The Community Empowerment Fund contains more than £3,000 for each councillor to support voluntary work within their wards.
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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.
Community council apologises over firework fallout
After claims a fireworks display in Trethomas was “hijacked” by BTM Community Council, councillors have apologised for their role in the controversy.
Welsh-themed cards and gift pop-up shop to open at Ffos Caerffili
Tidy Arts will be based at Welsh ICE’s pop-up store at the container-style market until October 13.
Council’s events lineup for 2025 revealed as Pride Caerffili and Bargoed Music Festival return
The events schedule gets underway in March with the return of Blackwood Spring Fair, and culminates with the Caerphilly Winter Fair in December 2025.
Rugby round-up: First league win for Bargoed, while Blackwood, Caerphilly, and Deri top tables
Bargoed got their National Division Premiership campaign up and running with their first league win of the season, but there was disappointment for Cross Keys and Newbridge.
Welsh Youth Parliament nominations still open
As the youth parliament enters its third term, young people across Wales will have the chance to elect 60 new members to represent them.
Second round exit in Hungary for Gerwyn Price
Price surrendered a 5-2 lead over 24-year-old Dutchman Gian van Veen as he exited the Hungarian Darts Trophy over the weekend.
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”.
‘Severe lack of data on missing children’ in Wales
Buffy Williams, who chairs the Senedd’s education committee, raised concerns about the lack of an accurate source of Welsh data that records all episodes of missing children.