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As your local Councillors in Canton, we can help residents on a range of issues, such as council tax, bin collections, housing issues, social services, schools and roads and pavements.
Please use the contact form to get in touch with us. Please remember to provide as many details as possible, including your name, address, issue, and full contact details.
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🚨 Additional funding to help those through difficult times 🚨
An extra £3m is being invested in bereavement services across Wales to help ensure everyone can access the support they need, when they need it.
The Bereavement Support Grant will support all those experiencing a loss, with specialist forms of support for people living and working in agriculture and those experiencing more complex forms of grief.
Find out more at: www.gov.wales/additional-funding-help-those-through-difficult-times
List of organisations in Cardiff that can offer support: www.gov.wales/national-bereavement-support-grant-2025-2028-successful-organisations-html ... See MoreSee Less
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Fortnightly garden waste collections are to restart from Tuesday 18 March 2025
The council can only collect waste that fits in your usual container; please do not leave excess waste next to your container, as it will not be collected.
If you have been using your garden waste bin to store non-garden waste items over winter, please remove them before presenting them for collection. Garden waste is used for composting, and non-compostable items will impact the quality of the material produced.
The council can accept:
✅ Leaves
✅ Grass Cuttings
✅ Plant/flower cuttings
✅ Small twigs/branches
✅ Real Christmas trees that are cut up and placed in a bin or sack
✅ If you have animals that do not eat meat (for example, guinea pigs and rabbits), you can put their bedding, in your garden waste such as hay, straw, and wood shavings,
The council will NOT accept:
❌ Compost/soil
❌ Rubble/decorative stones
❌ Garden items e.g. watering cans, gnomes, plant pots
❌ Wood- treated or untreated
❌ Green recycling bags
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🥕🍅 The Eat Them to Defeat Them challenge starts! 🥕🍅
Eat Them to Defeat Them is all about eating more veggies.
In Wales, all primary school children can enjoy free school meals, which encourages healthy eating in school.
Read more and check eligibility for additional support available:
orlo.uk/2ea6e
Read more about the 'Eat Them to Defeat Them' campaign here: eatthemtodefeatthem.com/ ... See MoreSee Less
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➡ Surgery this Saturday with Cllr Jasmin Chowdhury (8th March 2025) ⬅
Do you need help from your Canton Councillors? Cllr Jasmin Chowdhury will hold a surgery this Saturday at Canton Library.
👇🏽 Details 👇🏽
📌 Venue: Canton Library, Library St, Cardiff CF5 1QD.
📆 Date: 8th March 2025
⏲ Time: 10am-11am
No appointment is necessary.
At the surgery, Jasmin will be available to see residents and help with local issues such as:
✅ council tax;
✅ bin collections;
✅ housing issues;
✅ social services;
✅ school education and adult learning;
✅ transport, roads and payments;
✅ parks, playgrounds and open spaces;
✅ leisure centres and activities for all ages;
✅ supporting vulnerable people;
✅ community safety and crime reduction; and
✅ planning and building regulation.
Cllrs Jasmin Chowdhury and Susan Elmore hold regularly fortnightly surgeries at Canton Library.
If you are unable to attend this weekends surgery, you can either come to the subsequent surgery at the same venue or contact Jasmin and Susan using the details below:
➡ Cllr Jasmin Chowdhury:
📩 Email: [email protected]
➡ Cllr Susan Elsmore:
📩 Email: [email protected] ... See MoreSee Less
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Offers of secondary school places starting in September 2025 are being made today.
Please check your online portal or email inbox for more information.
You have until March 17 to accept or decline the offer. ... See MoreSee Less
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This week, Cardiff Labour published its 2025/26 Budget.
These are the highlights:
📖 Education:
💰 Cardiff is £40M better off under a UK Labour Government than it would be under the Tories.
💸 Cardiff schools will get £22.9M extra next year – a 7.5% increase to support teachers & pupils.
🚌 £8.8M in home-to-school transport
🧒 £6.5M more for Children's Services
🏫 the biggest school-building programme since the Victorians!
