Labour councillors have donated funds from their community budgets to the Gorseinon & Districts First Responders (GDFR). County Councillors from Penyrheol and Gorseinon wards provided £750 in collaboration with Gorseinon Town Council’s contribution of £500. GDFR is a community-based voluntary scheme that has been set up to provide a local response to a 999 Emergency […]
Swansea Labour has praised Clase Primary after the school gained a glowing Estyn inspection report. The school has been described as an extremely caring and inclusive school that supports all its children exceptionally well. The report said that the pupils themselves can take a lot of the credit for this. Among the many highlights included […]
Swansea Labour are behind plans for a new home for Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Tirdeunaw. If successful it would see the construction of new state-of-the-art buildings to be constructed on land next to Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe. YSG Tirdeunaw is currently based at the former Daniel James secondary school site at Heol Ddu catering for […]
Swansea Labour has driven forward a new agreement to boost the area’s flourishing tourism trade signed by private, public and third sector partners. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) formalises the working partnership of tourism trade membership organisation Tourism Swansea Bay and Swansea Council. Tourism in the Swansea Bay area is worth more than £447m annually […]
Swansea Labour are behind an initiative with the UK’s largest dog welfare charity to help prevent pets dying in hot cars this summer. Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, has joined forces with Swansea Council because only a few minutes in a hot car can prove fatal for dogs. Despite this every year […]
Swansea Labour is urging thousands of students to leave the city litter free before they go home at the end of term. The Labour-led Swansea Council has written to 1,400 HMO properties in Brynmill, Uplands, Sandfields and Mount Pleasant, reminding students when their household waste collections are throughout June. A dedicated ‘end of term’ webpage […]
Swansea Labour are driving forward new plans for a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay. It is all part of a major renewable energy development in the Bay which is financially viable, according to an independent report. The lagoon would form part of a new Dragon Energy island off the Swansea coast which could create thousands of […]
Labour councillors in Llansamlet ward are organising an older people’s event at Birchgrove Community Centre this Friday from 12pm until 3pm. The event will include bingo at £10 a house and £5 a line. There will be musical entertainment so people can get up and dance, plus there is also a buffet provided with homemade […]
Long-serving Labour councillor June Burtonshaw has stepped down from her role as the City Council’s armed forces champion. After seven years as the council’s inaugural armed forces champion Cllr Burtonshaw has handed over the position to her fellow Labour Cllr Wendy Lewis. “The role involves supporting all the armed forces in Swansea and all those […]
Swansea Labour’s ambitious vision for the city moves a step closer as work on the 3,500-capacity Digital Arena is about to begin. Contractors are set to arrive on site on May 15 to prepare for construction work that will see the top class facility built on part of the existing Oystermouth Road car park, by […]