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NEWS Health services reorganisation By the time Seaside News reaches you, we will know the outcome of the South Wales Programme of health services reorganisation, which may see the end of A&E, neonatal, maternity and children’s services at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend. In spite of the health board’s stand-apart position as a deliverer of public services, this process has been remarkable for its political nature. To begin with, it effectively silenced the question about the need for closing services by pitting hospital against hospital across South Wales, competing to keep what they have. Secondly, the timing of a decision in December, coming just hours after the Assembly went into Christmas recess and effectively preventing
backbench AMs like myself from scrutinising or debating it in the Senedd for over a month, is all very handy for those in charge of making the changes. Over 50,000 people across South Wales responded to the programme, with the majority coming from the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg area, indicating the high regard which people in my area hold their local services. This episode may be drawing to a close. But the longer debate – how we effectively deliver health – will continue. You can be certain of it.
All seven Bridgend County Borough third sector projects within the £1million Big Lottery funded Community Voice portfolio: Needs Must/ Pan fo Angen have now started, with the aim of engaging local
people; Action for Children working alongside Bridgend Carers Centre with young adult carers; Mental Health Matters Wales working with people who self-harm; Age Cymru: ‘SHOUT’ engaging
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members of the community in local matters. Led by Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations (BAVO), the Community Voice programme helps local communities influence policies and decisions that affect them. Each project will promote and develop opportunities for marginalised groups to gain knowledge and skills, enabling them to influence local service development, delivery and evaluation. The projects include: Bridgend Coalition of Disabled People in partnership with Vision in Wales and Disability Wales who will be engaging disabled
older people; the Bridge Mentoring Plus Scheme involving members from the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender community; Every Link Counts concerning people with learning disabilities and Ogmore Valley Community Council, who will be involving residents from the Ogmore Valley on matters that concern their community. Let your voice be heard and be a part of the future development of services that affect you! For further details visit the news section of www.bavo.org. uk or call 01656 810400. Jane Savile - BAVO
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Pyle PCSO news Pyle NPT is working closely with local youths from Cynffig Comprehensive on projects that affect us as a community. The top photo has been taken from the Co-op store where the pupils completed community questionnaires on Pyle railway station which is one of the projects. The issues here surround antisocial behaviour at the station, vandalism, littering and most scary of all trespassing and running across the railway
lines to avoid walking the footbridge. Working with the local schools may help us highlight and resolve these issues to encourage youths to not miss use the railway system and ensure that their safety at this location is paramount. The photo below is of Pyle railway station. PCSO Kyle Maiden 55667 07825 503 907 kyle.maiden@south-wales. pnn.police.uk
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