Volunteers needed to help Young Dragons in Gwent
Could you volunteer to help run local children and young people’s groups in Gwent? Young Dragons – Dreigiau Ifanc – is a partnership led by HRH The Prince of Wales that aims to increase opportunities for young people to engage in structured activities that benefit local communities. |
Business funding advice available in the Heads of the Valleys area
Businesses in the Heads of the Valleys Regeneration area of Caerphilly County Borough have being invited to a series of roadshow events explaining what financial grant support is on offer. |
Alcohol information website aimed at underage drinkers launched
 | A new website called WreckedLastNight.com has been launched to explain the dangers of alcohol to underage drinkers. The campaign, funded by the Welsh Government, is based on the feedback of hundreds of 14 to 16-year-olds who were asked the reasons why they chose to drink alcohol, or not. |
Closed Abertridwr police station to be converted back into house
 | A planning application has been submitted to turn Abertridwr police station back into a residential house. The village station, which was not open to the public, closed for good in November 2011 after plans to close it were originally leaked as far back as 2009. |
Caerphilly Council leader backs Leanne Wood’s Plaid leadership bid
 | Allan Pritchard, the Plaid Cymru leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council, has backed Leanne Wood’s bid to become party leader. |
Extra £1m for road resurfacing works to be considered
Even more roads and footpaths across Caerphilly County Borough could be resurfaced if the council approves plans to spend £1.05m on improvement works. |
Expansion for Sainsbury’s Pontllanfraith as Original Factory Shop to close
Sainsbury’s supermarket in Pontllanfraith is to expand after ending the lease of the Original Factory Shop, situated in the same building. |
Caerphilly Council unveils £6m sports complex plan for Ystrad Mynach
 | Ambitious plans to build a £6million sports centre of excellence at Ystrad Mynach have been unveiled by the council. The centre, to be constructed on the site of the old Ystrad Mynach Hospital, will have state-of-the-art all-weather rugby and football pitches, grandstands and floodlights as well as parking for 200 cars. |
Caerphilly’s Contemporary Young Musicians of the Year 2012 named
 | More than 120 guitarists, drummers, bassists and singers battled it out recently during Caerphilly’s Young Contemporary Musician of the Year competition. |
Caerphilly County rural businesses get £150,000 boost
Budding rural businesses in Caerphilly County Borough have received nearly £150,000 in European Union and Welsh Government grants. Under the latest Wales Rural Development Plan scheme, which started last year, eleven separate projects have benefited from the grant support. |
Temporary one-way system in Ystrad Mynach beginning January 26
A temporary one-way system will be introduced along Commercial Street in Ystrad Mynach on Thursday January 26 as part of the ongoing highway improvements taking place in the area. |
Caerphilly MP Wayne David’s blog: January 23
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