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26.06.08

AM Welcomes Boost for Rural Wales

Gower Labour AM Edwina Hart has welcomed today’s announcement (Thursday 26 June) by Minister for Rural Affairs, Elin Jones AM, of a £47.8 million boost for rural communities across Wales......... Click here to read more of this article

25.06.08

Cycling Proficiency Training

Gower Labour AM Edwina Hart has welcomed today’s (Wed 25 June) announcement by Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Jane Davidson AM, for a national cycle training standard across Wales. The aim is to encourage children and young people to take up cycling by improving safety through training......... Click here to read more of this article

24.06.08

Edwina Hart AM Assembly Report - June 2008

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24.06.08

Keep Gower Tidy

Gower Labour AM Edwina Hart is delighted that schools and community groups across Gower are taking part in Tidy Wales Week........ Click here to read more of this article

18.06.08

Skills Boost as New Modern Apprenticeships Scheme Announced

More people in Gower could soon get the chance to gain new skills, thanks to a major new push by the Welsh Assembly Government to boost the number of modern apprenticeships in Wales’ most disadvantaged communities........ Click here to read more of this article

18.06.08

New £25MILLION Communities First Fund

Gower Labour AM Edwina Hart has welcomed yesterday’s announcement (Tuesday17 June) by Deputy Minister for Regeneration, Leighton Andrews AM, of the new, £25 million Communities First ‘Outcomes Fund’........ Click here to read more of this article

03.06.08

Visit by Mrs.Hart to site of new Primary Care Centre in Clydach

Mrs Edwina Hart, Assembly Member for Gower, today paid a visit to see how building work on the new health centre in Clydach was progressing........ Click here to read more of this article

14.04.08

Recycling Boost for Swansea Welcomed

Recycling efforts in City and County of Swansea are to be boosted by an extra £3.5 million over the next year, thanks to the Assembly Government........ Click here to read more of this article

25.03.08

Plastic Not so Fantastic Says AM

Gower Labour AM Edwina Hart is urging supermarkets in Gower to reduce the number of carrier bags they give away every week - or face a Government imposed levy....... Click here to read more of this article

12.03.08

Gower AM Welcomes Latest Transport Grant Boost

Gower Labour AM Edwina Hart has welcomed today’s (12 March) by Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones of an £117.6 million funding package for 2008-09, a rise of 16.2 per cent, to improve Wales’ transport infrastructure and promote more sustainable modes of transport....... Click here to read more of this article

12.03.08

Parkmill Community Project Congratulated on Funding Boost

Gower Labour AM Edwina Hart has congratulated a Gower community project...... Click here to read more of this article

25.02.08

Gower Sunday Buses Welcomed

Gower Labour AM Edwina Hart has welcomed the boost to the Gower Explorer bus network over the spring and summer..... Click here to read more of this article

25.02.08

Help for Loan Shark Victims Welcomed

Gower Labour AM Edwina Hart today welcomed the launch of a new all-Wales confidential hotline to help victims of illegal loan sharks. ..... Click here to read more of this article

21.02.08

Funding Increase for Benefit Take-Up Schemes

Efforts to increase family incomes in Gower have taken a step forward with the announcement of £3million of Assembly Government funding to extend local schemes aimed at improving the take-up of council tax benefit..... Click here to read more of this article

20.02.08

Welsh Bacc Boost Welcomed

Local Labour AM Edwina Hart today welcomed the news that more young people in Gower will be getting the chance to study Wales’ unique Welsh Baccalaureate, from September. ..... Click here to read more of this article

28.01.08

Keep Gower Tidy Says AM

COMMUNITY projects are celebrating winning extra funds to give City and County of Swansea an early spring clean thanks to the Welsh Assembly Government..... Click here to read more of this article

21.01.08

Gower politicians express “deep concern” at 3M review of operations at its Gorseinon plant

Martin Caton MP and Edwina Hart AM have both expressed their grave concern that 3M management has begun a collective consultation with the Trade Union side at Gorseinon following a decline in demand for some of the products manufactured in the local plant.... Click here to read more of this article

08.01.08

New Voice for Older People

Assembly Government appoints world’s first Commissioner for Older People.......... Click here to read more of this article

06.01.08

Hope Chapel Historic Buildings Grant

Gower Labour AM Edwina Hart has welcomed the grant award of £158,000 to carry out essential repairs and restoration work on Hope Chapel in St Teilo Street, Pontarddulais.......... Click here to read more of this article