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📢 School’s out …but the music goes on! 🎶
The talented Neath Port Talbot Music Service team have re-recorded a dancefloor classic with an important message for students!
Drones are now being used to distribute public information messages across NPT during the
#coronavirus
outbreak. We have teamed up with
@swpolice
to survey hotspots where people are not following government measures on social distancing 1/2
@saferneathpt
@SWPNeath
@SWPPortTalbot
After Port Talbot was widely derided as “Britain’s most polluted town” following a World Health Organisation (WHO) report, the Swiss based organisation has now sent an apology to Neath Port Talbot Council for getting its figures wrong
Great to see Michael Sheen in Port Talbot this morning talking about how important places like local libraries are, acting as warm spaces during the current cost-of-living crisis.
@NPTLibraries
@BBCBreakfast
@WarmWelcome_UK
Children attending a school holiday scheme had a surprise visit from a Hollywood film star this week!
@michaelsheen
popped into
@BaeBaglan
to find out about how we are encouraging children aged 9-11 to be more active, eat healthily & develop friendships
Here is a ‘sneak peek’ inside the transformed Plaza cinema which inspired film stars such as Burton, Hopkins and Sheen! These images offer a fascinating look inside
#PortTalbot
newly transformed town centre
#PlazaCinema
this week. We will update you further in the coming days...
Whale, Whale Whale, what do we have here then?🐳
The Aberavon whale has received its annual freshen up, with an extra splash of colour this year 🌈
A big whale done to everyone involved.
⚠️Weather warnings tonight for ice and snow… ❄️
Gareth Spreadwards is ready to tackle the ice.
Michael Gritter Ma-Sheen is here to set your mind at freeze.
Don’t let the weather ‘slip’ your mind.
@NPT_Prepared
@michaelsheen
@WelshRugbyUnion
📢 Meet the new youth mayor of Neath Port Talbot! 🎉 We're thrilled to introduce you to Maddie Pritchard, who has just been inaugurated as our new youth mayor. Maddie is passionate about the Welsh language and the environment.
@NPT_YS
ALL Neath Port Talbot schools will close tomorrow (Thursday 1st March). For the latest information on school closures for Friday (2nd March) visit or
#NPTsevereweather
#snow
Aberavon Beach wins 2023 Seaside Award 🌊🏖️
ABERAVON BEACH has been named as one of country’s best beaches by environmental charity Keep Wales Tidy which has awarded it the prestigious Seaside Award for 2023.
Read more:
🚨 Parks to Close in Neath Port Talbot for the next 4 weeks🚨
(1/4)Following the Government’s statements in the last 24 hours underlining the urgent need for people to comply with social distancing advice we are closing all Council owned parks for the next 4 weeks.
#Covid19NPT
The Times newspaper has named a circular cycle route running from the Aberavon seafront into the tree-clad hills of the Upper Afan Valley as one of Britain’s “Top 20” cycle rides with a view.
Well done all staff involved at
@DYF_Tech_Dept
for making 128 visors which have been donated to
@SwanseabayNHS
, 2 Medical Centres and a local care home. 😀👏
We'd like to thank
@NolanRoadmark
for working in partnership with NPT Highways to place a message of thanks on the highway that approaches Neath Port Talbot Hospital.
#NPTtogether
🌈
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Great News! The
@EisteddfodUrdd
will be returning to
@Margampark
in 2025! The Urdd Eisteddfod is Wales's largest youth festival which attracts 75,000 competitors and more than 100,000 visitors each year and will be held at the park between 26 -31 May 2025. Gweld chi yno!
We would like to say a big thank you 👏 to everyone who has been leaving kind messages to our waste & recycling crews.
Keep them coming, they are very much appreciated!😀
#StayHomeSaveLives
@Recycle4NPT
Good morning Neath Port Talbot!
This morning we're sharing a heartfelt message from Alltwen. 🌈
If you've been trying to raise spirits in our communities and spread messages of hope during this difficult time then send us a message and let us know.
