Can We Help You?

Meet Emma-Louise Maher, Bridgend County Borough Councils Community Safety and Welfare Officer.

BAVO is the umbrella organisation supporting and promoting voluntary organisations in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales, UK. It is a membership organisation with membership open to all voluntary and community groups working or based in Bridgend County Borough. We are a registered charity managed by an executive committee elected from our membership.

The overall aim of Bridgend County Care and Repair is to enable older people and people with disabilities to remain within their own homes and within their local communities through the improvement of their housing conditions and their levels of comfort, independence and wellbeing.

Did you know that there is a way in which you can play your part with the Police to keep crime at bay in your neighbourhood?

The Bridgend Local Strategic Partnership is a partnership of representatives from the public, private, voluntary and community sectors that has been established to develop and implement a community strategy for the county borough of Bridgend.

Communities First is a long-term programme by the Welsh Assembly Government. The aim is to improve opportunities and the quality of life in the most disadvantaged communities in Wales as identified by the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation

ONE COUNTY, ONE COMMUNITY

No matter what your age, gender, race, disability, language, religion or sexual orientation it’s important to have a sense of unity and belonging.

John Davies is Bridgend Community Safety Partnerships co-ordinator.

Bridgend Family Information Service provides free information and guidance for parents, carers and professionals on the full range of services available for children within the County Borough including information on:

Genesis Wales is a project to help parents overcome many of the barriers they face when wanting to learn new skills or return to work.

Bridgend Never Too Old Website provides information of interest to those over the age of 50 in Bridgend County Borough

Based within Safer Bridgend, Jo is the dedicated point of contact for people from all minority communities, whether they work, live, visit or invest within the Bridgend County Borough.

The Substance Misuse & Alcohol Forum, SMAF, is a young peoples led forum which aims to promote and inform other young people in Bridgend County Borough of the adverse effects of binge drinking and substance misuse.

Tidy Towns is a two part initiative between Keep Wales Tidy and Welsh Local Authorities, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government. The project seeks to work strategically by empowering the people of Wales to take responsibility for their local environment.

Bridgend Trading standards aims to ensure that fair-trading is carried out in Bridgend County Borough so that consumers can purchase goods and services with confidence in the knowledge that they are safe, correctly priced and accurately described

People who have suffered a crime may need practical information and advice or simply someone to talk to.

Bridgend YOS will strive to prevent and reduce re-offending amongst children and young people and increase their self esteem, responsibility and opportunities to develop positive life styles.

Bridgend YOS is a multi agency team made up of representatives from social services, education, the police, probation, health and voluntary agencies and sits within Safeguarding and Family Support, Children’s Directorate, BCBC.

Youth Works is a national charitable partnership which exists to help 'at risk' young people play a creative role in regenerating their community and creating safer environments for everyone.
Local Youth Works programmes are built on local partnerships and work with young people aged between 8 and 25 years.