Community news
Here is a selection of stories about how we are involved in our local communities.
Exhibition bittersweet experience for ex-workers
09 Oct 2008
Visitors to the latest exhibition at Newport’s Riverfront are enjoying a poignant reminder of the city’s industrial past.
Corus invests £10,000 in disability sport
06 Oct 2008
Corus is investing £10,000 in a major sports programme that will see hundreds of Neath Port Talbot children and young people with disabilities taking part in a wide range of activities.
River festival organisers praying for drought
06 Aug 2008
Organisers of a unique Port Talbot valleys festival are keeping their fingers crossed that rain won’t halt play at this year’s event.
Youngsters get their kicks from sport
06 Aug 2008
A martial arts club in one of Neath Port Talbot’s most deprived communities is having a dramatic impact in reducing juvenile crime.
Sunshine bathes round the pier swimmers
13 Jul 2008
Once again the weather favoured Aberavon as the annual Round the Pier Swim was bathed in sunshine for the second miserable summer in a row.
Crucial extra-curricular activity for pupils
09 Jul 2008
Children in Neath Port Talbot will be starting secondary school better prepared than ever before to meet the challenges of becoming an older pupil in a different environment.
Neath Carnival turns back the (musical) clock
02 Jul 2008
Next weekend’s Neath Carnival boasts a line-up of musical artists fit to grace any festival taking place in the UK this summer.
Pilgrimage to Lourdes – via jumbulance
02 Jul 2008
A party of ill and disabled people will enjoy some respite when they leave Neath Port Talbot later this month for a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
MP and MD shown the ropes at sailing club
20 Jun 2008
Aberavon MP, Hywel Francis was recently shown the ropes at Corus Sailing Club, Margam, to celebrate the donation of a grant from the company for new training facilities.
Newport youngsters take lead in anti-social strategy
17 Jun 2008
Young residents of a Newport estate are playing a pivotal role in making life there safer and happier by taking the lead in an initiative aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour.
Disability no obstacle for NPT pupils
12 Jun 2008
More than 100 schoolchildren with disabilities from across Neath Port Talbot competed in a range of track and field events as part of the county’s annual Sport for All Indoor Athletics Tournament.
Somerton youngsters showcase their artistic skills
12 Jun 2008
It will be strictly dancing—and singing and acting—at Newport’s Riverfront Theatre later next weekend when young people from across the city show off their talents at a day of workshops.
Corus helps patients get more comfortable
15 May 2008
South Wales’ newest hospital will soon be able to help make life more comfortable for its patients, thanks to a significant grant from local employer Corus.
Hundreds converge on NHSOB tournament
15 May 2008
One of the biggest mini rugby tournaments in South Wales was blessed with glorious weather and hundreds of players and spectators.
Festival features cream of UK folk
08 May 2008
The highlight of the South Wales folk calendar gets underway this weekend with what promises to be one of the best music and dance festivals ever held in Newport.
And they're off...
02 Apr 2008
Corus Port Talbot was the venue for a contest to find racing car designers of the future when it hosted the South Wales regional finals of the F1 in Schools Formula One Technology Challenge.
Youngsters help strengthen community spirit
17 Mar 2008
Young people with special needs are helping make their community a nicer place, while working their way towards gaining one of the UK’s most popular awards for youngsters.
Belated Christmas celebrations attract hundreds
27 Feb 2008
Christmas arrived a little late for communities in the Upper Afan Valley – but almost 400 people still enjoyed the festivities to the full.
Corus helps boxers sting like a hornet
25 Feb 2008
A boxing club that lists a Commonwealth medallist among its former members is continuing to uphold Port Talbot’s fine tradition of producing champion fighters.
Steelmen take on the Scarlets!
20 Feb 2008
Followers of Welsh National League rugby will get the chance to watch it with a sprinkling of Premiership stardust this week when Corus Saints entertain Llanelli Scarlets.
This stagecoach is made of steel!
20 Feb 2008
The Deadwood Stage a-headin’ on over the hills in Port Talbot this April will be driven with support from Corus.
Working towards wellbeing
15 Feb 2008
Corus has passed along some good advice to its employees about going to work each day.
Steelworkers’ helping arms boost blood stocks
14 Feb 2008
Workers at Corus Port Talbot have been credited with helping avert potential problems in Wales’s hospitals caused by plummeting blood supplies.
Corus steps up to the Challenge
19 Jan 2008
One of the most prestigious cross-country races in Britain – and the leading event of its kind in Wales - has won significant sponsorship from Corus.
Future of top 10k secured by Corus support
21 Dec 2007
One of the UK’s most prestigious road races, held in memory of arguably Wales’s greatest ever actor, has been given a significant financial boost by Corus.
Burns Club children get Christmas party cheer
20 Dec 2007
Children who have suffered from burns injuries enjoyed a fun-packed Christmas party after it looked as though a lack of funds meant it would have to be cancelled.
Corus backs anti-bullying campaign
22 Nov 2007
Corus is helping to take into schools the message that bullied children can find help and support with just a single phone call.
Corus helps power sparkling Christmas
16 Nov 2007
Neath, Port Talbot and Pontardawe’s Christmas lights will be powered this year with support from Corus.
Popular choir strikes chord with Corus
08 Nov 2007
A Welsh male choir that is bucking the trend for falling membership and attracting some of the world’s leading guest artists has also found financial support from a local employer.
Corus team makes molehills of mountains
30 Oct 2007
A team of Corus workers swapped the heat of the steel mill for the bracing air of Britain’s highest mountains to raise money for a local charity.
Corus workers raise coffee mugs for Macmillan
17 Oct 2007
Hundreds of Corus staff took a coffee break with a difference at a recent conference, helping to raise £1,500 for charity.
Corus champions Sparkle campaign
15 Oct 2007
Newport employer Corus has thrown its support behind the Sparkle Appeal by donating £1,000 to the children’s centre project.
Community restores church’s crowning glory
02 Oct 2007
The combined efforts of three local businesses have resulted in a Margam church seeing its former crowning glory restored.
CISS walkers brave the elements
24 Sep 2007
Around 40 steelworkers, police drivers, their families and friends braved driving rain and wind last Sunday to complete a 52-mile sponsored walk.
Children’s cancer charity gets Corus boost
29 Aug 2007
An innovative Welsh support group for children with cancer has received a boost for its main fundraising thrust from Corus.
Caldicot charity ready for Chernobyl mission
21 Aug 2007
When Marcia Doyle heard about the horrors that befell the people of Belarus as a result of the Chernobyl explosion 21 years ago, she didn’t just – like the rest of us, perhaps – make a donation to charity in the hope that it would help the affected communities to recover.
Sea cadets sail into 21st century
09 Aug 2007
One of Neath’s oldest voluntary youth groups is enjoying a 21st century update, with the help of a grant of more than £3,000.
Chaplain takes up plight of Romanian sewer children
08 Aug 2007
A Neath minister is making it his personal mission to improve the lives of orphaned children forced to live in sewers in Romania.
Sensory garden soothes dementia patients
17 Jul 2007
A Neath hospital that provides a safe haven for people with dementia is now also able to offer them somewhere to relax with loved ones.
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