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About The Current Mayor
Councillor John Thomas, Mayor of Merthyr Tydfil 2024/2025 Councillor John Thomas was elected Mayor of Merthyr Tydfil at the Council’s Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 15th May 2024, taking over fr… Content last updated: 24 May 2024
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Voting by Post
Voting by post is an easy and convenient way of voting without having to go to a polling station. Postal votes or proxy votes (where someone votes on your behalf) are available to anyone who is regist… Content last updated: 04 July 2024
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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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School Governors
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Bins and Recycling
The seasonal kerbside garden waste collections service will end on Friday 29 November 2024 and resume on Monday 31 March 2025. Green garden waste is accepted at the Household Recycling Centres (HRCs)… Content last updated: 03 April 2025
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Direct Payments
Direct Payments are a way of arranging your own care services by receiving a regular cash payment instead of having services arranged or provided by the Local Authority. Direct Payments are designed t… Content last updated: 19 April 2023
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Equipment, Aids and Adaptations
Community Occupational Therapy What is Community Occupational Therapy? Our Occupational Therapy Service works with people of all ages who have been assessed as being eligible for Care & Support. T… Content last updated: 15 June 2023
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Weekly Playing Field Report
Field Name Week Ending Status Legion Football ICI Football 11/05/25 ON OVAL NUMBER 1 11/05/25 ON Moodies 11/05/25 ON vaynor Rugby Vaynor Mini Rugby Black Patch R… Content last updated: 09 May 2025
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Ewch Amdani Summer School deemed huge success!
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council’s Pathway To Work Team (P2W) put together ‘Ewch Amdani! Go for it!’ Summer School for children looked after and care leavers. This was a one week programme during… Content last updated: 19 September 2024
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Apply for an Older Person's Bus Pass
Transport for Wales is reissuing new cards across Wales on behalf of Welsh Government and local councils. Applications need to be made directly to Transport for Wales. Content last updated: 26 March 2025
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Managing personal financial affairs
If you feel that you are unable to manage your own financial affairs or you know of an individual that requires support, we may be able to assist. The department may be able to assist in either of the… Content last updated: 04 January 2023
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Estates Management
The Estates Team deal with a wide range of estate management matters including: Asset Management planning Acquisition and Disposal of Land and Buildings St Tydfils Shopping Centre Community Asset Tra… Content last updated: 19 May 2025
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Local Housing Allowance (LHA)
How much will I get? The amount of Housing Benefit/ Local Housing Allowance rate you receive is based on the number of bedrooms your household needs. One bedroom is counted for: each adult or adult c… Content last updated: 18 February 2025
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Begin the Bilingual Journey
Whatever language you speak at home, Welsh-medium education can give children additional skills and more opportunities for the future. So even if you don't speak Welsh yourself, why not consider Welsh… Content last updated: 13 June 2022
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General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) Advice
As of 25th May 2018 the Data Protection Act will be replaced by the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). The GDPR applies to ‘personal data’ meaning any information relating to an identifiable… Content last updated: 06 June 2019
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Merthyr Tydfil Borough Wide Youth Forum (MTBWYF)
Winners of the High Sheriff’s Award Young people from across Mid Glamorgan, attended the recent High Sheriff’s Award presentation evening. The ceremony took place on March 22nd, 2018, at Ortho Clinic… Content last updated: 29 April 2022
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Bus Operators, Bus Stops and Shelters
The main operator of public transport in Merthyr Tydfil is Stagecoach. The company operate local services as well as services out of the County Borough such as Abergavenny, Newtown and Cardiff. A41054… Content last updated: 26 March 2025
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Junior Road Safety Officer Scheme
Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSO) are a huge help to the local Road Safety Officer It is the job of the JRSO to help promote road safety issues within the school and local community. Being a JRSO is… Content last updated: 28 October 2022
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E-bikes available to borrow for free for Merthyr Tydfil locals
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council has partnered with the UK’s leading active travel charity, Sustrans, to bring its e-bike borrowing project, E-Move, to Merthyr Tydfil. This initiative has been fu… Content last updated: 20 September 2024