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Your New INDEPENDENT Town Councillor for the Newcastle Ward

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 Webmaster 0 Comments bridgend, community, Independent, newcastle, Steve Easterbrook, town

Following a hard fought and energetic campaign Steve Easterbrook was elected to represent the Newcastle Ward of Bridgend Town Council.

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New Independent Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Bridgend Town

July 31, 2019 Webmaster 0 Comments bridgend, mayor, town, Wathan

Congratulations to Cllr Alan Wathan who was elected as Mayor of Bridgend Town Council for the year 2019/2020 and to

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What will you get for your £11.8m?

May 30, 2018 Webmaster 0 Comments bcbc, Cardiff, change, City Deal, ours, yours

We are shocked to hear that the investigation of the BCBC’s payment to the Cardiff Capital Region City Deal by

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Congratulations to the new Vice Chair of Garw Valley Community Council

May 23, 2018May 23, 2018 Webmaster 0 Comments garw, Garw Valley Community Council, Jonathan Davies, Sorrel Dendy

Congratulations to the new Vice Chair of Garw Valley Community Council Sorrel Dendy and Jonathan Davies who was re-elected as chair

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Actions Not Words

May 18, 2018May 18, 2018 Webmaster 0 Comments Bridgend Town, change, Election, Kier, newcastle

There will be a By Election For the Newcastle Ward of Bridgend Town Council on 7th June 2018. There are

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They Can’t Even Cut Your Grass

May 18, 2018May 18, 2018 Webmaster 0 Comments bcbc, change, Independent, V2C

You don’t have to look far to see the appalling state of our County Borough. Litter strewn and left uncollected,

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A Year of Delivery for Newcastle Ward

May 11, 2018May 23, 2018 Webmaster 0 Comments Bridgend Town Council, By Election, change, Delivery, Lee Robson, newcastle, town, you

This month marks a year since the local elections where Bridgend Town residents put their faith in Independent Candidates by

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Adverse Performance – Our Patience Has Ended

March 21, 2018 Webmaster 3 Comments bcbc, change, fiasco, Kier, recycling, shambles, terminate, waste

Less than a week after we exposed the shocking performance of BCBC’s waste and recycling contract many of you are

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A Failing Waste Collection Contract – It’s Time for Urgent Change

March 14, 2018March 16, 2018 Webmaster 4 Comments bcbc, change, failing, failure, Kier, ours, recycling, urgent, waste, you, yours

Recently we posted BCBC’s waste & recycling contract with Kier and outlined the performance management framework along with the performance

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The complete Waste & Recycling contract

March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 Admin 2 Comments

Many of you, including BCBC councillors from all parties have been demanding to see the Waste & Re-cycling contract between

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Announcements BCI News 

Its time for Transparency

February 12, 2018 Webmaster 0 Comments bcbc, bridgend, Kier, recycling, time, transparency, waste

Since we have started posting extracts from the BCBC Waste and Recycling contract we’ve been approached for copies from across

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Playing By The Rules – The Standards We Should Be Expecting

January 30, 2018January 30, 2018 Webmaster 0 Comments bcbc, bins, challenge, improve, Kier, recycling, standards, waste, yours

Last week we outlined some of the key performance measures within the BCBC waste and recycling contract. This post lists

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Playing By The Rules – Performance Failure Points

January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 Webmaster 2 Comments bcbc, bridgend, challenge, contract, Independent, Kier, recycling, waste, you, yours

We have already explained how the BCBC Waste and Recycling contract contains Performance Measures that should be used to drive

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Playing By The Rules – The Performance Framework

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 Webmaster 1 Comment bcbc, bridgend, challenge, contract, Independent, Kier, recycling, waste, yours

Following on from our post yesterday, today we outline how BCBC’s waste and recycling contractor should be penalised if they

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Playing By The Rules

January 24, 2018January 25, 2018 Webmaster 4 Comments bcbc, bins, bridgend, challenge, contract, county, Independent, Kier, ours, performance, recycling, waste, yours

It has been 7 months since BCBC’s new waste and recycling regime was introduced with great fanfare but utter chaos.

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Community Well Being Needs a Community Response

December 5, 2017January 26, 2018 Webmaster 0 Comments bcbc, budget, community, cuts, services, wellbeing, yours

As part of the main foundation basis for the Assessment of Local Well Being, part of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act

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The Kier Contract

November 23, 2017November 23, 2017 Webmaster 1 Comment bcbc, contract, Kier, recycling, waste

Following the scrutiny committee meeting on 22nd November where the Kier contract was scrutinised we are pleased that councillors across

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BCBC need to get their house in order.

