Current activities and recent events

On Thursday 19th June PCSO Chris Bowen and PCSO Martin Trask attended Penyfai Primary School in the afternoon for their Annual Fete.

South Wales Police, Church leaders, volunteers and Bridgend County Borough Council joined forces last year to launch the ‘Street Pastors’ scheme to tackle issues within Bridgend Town Centre during the busy evenings of the weekends, when the streets are at their most volatile.

Oldcastle primary School has taken the 2008 Road safety title after beating off stiff competition at the Odeon Cinemas, Bridgend. Following several preliminary rounds, the final proved to be a real test, with lots of hard questions to answer. This was no problem for the finalists however, as the close competition saw runners-up Ysgol Cynwyd Sant beaten only by a 2 point margin, with the other finalists falling in close behind.

Bike safety and drugs and alcohol awareness are the hot topics in the GarwValley at the moment, with more children and teenagers than ever before taking to their bikes, and the growing concerns about drugs and alcohol.

South Wales Police can confirm a total of 524 people have been arrested as a result of Operation Jaguar. Officers have swooped on drug dealers, burglars, car criminals and members of organised crime gangs, during a two-day blitz to crack down on crime.

Bridgend Substance Misuse Action Team has arranged a series of workshops to support people who use drug and alcohol services to become more involved in how they are planned. The workshops are being delivered by New Link Wales and will give people the chance to develop skills in communication, managing meetings, how to be assertive as well as explaining how drug and alcohol services are planned.

Our Annual Exhibition & Fun Day took place at the Bridgend Recreation Centre on Thursday 3rd April. This year's theme was ‘The Circus’, organisers and stand holders dressed up as clowns and ringmasters to add to the fun.

Wales and Ospreys star James Hook gave the pupils of Blaencaerau junior school in Caerau a thrill when he paid a visit to the school.

The Ospreys have unveiled details of an innovative new community initiative, which will see more than one hundred Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and youth workers qualify as rugby coaches in its first year in a bid to tackle issues of social inclusion in the area.

Working together, Making the GarwValley a safer place to live, work and visit.

Have you ever seen something, whilst out walking your dog that you would of liked to report to the police, but were concerned you may be wasting their time or just thought maybe it wasn’t important enough?

Or you thought the police may already know?