents to claim vital support. The Welsh Benefits Charter has been co-designed by a ran… Content last updated: 23 January 2024

Blog Post 1

Hello everybody, welcome to our monthly blogs that will be highlighting any upcoming events you might be interested in attending at the hub, personal stories from within the community, and the diverse… Content last updated: 05 September 2024

#BeMightyRecycle 5 quick recipes to save money and power up the Six Nations!

Did you know that food waste can be turned into renewable energy? It’s a crazy thought, but if everyone in Wales recycled just one banana skin, it could create enough energy to power the Principality… Content last updated: 04 March 2024

Special procedures: acupuncture, electrolysis, body piercing and tattooing

By law, you must be licensed to carry out: acupuncture tattooing ear piercing electrolysis Every practitioner must have their own special procedure licence which will confirm the procedure(s) they a… Content last updated: 23 January 2025

Childcare Sufficiency Assessment

The Childcare Sufficiency Assessment is a statutory responsibility that every Local Authority has to carry out every 5 years.   The Assessment is important for us to establish the supply of childcare… Content last updated: 13 October 2022

Youth Support Project

The Youth Support Team delivers a programme of support to young people from Year 6 primary school to 18 years on the key issues that they may be experiencing. The team help young people to consider th… Content last updated: 14 May 2026