#NPTtogether
🌈
Here’s a striking video inside Port Talbot's transformed Plaza building! The Grade II listed building will offer a business hub, office space, a ‘Sir Anthony Hopkins Theatre’, a gym, café, multi-purpose rooms and a digital recording studio - and it will soon open to the public.
Based on current information and forecast, all schools in Neath Port Talbot are expected to be open to pupils and staff as normal on Monday, 5th March.
#NPTsevereweather
Neath Port Talbot Council’s TTP Service want people to be aware someone who tested positive for Coronavirus was at Crynant Rugby Club on Sat, September 12th and Sun, September 13th. Anyone at the club on these dates experiencing Covid symptoms must stay at home and get a test.
👏👏👏 A huge thank you to all the volunteers who are helping to clean up Aberavon beach following a container spill at sea this week.
They’re braving all sorts of weather to gather up literally tonnes of nappies for our 🚜 to collect.
@sascampaigns
@NPTwildlife
Staff at Port Talbot-based innovation centre
@info_specific
usually work on futuristic "active buildings" however they have temporarily switched to producing 1,000 litres of hand sanitiser a day to help the NHS fight the Coronavirus outbreak.
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Here's a little throwback to McCarthy Contractors leaving a heartfelt message on Aberavon beach last week.👏
Tonight at 8pm will be an opportunity for you to show your appreciation to all of the key workers who are working around the clock.
#ClapForKeyWorkers
#ClapForCarers
Great News!
#Aberavon
Beach has been named as one of country’s best beaches by environmental charity
@Keep_Wales_Tidy
. The Seaside Awards play a vital role in protecting our precious marine environment and are recognised as a symbol of quality and good beach management. 👏👏
Heading to Aberavon beach this weekend? To enable the safe disposal of barbecues, including hot coals, we have installed four fire proof barbecue bins along Aberavon Beach funded by a
@Keep_Wales_Tidy
grant. Please look out for the new barbecue bins!
#CaruCymru
Thank you
@knightsbrown
for leaving a message of thanks on the sand of Aberavon Beach today.
The team carrying out essential work on the sea defences have personal connections with the NHS and victims of the pandemic.
The writing will disappear but the sentiment will last.👏💙
NPT Council now has its own Camera Enforcement Van which will photograph illegally parked vehicles simply by driving past a school, generating a fixed penalty notice directly to vehicle keepers’ registered addresses.
Read more 👉
A new team has been given conditional planning approval today for the transformational Wildfox Resort Afan Valley, the adventure resort will encompass a hotel, hundreds of lodges, cafes, bars and facilities for skiing, cycling and more! Full story here:
We'd like to thank Councillor Nigel Hunt for sharing his mural with us which pays tribute to all Key Workers and the NHS. 🌈
#NPTtogether
If you've also been spreading positivity in Neath Port Talbot during this difficult time, let us know.
Our new NPT Safe and Well service is ready to support medically vulnerable residents who have been told to self-isolate but don’t have any family, friends or neighbours.
Read more here :
Three colleagues from
@NPTCouncil
's Music Service have been redeployed and are now packing food parcels at the food hub in Tregelles Court.
They would usually work in the education department as peripatetic teachers for
@CerddNPTMusic
delivering music lessons to schools in NPT.
Council Leader, Rob Jones, to meet Chairman of
@WelshRugbyUnion
later this week to discuss the situation at Neath RFC. This can't go on.
@neathsupporters
This garden in Alltwen has been decorated to mark VE Day on Friday 8th May.
It's been brilliantly decorated by the committee of the community garden which include ex-service man Bruce Page and Elizabeth Lewis.
#VEDay75
📸 Photo credit: Nia Wyn Jones & Elizabeth Bartlett
Good luck to all children and young people across Neath Port Talbot who will be returning to school today! Also to our teachers and staff who've been working hard during the run up to our schools reopening. 👏🎉
Regarding pupils in receipt of free school meals, the plan is to supply healthy meals in the form of “grab-bags” to be made available at key locations. More details will be issued in the near future.