November 22, 2017November 22, 2017 Webmaster 0 Comments bcbc, cut, cuts, efficiency, Maesteg, money, waste

Once again BCBC are “consulting” with us about where budgets should be cut, or as they term it, “what our

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12 Months of Change

November 1, 2017November 1, 2017 Webmaster 0 Comments aberkenfig, bcbc, bettws, blackmill, Brackla, bridgend, Bridgend County, bryncethin, bryncoch, Cefn Glas, challenge, change, coity, Coity Higher, communities, democracy, families, improve, Independent, innovation, Llangeinor, Robust, scrutiny, ynysawdre, you, yours

A year ago today a small group of Independent candidates posed for a photo on the old stone bridge in

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Notice of Election – Garw Valley Community Council (Pontycymer Ward)

October 18, 2017October 18, 2017 Webmaster 0 Comments Bridgend County, community, democracy, garw, Independent, Pontycymer, vote

Recently we posted about our support for local democracy and your right to call, stand and vote in by elections.

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Your Right To Vote

September 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Webmaster 2 Comments bettws, Choice, community, democracy, garw, Independent, labour, Pontycymer, town, vote

Most of you probably expect that if a Town or Community councillor resigns or passes away this will automatically trigger

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Independent Evolution

September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 Webmaster 0 Comments bcbc, bridgend, change, Coity Higher, garw, Independent, Pontycymer, ynysawdre, you

The 4th May 2017 saw an Independent Revolution as independent candidates supported by Change For Bridgend contested seats across the

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Our Communities Deserve Better

September 2, 2017 Martin 0 Comments bridgend, Cefn Glas, change, Independent

Change For Bridgend firmly believe that party politics has no place in local government. It certainly has no place in

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Change for Cefn Glas?

August 7, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Change For Bridgend believe that party politics has no place in local government and in particular community councils. In May’s

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Paul Warren – Deputy Mayor of Bridgend Town Council

May 17, 2017September 13, 2017 Martin 1 Comment bridgend, change, deputy, mayor, town

Congratulations to Paul Warren who was elected as Deputy Mayor of Bridgend Town Council during the council’s annual general meeting

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Change For The Garw Valley Community Council

May 16, 2017 Martin 0 Comments garw, Independent

We are pleased to announce that we now have five out of 13 independent councillors sitting on the Garw Valley

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Your Independent BCBC Councillors

May 8, 2017September 13, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

We are extremely proud to confirm that the following Independent Candidates supported by Change For Bridgend have been elected to

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2.5 million reasons for change

May 2, 2017 Admin 3 Comments

We are told that times are hard and because of that there must be cuts to the education budget. Our

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A Week To Change Bridgend

April 27, 2017 Martin 0 Comments aberkenfig, bcbc, blackmill, bridgend, bryncethin, coity, Coity Higher, communities, families, Independent, innovation, litchard, Morfa, newcastle, oldcastle, pendre, sarn, you, yours

In just 7 days time the polls will open and we can cast our votes for the candidates we want

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Our Journey, Your Future.

April 24, 2017 Martin 0 Comments aberkenfig, bcbc, blackmill, Brackla, bridgend, bryncethin, bryncoch, Cefn Glas, challenge, change, coity, Coity Higher, communities, families, garw, improve, Independent, innovation, litchard, Morfa, newcastle, oldcastle, Our, pendre, sarn, town, vote, yours

Last year a small group started talking. They were sick and tired of the declining fortunes of our county borough

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Change For Bridgend – Town & Community Council Candidates

April 19, 2017 Martin 0 Comments aberkenfig, blackmill, Brackla, bridgend, bryncoch, change, Coity Higher, communities, community, improve, Independent, innovation, newcastle, pendre, Robust, sarn, serious, town, yours

With postal votes starting to come through our letterboxes the election has begun. There are 44 INDEPENDENT candidates standing for

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Change For Bridgend Independent BCBC Candidates

April 19, 2017 Martin 0 Comments aberkenfig, bcbc, blackmill, Brackla, bridgend, bryncethin, bryncoch, Cefn Glas, challenge, change, coity, Coity Higher, families, garw, improve, Independent, innovation, Morfa, oldcastle, ours, pendre, town, vote, yours

With postal votes starting to come through our letterboxes the election has begun. There are 23 INDEPENDENT candidates standing for

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They Can’t Even Collect The Rubbish

April 13, 2017 Martin 0 Comments aberkenfig, bcbc, blackmill, Brackla, bridgend, bryncethin, bryncoch, Cefn Glas, challenge, change, coity, Coity Higher, garw, improve, Independent, innovation, litchard, Morfa, oldcastle, ours, pendre, sarn

Sometimes a picture says it all. Vote them out! Vote for Change!

