Press Releases

Celtic Freeport consortium announce chair to spearhead bid

Successful technology investor and experienced in the metals and mining sector Roger Maggs MBE, has been chosen by the bid partners as the chair of the Celtic Freeport consortium.

£250m Afan Valley adventure resort comes a step closer

Plans for a £250m adventure resort in Port Talbot’s Afan Valley with a 50-bed hotel, spa, restaurant, viewing area, 570 lodges and biking and walking trails have taken a major step forward.

Applications open for new Welsh language primary school in Neath

Applications for nursery aged placements starting in January 2023, and reception age placements starting in September 2023 at a new Welsh language primary school in Neath are now open.

Funding available to tackle food poverty in Neath Port Talbot

Applications from community groups and organisations whose aim is to support people struggling with food poverty can now be submitted online.

Council joins the movement to create carer-confident workplaces across Wales

In a step to further strengthen its position as a supportive employer, Neath Port Talbot Council has become a member of Employers for Carers after the council’s Personnel Committee gave approval for the move on October 24th.

Royal ‘Tree of Trees’ gifted to the Dove Workshop in Banwen

The Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan Mrs Louise Fleet has handed over a lasting legacy of the environmental concerns of the late HM Queen Elizabeth ll to the Dove Workshop in Banwen.

Council Leader welcomes progress on the £250m world-class rail testing centre at Onllwyn

Neath Port Talbot Council Leader Cllr Stephen Hunt has welcomed progress on the £250m Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) during a visit to the site by Welsh Government Economy Minister Vaughan Gething.

Poignant Heroes Gallery exhibition remembers how Neath Port Talbot responded to World War One

Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Thomas, a fearless young military nurse from Seven Sisters rescued from the water after her transport ship was torpedoed went on to win the Royal Red Cross for her work in treated wounded soldiers.

Swansea Valley Schools reorganisation plan Judicial Review decision – council statement

On 20th October 2021, after a thorough consultation process, the council’s former Cabinet approved the proposal to establish an English-medium 3-11 school with a specialist Learning Support Centre for 16 pupils with a statement of special educational needs relating to Autistic Spectrum Disorder, in new build premises to accommodate pupils from the current catchment areas of Alltwen Primary, Godre’rgraig Primary and Llangiwg Primary, all of which would be discontinued on August 31st, 2024.

Neath Port Talbot children number one in Wales in three key areas of sports participation

One of the UK’s biggest surveys of young people, the 2022 School Sport Survey by Sport Wales, has shown that Neath Port Talbot is number one in Wales in three key areas.