A council cabinet could approve the spending of £4.25million to “clean up and green up” towns, valleys and villages across Neath Port Talbot.
The meeting of Neath Port Talbot Council will be held tonight (Thursday, July 28), where members will discuss the Welsh government funding and the council’s new approved spending programme.
New leader Cllr Stephen Hunt said earlier this month improving the ‘public realm’ in Neath Port Talbot was one of the coalition’s early priorities.
Also on the agenda will be proposals to extend the Welsh government’s Flying Start programme to Margam, Gwaun Cae Gurwen and Port Talbot.
That would mean an estimated 127 extra children in the area would get specialist help and another 32 would be helped by boosting capacity in the Flying Start Outreach Programme.
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The cabinet will also be asked to approve a commissioning exercise for the delivery of Families First services in Neath Port Talbot, aimed at improving outcomes for children and young people aged up to 25 and families.
In addition to this, cabinet members will be asked to agree a regional investment plan of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund that could bring funding worth more than £27m into Neath Port Talbot.
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