🛣️ Cleaner Streets and Safer Communities:
🧹 Cardiff Labour will commit extra funding to deliver cleaner streets, safer communities, and fixing roads, including:
✅ boosting drain clearance
✅ new bus shelters
✅ extra cash for road repairs
✅ support to recycle more, with touch enforcement for those who don't follow the rules
💙 Supporting the most vulnerable:
Cardiff residents have expressed that supporting the most vulnerable is a top priority. So Cardiff Labour will:
🏥 Increase Adult Services funding by £12.8M (+7.8%)
👶 Boost Children's Services by £6.5M (+6.5%)
🏡 Invest in social care & community support
🏠 Award-Winning Council House Programme
This budget will see Cardiff Labour continuing to deliver its award-winning Council House programme, with nearly £700 million allocated in the Capital budget, providing the safe, warm, affordable homes people need. The support for rough sleepers and homeless people is also enhanced.
🙌 Protecting Services & Residents from the Cost of Living
Finally, with one of Wales' lowest Council Tax rises, Cardiff Labour is protecting residents from the cost of living whilst protecting the services that matter to residents the most.
🏡 Safer neighbourhoods
🎭 Support for community events
🏀 Investment in parks & sports
🚍 Better public transport
This budget is guided by what residents told your Labour councillors were their priorities. But crucially, the extra funding being invested is only possible because we now have a UK Labour Government that believes in public services, working with Welsh Labour. ... See MoreSee Less
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➡ Surgery this Saturday with Cllr Susan Elsmore (22nd February) ⬅
Do you need help from your Canton Councillors? Cllr Susan Elsmore will hold a surgery this Saturday at Canton Library.
👇🏽 Details 👇🏽
📌 Venue: Canton Library, Library St, Cardiff CF5 1QD.
📆 Date: 22nd February 2025
⏲ Time: 10am-11am
No appointment is necessary.
At the surgery, Susan will be available to see residents and help with local issues such as:
✅ council tax;
✅ bin collections;
✅ housing issues;
✅ social services;
✅ school education and adult learning;
✅ transport, roads and payments;
✅ parks, playgrounds and open spaces;
✅ leisure centres and activities for all ages;
✅ supporting vulnerable people;
✅ community safety and crime reduction; and
✅ planning and building regulation.
Cllrs Susan Elmore and Jasmin Chowdhury hold regularly fortnightly surgeries at Canton Library.
If you are unable to attend this weekends surgery, you can either come to the subsequent surgery at the same venue or contact Susan and Jasmin using the details below:
➡ Cllr Susan Elsmore:
📩 Email: [email protected]
➡ Cllr Jasmin Chowdhury:
📩 Email: [email protected] ... See MoreSee Less
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🚨 Additional funding to help those through difficult times
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An extra £3m is being invested in bereavement services in Wales to help ensure everyone can access the support they need when needed.
The Bereavement Support Grant will support all those experiencing a loss, with specialist forms of support for people living and working in agriculture and those experiencing more complex forms of grief.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has become the first health board in Wales to provide a psychology-led bereavement service for those who experience the death of a baby, either during pregnancy or up to 28 days following the birth of their baby.
Read more here: www.gov.wales/additional-funding-help-those-through-difficult-times . For more information, contact Cardiff Cardiff and Vale University Health Board by telephone (02920 747747) or visit cavuhb.nhs.wales/our-services/bereavement-services/ ... See MoreSee Less
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🚨 Short Breaks Scheme and Carers Support Fund 🚨
The Welsh Government has recently announced that unpaid carers in Wales will continue to receive additional support to take well-earned breaks from their caring role.
The Short Breaks Scheme and Carers Support Fund will receive £3.5m and £1.75m from 2025 to 2026 from the Welsh Government. These schemes are in addition to local authorities' duties to provide appropriate support for carers.
The Short Breaks Scheme is on track to deliver or exceed the target of 30,000 additional short break opportunities by March 2025. This extension will continue to help unpaid carers in Cardiff and across Wales to take breaks from their responsibilities to support their wellbeing.
The funding can be used, for example, for short holidays, activity days and cinema trips. It can also support carers in pursuing a hobby or sport.
The Carers Support Fund provides emergency financial support for unpaid carers of all ages on low incomes to pay for essential items. This could be food, a household item or a utility bill. In addition, the fund also provides information to help people manage finances and ensure they are claiming all benefits and entitlements.
Find out how to access the support available at
www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/resident/Benefits-and-Grants/Benefits-and-grants-for-disabled-people/Pages... and carers.org/around-the-uk-our-work-in-wales/carers-support-fund-wales-programme#faq-123 ... See MoreSee Less
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