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Home to School Transport Overview
You have a legal responsibility to ensure that your child attends school regularly and this includes arranging travel to and from school, meeting the costs of this and accompanying your child as neces… Content last updated: 11 September 2025
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Inspire 2 Achieve 11-16
Inspire2 Achieve (I2A) is a Shared Prosperity Funded (SPF) project working in mainstream schools, the Pupils Referral Unit and Special Tuition. There is a clear focus on retaining young people in educ… Content last updated: 03 December 2024
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Christmas And New Year Holiday Arrangements
The Civic Centre and other Council offices and departments will be closed from 2pm on Wednesday 24th December 2025 until 8.30am on Friday 2nd January 2026. Christmas Opening Hours - Registrars The Reg… Content last updated: 17 December 2025
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Home Safe Home
Trading Standards Wales (TSW) warns that whilst rogue traders carrying out work on your home could leave you out of pocket, there is an increasing risk that they will also leave your home unsafe. Trad… Content last updated: 13 November 2025
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What next?
Once the Elective Home Education (EHE) team is informed that a parent/carer has decided to home educate their child, a member of the team will make contact with you to discuss your plans and to offer… Content last updated: 20 August 2025
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Planning Committee
Accountability: To Full Council Role purpose and activity: Understanding the nature of the Planning committee and quasi-judicial decision making To be aware of the quasi-judicial nature of Planning… Content last updated: 08 August 2025
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Food labelling and Allergens
The Council deal with complaints concerning the purchase of food including: Hygiene Unfit to be eaten Foreign Bodies Food labelling Food composition and description Food contamination Inspections ar… Content last updated: 29 November 2023
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Initial Response and Reablement Service
The Initial Response and Reablement Service work with people to maximise their wellbeing and improve independence levels in daily activities following deterioration in abilities. The aim is to support… Content last updated: 04 January 2023
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Senedd Election 2026
When do the elections take place? Voting for the 2026 Senedd election takes place on Thursday, May 7, from 7am to 10pm. The votes will then be counted in the daytime on Friday, May 8. Election notices… Content last updated: 25 March 2026
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Summer Reading Challenge 2023
📚🚀 Thank you to Goetre, Troedyrhiw, and Coed Y Dderwen schools who attended the literacy event in #MerthyrTydfil on 21 June paving the way for a brighter future through literacy.📖 The event marks t… Content last updated: 28 June 2023
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House to house collections licence
Door to door collections for money and/or goods, including envelope collections and those from pub to pub need to be licensed. The Home Office Licenses national collections, such as Christian Aid etc.… Content last updated: 26 November 2024
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Annual Council Reporting Framework (ACRF)
Annual Council Reporting Framework (ACRF) As part of the Annual Council Reporting Framework (introduced by the Welsh Government in 2009), all Local Authorities across Wales are required to publish an… Content last updated: 24 January 2022
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Alcohol Licenced Premises Gaming Machines
Under the Gambling Act 2005 which came into force on the 1st September 2007 and created the following permissions for the use of Gaming Machines in Alcohol Licensed Premises: Notification of up to 2… Content last updated: 03 March 2022
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Youth Forum, Youth Cabinet & Youth Mayor
The Young People’s Participation service ensures that young people are provided with the opportunity to influence and shape the services that affect them in line with the United Nation Convention on t… Content last updated: 17 October 2025
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Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014
Care and Support in Wales is changing, from April you will have more say in your Social Services The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 is a new law that will give you more of a say in th… Content last updated: 03 January 2023
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Access to Work
Access to Work can help you get or stay in work if you have a physical or mental health condition or disability. The support you get will depend on your needs. Through Access to Work, you can apply fo… Content last updated: 18 August 2025
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Eisteddfod Gorsedd Honours 2024
It is with great pleasure that we announce two members of our community here in Merthyr Tydfil area are being honoured at the 2024 National Eisteddfod of Wales which is to be held in Ynysangharad Park… Content last updated: 24 July 2024
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Sex Establishments Licence
Sex Establishments are required to be licenced by the County Borough Council under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982. A sex establishment can either be a Sex Shop, or a Sex Cine… Content last updated: 25 January 2022