For the latest Council updates, visit:
FREE Christmas Parking for Neath, Port Talbot and Pontardawe! There will be free parking all day in all council-run pay and display car parks across the County Borough from 18.12.17 up to and including 1.1.18.
We'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who left kind messages to our waste and recycling crews today! 😀👏
Thank you for keeping the spirits up of those keeping our essential services going!
#NPTtogether
Neath Port Talbot Council is providing
#facemasks
to all secondary aged pupils. 😷
All of the 45,000 face masks will be sourced from the Margam based company,
@RotothermGroup
, ensuring the council supports the local economy.
@VivaPortTalbot
@NPTOnline
We’re almost there...hoping to hit the 1000 mark next week! The importance of Design and Technology could not be better showcased. 892 visors made sent out to the local community. Thank you to all
@dwryfelin
staff involved. 🌈
Join us at our Autism Awareness Event 2018 on Tuesday 24 April at Aberafan Shopping Centre. Find out more about the information, services and support available to children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in Neath Port Talbot.
#NPTSupportingASD
Parking in town centres in Neath Port Talbot will be free for the month of August 2021 to give support to town centre based businesses whose trade has been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. 😃🚗🅿️
Read more here 👉
NPT Council is submitting information to
@Channel4
in a bid to attract the company to the area when the broadcaster moves out of London. The Council is offering the opportunity to develop a site at Port Talbot Harbourside, the town’s former docks quarter
Our Housing Options service would like to thank
@Morrisons
#Neath
for their generous donation of food yesterday👏The service works with
#homeless
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Big shout out to Neath Port Talbot communities. This has always been a great place to live. So good to see people volunteering to support our neighbours. We can all do our bit to keep our communities safe and well
An extraordinary week working alongside people absolutely dedicated to the communities of NPT. You may not have the profile of the NHS but you are so appreciated
#staysafeandwellNPT
After the recent news of a Barn Owl moving into one of our wildlife towers at the Gnoll country Park, we visited Rose, our
@NptWildlife
ecologists to find out more about our new visitor and what these fantastic wildlife towers offer the surrounding habitats. Owl in a days work 🦉
All NPT schools have been advised to close tomorrow, Fri 2 Mar given the confirmed advice from the Met Office of the expectation of significant snow for the area. or
#NPTsevereweather
#snow
📢
@Margampark
Beech crowned Wales’s Tree of the Year📢
The Margam Chapter House Tree beat off competition from five other finalists in an online vote run by
@CoedCadw
, the Woodland Trust in Wales.
🌳🌳🌳
For more information ⬇️
Outstanding effort by NPT Council staff in atrocious weather. ‘Hats off in particular to gritting crews’ says Council Leader, Rob Jones. ‘Public service at its best’.
“We are committed to helping improve the lives of people with autism in Neath Port Talbot. We want to support people with autism to live the life they want through assisting them to find employment, leisure and social activities."
Neath Port Talbot Council has today expressed serious concern about the future of
@NeathRugby
, endorsing recent statements made by grass root supporters of the Club.
Image: Google maps
@AdamC1337
@TheBendySlow
Good Afternoon, our Street Care Team attended to clear the Graffiti this morning. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
A very warm welcome to Pontardawe! Please share to show your support for
#NPTbuylocal
and our communities and businesses across Neath Port Talbot.
#NPTbuylocal
#NPTtogether
*Information on free school meals*
Neath Port Talbot Council is to issue bank transfer payments to parents of pupils entitled to free school meals instead of the ‘grab and go’ bag system.
