A young person from Garnant has become the first in the county to be honoured for volunteering more than 500 hours.
Brittany Alsop-Bingham, aged 20, was presented with the first Carmarthenshire’s 500 hour Youth Volunteering Certificate.
The award was launched at the Carmarthenshire Youth
Youth honoured for more than 500 hours volunteering
Parents punished over children’s poor attendance
Four sets of parents from Carmarthenshire have been punished over their children’s poor school attendance.
If a child of compulsory school age who is a registered pupil at a school fails to attend regularly, his or her parent is guilty of an offence.
The
New school uniform grant for low income families
Low income families in Carmarthenshire will be supported by the council to buy secondary school uniforms for their children.
Carmarthenshire County Council will pay £50 towards the cost of uniform under a new £15,000 scheme.
The council’s executive board passed the plans for the