It is always a pleasure to see local businesses going from strength to strength. Bridgend based publishing company Seren, will be celebrating their 30th anniversary linking with Bridgend’s Feastival which kicks off on the 30th September. The Feastival, Bridgend’s alternative food festival, runs from 30th September to 1st October and promises to top the excitement

I was pleased to note the important issue of disability hate crime gain a mention in the Senedd recently, when Rebecca Evans AM discussed the Mencap report ‘Living in fear’. The report notes that over 90% of people with a learning disability had suffered some form of physical or verbal abuse from people they did

The recent announcement from the UK Government to close 7 Remploy factories in Wales including the Bridgend Remploy is disappointing and deeply upsetting for disabled people employed in the factories. This is the latest hit to disabled people as part of the UK Government’s welfare reform. I met a number of Remploy workers at a