Notices

NOTICE OF CO-OPTION FOR A COUNCILLOR IN OLDCASTLE WARD Bridgend Town Council currently has a vacancy for a Councillor for the Oldcastle ward which will be filled through the process of co-option. Co-opted Councillors have exactly the same rights and responsibilities as Councillors who obtain office through election.

Councillors are expected to attend the monthly meetings of the Council and can also be appointed to serve on a number of Committees. The role is varied and enables local people to use their skills and experience to enhance the work undertaken by the Council for the benefit of the local community.

Bridgend Town Council wishes to invite interested and eligible people to submit their applications for the role of Councillor by way of an application form outlining the following:

• the contribution you believe you could make to the work of the Council;
• the personal qualities that you would bring to the role;
• confirmation of your availability for attending meetings

The web-link to check your eligibility to become a Councillor is https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/candidate-or-agent/parish-and-community-council-elections-wales

The web-link to access the application form is

https://www.bridgendtowncouncil.gov.uk/your-council-town-council/councillors/elections-and-co-option/

Please make sure that you include your home address, telephone number and e-mail address in your application form.

All members of the community are welcome to apply. The Council is committed to achieving a balanced composition of Councillors that reflects the community of Bridgend.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 11^th April 2023

Applications will be considered at the Council meeting on 17^th April 2023

Further information about this vacancy and details regarding the process for selecting a person for co-option, may be obtained from The Town Clerk.

Please return your completed application form to The Town Clerk, Bridgend Town Council, Carnegie House, Wyndham Street, Bridgend, CF31 1EF or e‐mail to bridgend.tc@bridgend.gov.uk

Bridgend Town Council is co-ordinating two Remembrance events to commemorate the military and civilian servicemen and women from Britain and across the Commonwealth, who lost their lives in the two World Wars and later conflicts.

A Children & Family Remembrance Parade and Service will take place on Saturday 12th November. This event is arranged specifically for younger children and families and will provide an opportunity for primary school aged children to learn about the importance of Remembrance. Children will actively participate in the event by gathering at the top of Wyndham Street from 10.20am in readiness to march to the War Memorial in Dunraven Place, where Reverend Rachel Wheeler will conduct a short Remembrance Service. This service will take place irrespective of weather conditions (unless adverse weather deems the event dangerous). We ask that those attending dress appropriately for the weather conditions on the day.

The Bridgend Remembrance Sunday Parade and Service will take place on Sunday 13th November. The parade, led by the City of Swansea Pipe Band, will muster in Adare Street at the junction with Elder Lane from 10:25am. The parade will step off at 10.40am and march to the War Memorial, Dunraven Place for a service conducted by Reverend Rachel Wheeler. Bridgend Male Voice Choir and Lewis-Merthyr Brass Band will provide musical support.

Children under secondary school age are welcome to attend to observe the Sunday Remembrance Parade and Service with their family or carers but will not participate in the Sunday Remembrance parade.

This year, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the loss of HMS URGE in World War Two, Bridgend Town Council has extended an invite to the families of those who lost their lives on board the submarine to attend the Remembrance Service. The invitation follows events held in Malta earlier this year, including a service at St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral Valletta, a wreath laying at sea and the unveiling of a memorial to HMS URGE near where the submarine was lost on April 27th, 1942.

Francis Dickinson, grandson of the Captain of HMS URGE, Lieutenant-Commander Edward Philip Tomkinson, DSO*, RN said on behalf of the HMS URGE Families Group:

“It is a privilege for HMS URGE families to take part in Bridgend’s Remembrance Day Commemorations, 80 years after the submarine was lost with all hands in World War Two. We greatly value our ties with Bridgend, just as HMS URGE’s ship’s company did during the intense warfare of the Mediterranean naval campaign.”

Members of the group, Commander Steve Foster, RD, RNR (Rtd), and Mrs.Alison Foster, cousin of Lieutenant David Allen, DSC, RN, added:

“The families are honoured to finally fulfil the invitation from Bridgend to march through the town in recognition of the joint sacrifice made by town members who funded the cost of the submarine and those who were proud to serve in her.”

Further information regarding the Remembrance events and any changes to this event as a result of Covid-19 will be communicated via our website and Facebook Page www.facebook.com/bridgendtowncouncil

The Book of Condolence will be held in the council archives and a copy sent to Private Secretary at Buckingham Palace.

The Royal Family have an online Book of Condolence where you can leave messages of condolence https://www.royal.uk/books-condolence

Floral Tributes may be left at the War Memorial in Bridgend Town Centre.

Please Note that cellophane is to be removed from all flowers before laying by formal request of Buckingham Palace

All Flowers will be removed the morning after the State Funeral of Her Majesty The Queen

Debra Jones
Deputy Town Clerk