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Bereavement Advice and Support
Services that provide useful help and advice with dealing with a death: Cruse Bereavement Care General advice and support is available from Cruse Bereavement Care. Offers counselling for any bereaved… Content last updated: 16 February 2023
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Business Continuity Advice
Business Continuity– Is It Necessary? If Business Continuity is a new concept for your organisation then securing the support of senior management is vitally important. This will help to ensure that t… Content last updated: 25 November 2024
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School Essentials Grant (clothing grant)
The Welsh Government School Essentials Grant helps eligible pupils acquire School uniform, equipment, sports kit, and kit for activities outside of school for your child. The scheme is targeted specif… Content last updated: 04 June 2025
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Flying Start Parenting
Parenting support is a specific entitlement within Flying Start. All parents/carers who live in a Flying Start area will be offered parenting support with STEP. This includes delivery of evidenced ba… Content last updated: 06 March 2025
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Register to Vote
Moving Home If you move home you will need to register to vote at your new address. Adding your name to the annual canvass form does not automatically entitle you to vote. Your old registration or pos… Content last updated: 17 March 2026
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Who Must Pay council tax
Freemen and challenges to liability The 'freeman on the land' movement – sometimes written as 'freeman-on-the-land', 'FOTL', the 'freemen of the land', the 'freemen movement', or 'freemen' – and simil… Content last updated: 05 July 2023
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Campaign launched to significantly increase number and diversity of foster carers in Merthyr Tydfil
The campaign by ‘Foster Wales’, the new network of 22 Local Authority fostering services across the country aims to make a substantial national impact on the futures of young people. With over a th… Content last updated: 04 May 2022
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Mother of twins urges more people to become lifesaving blood donors for National Blood Donor Week
This National Blood Donor Week (June 12 - 18) a 29-year-old mother of twins is advocating for more blood donors to come forward after one of her newborn sons desperately needed blood transfusions to s… Content last updated: 12 June 2023
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Consumed alcohol or used drugs? Don’t drive
Drivers and riders have a legal responsibility to comply with the law on drink and drug driving. Impairment significantly increases the risk of collisions and can have devastating consequences. As we… Content last updated: 11 December 2024
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Food safety regulations
All food businesses are required to register with us. If you would like to register your premises please download a food business registration form. Many publications are available to assist local bus… Content last updated: 19 December 2019
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Conservation Areas
A conservation area is an area of special architectural or historic interest, which the Council has identified worth protecting. Section 69 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Ac… Content last updated: 24 March 2022
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From classrooms to libraries, Merthyr Tydfil goes greener
How investment in LED lighting, solar power and upgraded controls is making a difference for staff, students and visitors. Change begins with people. It’s in the nurseries where children take their fi… Content last updated: 02 October 2025
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Flying Start Childcare
All children living in Merthyr Tydfil are entitled to a funded childcare place from the term following their 2nd birthday up until the term of their 3rd birthday. Regular part-time attendance at high… Content last updated: 24 September 2025
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UK Community Renewal Fund
About the Fund: Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council are now seeking applications that are circa £500,000 to the new UK Community Renewal Fund which aims to support people and communities most in… Content last updated: 20 January 2022