In September volunteers of Accessible News successfully launched our Empower Disability Advice and Support Surgeries thanks to support from local businesses. These surgeries take place the first Wednesday of every month and are based in Hirwaun Village Hall (11am – 1pm). The service is backed by four local businesses: Aberdare
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Do you suffer from the £500 cap This morning on the Andrew Marr show it was great to hear Jeremy Corbyn talking about how a Labour Government would help people with disabilities. He said that with a Labour Government in power £2billion would immediately be invested into the Department of
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Out and About While out and about this week in the Aberdare area, members of the Accessible News team met up with the residents of Broniestyn Terrace. These residents are affected by the terrible state of the land to the rear of the local Tesco store. As you know, we
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Shiny new water pipes from Maerdy to Pontypridd We’ve been asked by Dwr Cymru to pass on the information to all our readers and followers, if you’d like any more information please contact Natalie Giles on 0800 0520130 or email water.operationsenquiries@dwrcymru.com. For a word version of the letter please click here
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Is this parking considerate? As you know last year we launched our Considerate Parking Campaign to look at inappropriate parking on drop kerbs and other access points. When walking back from our office yesterday we noticed this on Depot Road in Aberdare where the Little Theatre used to be. Parking
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