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Every county in Wales has a voluntary sector infrastructure body, [1] generically called a County Voluntary Council or CVC. [2] [3] The key role of a CVC is to provide advice and information to local voluntary and community groups on volunteering, funding sources and a wide range of other issues.
The area is the southernmost part of the county of Glamorgan.Between the 11th century and 1536 the area was part of the Lordship of Glamorgan. In medieval times, the village of Cosmeston, near what is today Penarth in the south east of the county, grew up around a fortified manor house constructed sometime around the 12th century by the De Costentin family. [3]
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The Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council was the local authority for the Vale of Glamorgan in South Glamorgan, Wales, created in 1974 and reconstituted in 1996 as the Vale of Glamorgan Council unitary authority. [1] It was a second tier district authority, with South Glamorgan County Council providing county-level services to the area.
St Brides Major (Welsh: Sant-y-Brid) is a community on the western edge of the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.Its largest settlement is the village of St Brides Major, and also includes the villages of Ogmore-by-Sea and Southerndown, and the hamlets of Ogmore Village, Castle-upon-Alun, Heol-y-Mynydd, Norton and Pont-yr-Brown [3] It is notable for coastal geology and scenery, limestone ...
Mid Glamorgan Scout Area is located within the South Welsh Scout Region and is named for the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan. [82] It covers the county boroughs of Bridgend, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf. [83] It is led by an area commissioner, along with a team of 16 volunteers at area and district levels. [84]
Electoral ward boundaries in the Vale of Glamorgan from 2022 Pre-2022 electoral ward boundaries in the Vale of Glamorgan. Until 2022 the county borough was divided into 23 electoral wards returning 47 councillors. Some of these wards are coterminous with communities (parishes) of the same name. Other wards may encompass several communities and ...
Clemenstone or Clemenston (Welsh: Treglement) [1] [2] is a hamlet located in the western part of the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales, southeast of Bridgend. Historically part of Glamorgan, it contains the Clemenstone Estate and House, long-time seat of the Curre family, and a Sports Academy. [3]