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Local Issues Matter

April 12, 2017 Martin 0 Comments aberkenfig, bcbc, blackmill, Brackla, bridgend, bryncethin, bryncoch, Cefn Glas, challenge, change, coity, Coity Higher, garw, improve, Independent, innovation, litchard, Morfa, newcastle, oldcastle, ours, you

Look around your community. Like us you will see problems that have been left un-solved for years by BCBC. Often,

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Change for Bridgend Town Council

April 6, 2017 Martin 0 Comments bridgend, change, Morfa, newcastle, oldcastle, town

We are so proud to be an organisation that has put forward 17 Candidates for Bridgend Town Council Election on

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Change for Coity Higher

April 6, 2017 Martin 0 Comments change, coity, Coity Higher, Independent, litchard, pendre

Change For Bridgend launched less than six months ago yet in that time a team of 7 Independent candidates has come together

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Its Time For Change

April 5, 2017 Martin 0 Comments aberkenfig, bcbc, blackmill, Brackla, bridgend, bryncethin, bryncoch, Cefn Glas, challenge, change, coity, garw, innovation, litchard, Morfa, newcastle, oldcastle, Our, ours, pendre, sarn, you

The deadline to submit Nomination Papers for the May 4th Local Authority Elections was 4pm yesterday afternoon. We are proud

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Wasted Opportunity

April 4, 2017 Martin 0 Comments bcbc, bridgend, challenge, change, innovation, Robust

In light of the recent confusion and now apparent confirmation that the new 7-year waste collection and recycling contract has

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Money for Nothing

March 27, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

It’s important in life that from time to time we question ourselves and challenge our assumptions and conclusions.    The

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Transport & Connectivity

March 23, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Independent candidates standing as Change for Bridgend are committed to making BCBC the leading unitary authority for Transport in Wales.

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Pause For Thought

March 22, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Some time ago the Independent candidates standing under the Change for Bridgend umbrella called for the controversial new waste contract

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Do They Take Us For Fools?

March 17, 2017 Martin 2 Comments bcbc, bridgend, challenge, change, Our, ours, us, we, you

There is a Labour Party leaflet which was posted through some of your letter boxes.  It claims that far from

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50 Principles of Change

March 14, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

1. In response to the challenging financial climate, we will develop a strategy for transformational change of council run services.

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It’s YOUR money

March 14, 2017 Martin 0 Comments bcbc, bridgend, challenge, change, improve, innovation, ours, Robust, we, you, yours

Quite rightly we have been asked and challenged regarding our position on BCBC finance. We are all independents and each

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Belated Contrition

March 10, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

BCBC have finally done the right thing and made a goodwill payment to the young man that they so badly

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Thinking Differently

March 8, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

BCBC have recently passed a budget that will see cuts across their services, this has been blamed on falling revenue

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VOTE for Change

March 8, 2017 Martin 1 Comment

It won’t have escaped your notice that local government elections will be held on 4th May. Most of us are

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A Community of Communities

March 6, 2017 Martin 2 Comments

Bridgend County Borough is a rich and varied local authority. In many ways it could be said to be a

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5 a Day – Day 10

March 6, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Welcome to Day 10 of our 5 Principles of Change.  These Principles detail our priorities for a Change for Bridgend

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5 a Day – Day 9

March 2, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Welcome to Day 9 of our 5 Principles of Change.  These Principles detail our priorities for a Change for Bridgend

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5 a Day – Day 8

March 1, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Welcome to Day 8 of our 5 Principles of Change. These Principles detail our priorities for a Change for Bridgend

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You can Change Bridgend!

March 1, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Since we launched just four months ago on 1st November Change for Bridgend has gone from strength to strength.   

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5 a Day – day 7

February 28, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Welcome to Day 7 of our 5 Principles of Change. These Principles detail our priorities for a Change for Bridgend.

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5 a Day – Day 6

February 27, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Welcome to Day 6 of our 5 Principles of Change. These Principles detail our priorities for a Change for Bridgend.

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5 a Day – Day 5

February 24, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Welcome to Day 5 of our 5 Principles of Change. These Principles detail our priorities for a Change for Bridgend.

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5 a Day – Day 4

February 24, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Welcome to Day 4 of our 5 Principles of Change. These Principles detail our priorities for a Change for Bridgend.

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5 a Day – Day 3

February 22, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Welcome to Day 3 of our 5 Principles of Change. These Principles detail our priorities for a Change for Bridgend.

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Where is the Leadership?

February 21, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

It is shocking to read in the media today how OUR local authority failed to keep proper records or have

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5 a Day – Day 2

February 21, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Welcome to Day 2 of our 5 Principles of Change. These Principles detail our priorities for a Change for Bridgend.

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Principles of Change

February 20, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Your ‘5 a day’ at 5 Over the next ten days, at 5:00, we will be publishing 5 Principles of

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Land Of Confusion

February 17, 2017 Martin 0 Comments

Have you tried to contact BCBC about an issue recently or simply wondered who is responsible for what? You may

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Website under construction

February 7, 2017 Admin 0 Comments

Website under construction. Please bear with us while we add more content.

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