The Community Empowerment Fund contains more than £3,000 for each councillor to support voluntary work within their wards.
Author: Nicholas Thomas - Local Democracy Reporting Service
Senedd members hoping for last-ditch support for at-risk cultural venues
The Welsh Government has been urged to come to the rescue of two cultural venues in Caerphilly, amid ongoing uncertainty over their future.
Fresh concern over council’s £1.6m deal with money-saving specialists
The leader of the council’s Plaid Cymru opposition group accused the Labour administration of wasting cash to help draw up its money-saving “transformation agenda”.
Council’s bid to avoid recycling fines will come at a high price
Senior councillors in Caerphilly have backed plans to buy and set up a new waste depot, to tackle the county borough’s low recycling rates.
Council’s union members set to protest against their employer’s cuts plan
The council maintains it has to make “very difficult” decisions to plug a £45 million gap in its budgets over the next two years.
Council warns tenants on Universal Credit to beware of 53rd week in calendar
The unusual situation means some council house tenants could end up having to stump up an extra week’s rent of around £100.
Council in legal headache over future of historic Blackwood Miners’ Institute
A battle to save Blackwood Miners’ Institute from being “mothballed” looks set to drag on, complicated by the venue’s charitable status.
‘Difficult to sustain’ disabled sport camps in school holidays
Disabled children can access “numerous other opportunities” for sport and leisure in Caerphilly, even if school holiday camps are discontinued, council officers have insisted.
Council to roll out new recycling collection days
Changes to waste collections will begin in Caerphilly in late October, marking the next phase of efforts to drive up recycling rates.
Caerphilly Council seeking views on proposed cuts to school transport
A public consultation has opened in Caerphilly today (Monday September 16) on proposals to change school transport rules.