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New Haystack Café set to open in Merthyr Tydfil

The Haystack Café, a Welsh farm-style café and coffee shop, is set to open its second venue in Merthyr Tydfil and will be based within the former Howfields Bakery building on the High Street. The owne… Content last updated: 21 February 2024

Explosives Storage Licence

You will need a licence from Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council if you want to store explosives including fireworks up to 2,000 kg net explosive content (NEC) of adult fireworks. If you want to sto… Content last updated: 19 March 2024

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Becomes First Council in Wales to Achieve ISO50001 Certification

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council was recently awarded the ISO50001 accreditation for their outstanding energy management! Merthyr Tydfil is the first local authority in Wales to achieve this reco… Content last updated: 25 June 2024

Homelessness Prevention Fund

The purpose of this funding is to top up the discretionary homelessness prevention funds that the Local Authority currently utilises to prevent and alleviate homelessness. This discretionary funding c… Content last updated: 20 August 2024

Could You Be A Member Of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council’s Standards Committee?

Merthyr Tydfil is currently looking to recruit one Independent Member of the Authority’s Standards Committee. The fees for attendance at meetings are as follows: Independent Member: £210.00 (4 hours… Content last updated: 02 October 2024

Statement on the Council's current position on Ffos-Y-Fran

Statement on the Council's current position on Ffos-Y-Fran: Enforcement On Wednesday 24th May 2023, following independent legal advice, an Enforcement Notice was issued to Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd an… Content last updated: 13 November 2024

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

Biodiversity in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough

The Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Section 6 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 introduced an enhanced biodiversity and resilience of ecosystems duty (the S6 duty) for public authorities in the exercis… Content last updated: 08 June 2023

‘Master plan’ will see town centre diversify and thrive

The County Borough Council has announced ambitious long-term plans to help Merthyr Tydfil ‘buck the national trend of high street decline’ and transform into a thriving town centre. A team of urban de… Content last updated: 14 July 2022

Foster Wales

Local Authority fostering services in Wales have today joined forces to become ‘Foster Wales’; teams across the nation combine their efforts and expertise to significantly increase the number and dive… Content last updated: 03 February 2022

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

PLANS REVEALED: Merthyr Tydfil to become entertainment capital of the Valleys with new, state-of-the-art venue

Merthyr Tydfil could soon become a hub of live music, comedy, food and arts — with plans to transform the town centre’s derelict Rugby Club into a vibrant new entertainment venue. Local entrepreneur,… Content last updated: 08 February 2022

Residential and Nursing Care

Wherever possible we will provide support for you to remain at home, however the circumstances may arise where you or someone you support can no longer to remain at home. In order to determine which t… Content last updated: 11 April 2024

Foster Wales Merthyr Tydfil leads the way in delivering Therapeutic Practice for foster carers and children

Foster Wales Merthyr Tydfil has appointed a dedicated and full time Therapeutic Practitioner to work with and support foster families. This represents a huge commitment from the Local Authority to inv… Content last updated: 17 June 2024

Caedraw Primary School Pupils nominated for Into Film Awards 2025!

Talented pupils at Caedraw Primary School have been nominated for the Best Animation Category (Sponsored by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, UK) at this year's Into Film Awards. The Into Film Awar… Content last updated: 03 June 2025

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