NPT Press Releases Index

This year’s Festival of Sport for children with disabilities has once again received a massive boost by obtaining funding from Admiral, the South Wales based motor insurance specialist.

An event has been held to celebrate Neath Port Talbot’s very best green spaces and to officially present nine community and local authority sites with Green Flags.

Students and teachers at Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera and St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Sixth Form Centre in Port Talbot, the two schools in Neath Port Talbot offering post-16 education, are being congratulated for their outstanding achievements.

The safety of residents is our top priority and our immediate concern is for the safety of residents in the properties directly affected by two recent landslips.

A new interpretation panel has been installed at the location of ‘Dic Penderyn’s’ grave in Port Talbot. Penderyn Distillery and the Rectorial Benefice of Aberavon have funded the new panel which commemorates Welsh martyr Richard Lewis, more famously known as ‘Dic Penderyn’, who was at the Merthyr Risings on 3rd June 1831.

In the male dominated, fast and furious world of mountain biking one Neath Port Talbot resident is making an impact. Busy mother, Ally Campbell, has brought her many skills to Neath Port Talbot by moving her mountain biking coaching school to Afan Forest Park, opening the door to anyone keen to enjoy this exciting sport here in South Wales.

Margam Country Park is the place to be this summer with four weeks filled with action packed activities for all ages.

Neath Port Talbot Council has developed a new paid coaching and mentoring programme to support people into working in the social care sector.

A number of regeneration projects have taken place in the historic and popular Neath Town Centre in recent years as part of a major transformation programme and this multi-million pound redevelopment is set to continue.

At a meeting last week, Councillors at Neath Port Talbot Council received an update on progress made on Port Talbot’s Vibrant and Viable Places (VVP) Regeneration Programme.