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Month: October 2025

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Exploring Poverty in Caerau (Llynfi Valley)

Posted on October 31, 2025October 31, 2025 By Huw Marshall

This week, we published a piece on Caerau in the Llynfi Valley, which is one of several South Wales valleys communities that feature in the top 10 of the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation. We spoke to some of the people living in and supporting the community. Here’s a taster….

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“Can’t blame somebody for a lack of opportunity that was never here”: Exploring Poverty in Caerau (Bridgend)

Posted on October 28, 2025October 29, 2025 By Sucheta Chaurisa

Nestled at the head of the Llynfi Valley of Bridgend County is Caerau, which was once a thriving mining community. The village is now quiet with only a few new commercial developments in many decades. The hazards of unemployment, poor housing, and ill health run deep in the community and…

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