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Celebrating the Achievements of Children Looked After

The Children Looked After Celebration Event 2024 was held on Wednesday, September 18, at Pontypridd Rugby Club, organised by the Virtual School for Children Looked After & supported by children's services and EETT.

30 September 2024

Standardised Waste Service Set To Begin For RCT

Waste collections across Cynon and Taf will shortly be standardised alongside those that have been in place across the Rhondda for over 30 years.

27 September 2024

Santa is on his way to a town centre near you!

Santa Claus is packing up his grotto and flying into our town centres this year and he's bringing a Santa sack full of fun with him!

27 September 2024

Cabinet considers updated Council Medium Term Financial Plan

Each year, as part of its robust financial management, the Council reports on its budget modelling work and financial planning for the period ahead – in advance of the detailed budget strategy work to be undertaken in the autumn

27 September 2024

Language learning is thriving at Tonyrefail Community School

Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for Education, Lynne Neagle, was welcomed to Tonyrefail Community School on Tuesday, September 24, to see the language learning going on in partnership with Cardiff University's School of Modern Languages.

26 September 2024

Implementation of the new RCT Housing Strategy

At its meeting on Monday, September 23, Cabinet approved the new draft RCT Housing Strategy (2024-2030), initiating a formal public consultation phase.

25 September 2024

Proposals to alleviate capacity pressures on special schools agreed

This will result in an Early Years satellite base being established in Tonyrefail, and an investment of up to £5m in an existing specialist provision in Ynysybwl

25 September 2024

Major funding for next stages of Treorchy Flood Alleviation Scheme

Welsh Government funding of almost £1m has been secured to develop the next stages of the significant Treorchy Flood Alleviation Scheme – to progress the design of a preferred option that was previously shared with residents

25 September 2024

Four new Learning Support Classes proposed to meet local need

The Council will consult on proposals to enhance its mainstream Learning Support Class offer for pupils with Additional Learning Needs – which would increase the number of classes in the County Borough from 48 to 52

24 September 2024

Works programme for proposed £6m highways funding agreed

Cabinet has agreed a proposed supplementary capital programme that would invest a further £6m for Highways and Strategic Projects in 2024/25, on top of the Council's major capital programme already being delivered this year

24 September 2024

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