Press Releases

Council Welfare Rights Unit raises £5m extra in benefits - ensure you get your entitlement!

With the cost of living soaring, families across Neath Port Talbot are being urged to seek advice from their local Welfare Rights Unit to ensure they get all the benefits they are eligible for.

Neath Port Talbot Council gets Bronze Award for commitment to the Armed Forces

Neath Port Talbot Council has been awarded the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme’s Bronze Award, in national recognition of its commitment to the Armed Forces.

Are you eligible for a £200 Winter Fuel Grant?

Thousands of households across Neath Port Talbot are being urged to apply for their winter fuel support payments without delay after the Welsh Government doubled to £200 the amount it will pay to eligible applicants.

Neath Port Talbot inaugurates new Youth Mayor and Deputy Youth Mayor

Neath Port Talbot Council has inaugurated Bethan Nicholas-Thomas as the new Youth Mayor at a ceremony held online.

Update for Skewen Residents from the Coal Authority (3 February 2022)

Update for Skewen Residents from the Coal Authority (3 February 2022)

Neath Port Talbot Council’s Leisure Services are to be brought back in-house

At their meeting today, February 1st, 2022, Cabinet members agreed to bring Neath Port Talbot Council’s leisure services back under the council’s management (in-house).

Test, Trace, Protect – Completing Covid e-forms

Our Contact Tracing team are currently handling high numbers of Covid cases and are contacting every person who tests positive either via telephone call or by text message.

Dig History? Then sign up for the new NPT Archaeologists’ Club!

Do you love history? Would you love to learn more about your local area, study artefacts, get your hands dirty and learn real archaeologist’s skills?

Go ahead for consultation on new Neath Abbey Welsh medium school plan

Councillors have given the go ahead for public consultation on plans for a new Welsh-medium primary school in Neath.

Update for Skewen Residents from the Coal Authority (27 January 2022)

Update for Skewen Residents from the Coal Authority (27 January 2022)