Current activities and recent events

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?

Bridgend Police have received around 45 reports of ‘purse dipping’ in the Bridgend sector since the beginning of December 2007. The victims are elderly females whose purses have been taken from unopened handbags or shopping bags.

People in Bridgend are being encouraged to ditch plastic bags and use more environmentally friendly re-usable bags.

South Wales Police has delivered on the promise to establish a named point of contact in every neighbourhood, along with dedicated teams, as part of our Neighbourhood Policing Programme. These officers are accessible to communities and work in partnership to solve problems.

Most people who call at your home will be genuine. But sometimes, people turn up unannounced, with the intention of tricking their way into your home.They are known as ‘distraction burglars’ or ‘bogus callers’, whose only aim is to get into homes to distract people and steal their money or valuables.You should always be aware when someone you don’t know calls at your door.

Safer Bridgend Community Safety Partnership successfully hosted the first anti-social behaviour information day on Saturday in the VETZ club in Pontycymer.

Due to concerns raised in last weeks Caerau ward PACT meeting about excessive and dangerous speeding of vehicles, a Speeding Operation was undertaken by the Caerau Neighbourhood Policing Team at ‘Heol Ty Wyth’, Nantyffyllon.