To register for the payment and for more information, click here:
We'd like to thank Neath Port Talbot resident Harry for spreading some happiness during this difficult time. The Coedffranc Primary School pupil has made his very own cover of a classic Disney song by changing the lyrics to fit current circumstances! 🎶
#NPTtogether
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This is brilliant! The community of Cwmafan have been getting creative. Meet 'Joey the Snake' 🐍🎨
Joey is made from over 600 rocks, decorated with pictures and kind messages by people who live in or are local to the village👏
#NPTtogether
🌈
Photos by
@charliecymru
👏👏Students and teachers at
@YsgolYstalyfera
@bro_dur
and
@stjosephscomp
in Port Talbot, the two schools in Neath Port Talbot offering post-16 education, are being congratulated for their outstanding achievements
Students and teachers at
@YsgolYstalyfera
and
@stjosephscomp
in Port Talbot, the two schools in Neath Port Talbot offering post-16 education, are being congratulated for their outstanding achievements. 👏 Read more ➡️
An autism awareness event held at Aberafan Shopping Centre has been hailed a success. Hundreds of people attended the event to find out more about what support is available in NPT.
#NPTSupportingASD
Good news! 🎉
From 1st March 2021, these locations in Wales will become smoke-free:
🏥 Hospital grounds
🤸 Children’s playgrounds
🏫 School grounds
🌤️ Outdoor areas of children’s daycare
👩👦 Outdoor areas of childminding settings
Wales is
#choosingtobesmokefree
#smokefreeNPT
🚨Expensive lesson for man who dumped paddling pool in lay-by🚨
A man who dumped a child’s paddling pool, TV set, toys, clothes, paint tins, and bags of household waste in a lay-by in Resolven has been sentenced to fines and costs totalling £1,151.94
⬇️
Neath Port Talbot councillors have given the go ahead for the next stage of the ambitious redevelopment of Neath’s town centre, which will be built on the site of the now demolished old multi-storey car park.
Help us brighten Neath Port Talbot and raise spirits across our communities! We're asking EVERYONE to get involved! 🌈
Lets make Neath Port Talbot brighter than ever! 👏
#NPTtogether
The transformation of Port Talbot’s former Plaza Cinema – which inspired the town’s famous trio of Sir Anthony Hopkins, Richard Burton and Michael Sheen - is entering its final stages.
The Monk’s Curse of Port Talbot
On the grounds of Port Talbot’s colossal steel plant still stands an 800-year-old medieval wall which, if the legend is to be believed, is cursed.
Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Dur, the £19m new Welsh medium secondary school in Sandfields, Port Talbot, has been handed over to Neath Port Talbot Council following completion of building work by contractors
@BouyguesUK
.
Neath Port Talbot Council’s Building Control section have issued a Ground Safety Certificate to the new Voluntary Management Team
@NeathRugby
for the regulated stands at The Gnoll Ground.
Image: Google Maps
Neath Port Talbot Council has completed the purchase of the former Crown/Metal Box factory in Neath to establish a major new employment site with the potential for significant job creation.
Great News! First class cricket returns to Neath!
Glamorgan Cricket will play their first game in Neath for over 26 years thanks to Neath Cricket Club
Read the full story here:
#GoGlam
Nicola Pearce has today been appointed as NPT Council's new Director of Environment and Regeneration and will be in post at the end of the year. We thank outgoing Director Gareth Nutt for his outstanding service & contribution in developing the local economy & environment.
A Neath Port Talbot school where a high percentage of pupils qualify for free school meals and many have additional learning needs has received a glowing report from Welsh education inspectors
@EstynHMI
Thanks to Gavin and Stacey star
@RobBrydon
for backing our
#NPTsafeandwell
service.
If you could help someone who has been asked to shield themselves from the coronavirus and doesn’t have family or friends to call on for help, register to volunteer today
⚠️If you're visiting Aberavon beach today, remember your social distancing - stay at least 2m/6feet from everyone else!
We’re urging everyone to follow
@PublicHealthW
guidance to help stop the spread of
#Coronavirus
🔗
Please help keep NPT Safe and Well
Welsh Government has announced that Neath Port Talbot is to be subject of additional local restrictions from 6pm on Monday, 28th September 2020.
Read more:
The Leader of Neath Port Talbot Council, Councillor Rob Jones, has repeated his strong opposition to any suggestion Neath Railway Station could be taken off the main Swansea to Paddington railway line