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Kenfig.org Local Community Group is a registered community group operating within the Bridgend County Borough through Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations (BAVO).

The Kenfig.org website project is funded and supported by the Welsh Assembly Government.

The Kenfig.org website project is funded by Bridgend County Borough Council.

The Kenfig.org Local Community Group owns the exclusive publishing rights to a comprehensive website documenting the entire history of the old Kenfig Borough / old Bro Cynffig.

The Kenfig.org website project has been awarded Heritage Status.

Without casting shadows and dispersions over some in our local community, there are however, some individuals and committee members alike, within some local organisations who are under the illusion that their organisation(s) owns the history to the immediate Kenfig and surrounding areas.

They fail to understand that history belongs to the public, they themselves have obtained the information they hold from reference libraries, the public records office and the like, which are public bodies - information that is held in the public domain, for the general public.

Since we set up the Kenfig.org website project and turned it into a community group, there have been some local party politics that have emerged, some with a view determined to try to undermine this successful online project.

There are still some organisations in the immediate local community who will not ackowledge the existence of the Kenfig.org Local Community Group and refuse to communicate with us entirely - even though our community group is recognised by the Government and many influential institutions globally.

There are still some in the immediate local community who are under the illusion that they own the history to the area and it is they who are going to construct a comprehensive website aping what the Kenfig.org Local Community Group has already established - we say, carry on... just remember the legal issues surrounding a decision of this nature and the legal costs involved.

The Kenfig.org Local Community Group is responsible for the Kenfig Heritage website which has the full backing and support of the Welsh Assembly Government in all its endeavours.

Due to our Heritage Status, we have been granted permission to obtain information for the Kenfig.org website from various sources, most of which are in the public domain. If we feel it is in the interests of the nation's heritage and more so, in the interests of every child's education both locally, nationally and internationally, we will utilize that information within our website project from whatever the angle; we give full accreditation where all information is obtained from throughout the website as per norm.

The Kenfig.org website project has been given full use of all materials contained within Bridgend County Borough Council's Library and Information Services department.

The Kenfig.org Local Community Group operates within the areas of North Cornelly, Pyle, Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribbwr - in recent years some local politics have emerged within the immediate locality which has caused some confusion as to whom is doing what... as far as a local history website is concerned.

As part of our website objectives in providing news and information to the local communities, especially where public monies are concerned and of which have been spent on attempting to ape the Kenfig.org history project and where we need the full support of the communities for the Kenfig.org website project, we feel it is acceptable to advise the public of this situation that has arisen within our own communities under the Freedom of Information Act.