Staff’s innovative approach to support disability service during lockdown
Staff at Neath Port Talbot Council’s employment and training service for adults with disabilities have been coming up with innovative ways to support individuals...
Council announces a single access service to support children and adults
Neath Port Talbot Council has established a single dedicated service to deal with enquiries relating to adults’ and children’s social services.
The Adults’ and Children’s...
Virtual jobs fair a success for employers and job seekers
A virtual jobs fair arranged by Neath Port Talbot Council’s Communities for Work Plus scheme has been hailed a success.
The online event, which took...
In Numbers: How the NPT Safe and Well service is helping...
Since start of the coronavirus outbreak, Neath Port Talbot Council has been working alongside local councillors, volunteers and key partner organisations in the community...
Making unpaid carers visible in Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot Council is inviting residents to join in this year’s Carers Week (June 8th – 14th) campaign to recognise the vital contribution...
Volunteers celebrated for their work in the community
Neath Port Talbot Council is using Volunteers’ Week 2020 to pay tribute to the army of people who are giving up their time to...
Deputy Youth Mayor lands wellbeing ambassador role
The Deputy Youth Mayor of Neath Port Talbot has been selected to become a mental health ambassador for young people across the county borough.
Erin...
Council to make more than 2000 calls to residents shielding from...
More than 2000 phone calls are being made by Neath Port Talbot Council’s Safe and Well Service to ‘check-in’ with those residents who are...
Neath Port Talbot – ‘Front and Centre’ for fuels of the...
Neath Port Talbot Council has published its new Decarbonisation and Renewable Energy (DARE) strategy outlining what the council has done so far to tackle...
Join in the clap for Neath Port Talbot’s foster carers
Neath Port Talbot Council’s Fostering Team is encouraging residents to wear something orange during this week’s clap for key workers in recognition of all...
An open letter to all NPT Safe and Well volunteers
Volunteers and community groups in Neath Port Talbot who are dedicating their time to helping others in response to the coronavirus outbreak have been...
Appeal for people to consider fostering during awareness fortnight
Neath Port Talbot Council’s Fostering Team is appealing to people to consider becoming a foster carer during their time in isolation.
The appeal coincides with...
More residents set to receive coronavirus shielding letters
More residents in Neath Port Talbot are set to receive letters this week advising them to shield from the coronavirus.
Following an expansion of the...
No changes to kerbside waste and recycling collections for upcoming VE...
Neath Port Talbot residents are being advised that there will be no changes to kerbside collection arrangements this May Day bank holiday and are...
More than £22 million of support reaches Neath Port Talbot businesses
Neath Port Talbot Council has processed more than 1,900 applications and issued more than £22m of grants to local businesses to help deal with...
Critical workers in Neath Port Talbot can now apply online for...
Critical workers in Neath Port Talbot can now apply online to receive free childcare for pre-school children during the coronavirus outbreak.
The Welsh Government Coronavirus...
Residents asked not to leave donations outside clothing banks during coronavirus...
Residents in Neath Port Talbot are being asked not to leave donations outside charity shops and clothing banks during the coronavirus outbreak.
Charity shops are...
Please don’t burn waste during coronavirus emergency
Neath Port Talbot Council is asking residents not to be tempted to burn waste during the coronavirus emergency as environmental health enforcement and monitoring...
Hundreds of council staff volunteer for redeployment to help in the...
More than 800 Neath Port Talbot Council staff have volunteered to step into different jobs to help the council support its communities through the...
Eight hubs set to deliver childcare for critical workers in Neath...
From Monday 20th April, childcare for critical workers in Neath Port Talbot will be delivered from eight hubs, modelled on the provision facilitated over...
First food deliveries for Neath Port Talbot’s most vulnerable
The first food parcels for vulnerable people shielding themselves due to the coronavirus have begun to be distributed across Neath Port Talbot.
The food parcels...
Support for businesses to recruit unemployed people into key worker roles
Businesses who are recruiting key workers are being urged to contact Neath Port Talbot Council’s Work Station service.
The service can help businesses that are...
Eligible parents urged to take advantage of free school meals
Neath Port Talbot Council is calling on parents whose personal circumstances may have changed due to the coronavirus to check if they are eligible...
Call to fill vacant key worker jobs in Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot Council’s Work Station is calling on people who are unemployed and looking for work to fill vacant key worker roles.
Whilst most...
Temporary closure of cemeteries
In common with a number of other Welsh local authorities, Neath Port Talbot Council will be temporarily closing its cemeteries to members of the...

































