(WCVA News) We take a look at how voluntary organisations and volunteers in Wales can take part in Volunteers’ Week and celebrate volunteering success.

It was announced last Friday (12 April) that Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith, Wales’s two children’s hospices, are set to receive a combined funding boost of £770,000 from the Welsh Government.

9am - 3.45pm

Available dates: Monday 20 May 2024 or Monday 1 July 2024

Venue: St Paul's Community Centre, Arcot Street Penarth CF64 1EU

CAVDAS are recruiting for a number of roles within Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, please click here to view the vacancies.

Are you an unpaid carer or do you support someone living with MS? Do you need time out? If so, would you like to benefit from a short break which can include anything from a weekend away , trips to the cinema, a meal out, an art class our some gym sessions?

Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC), Glamorgan voluntary Services (GVS) and Cardiff & Vale Action for Mental Health (cavamh) are co-ordinating two meetings open to members of C3SC, GVS and the Cardiff and Vale Mental Health Forum to discuss and respond to the draft Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy

Health Secretary Eluned Morgan has today announced Welsh hospices will receive £4m in government funding to continue their vital work.

There were a total of 869 school exclusions as a result of alcohol or drugs amongst school aged children in 2022-23. That’s an increase of 119 per cent from 2020-21 and up 16.5 per cent from 2018-19. This is the highest number of exclusions since 2011-12. These figures are highlighted in the Data Mining Wales report – an annual statistical report summarising substance misuse data for Wales. It aims to better explore the evidence of substance misuse over the life course, starting with prenatal, moving through childhood and incorporating youth and older adults.

Public Health Wales is working with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board to investigate two further cases of measles which have been confirmed in the Gwent area, bringing the overall total to four cases.

The 11th April is recognised each year as World Parkinson’s Day. To support the occasion and Parkinson’s UK’s ‘Light it Blue’ campaign, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board are lighting the lake blue at the University Hospital of Wales.

The Welsh Government and BMA Wales’ three national committees representing consultants, SAS doctors and junior doctors have today agreed to formal negotiations about pay.

The new and improved Volunteering Wales website is a simple, effective and completely free way for organisations to recruit and manage volunteers.

With the extra clothes banks we are eager to take on volunteers to help in Barry and to help sort donations in St Athan. 

Dental public health experts have welcomed findings showing a reduction in the number of reported child dental extractions under general anaesthetic over the last decade.

A review of existing evidence produced by Public Health Wales as part of the collaboration with the Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre shows that interventions to address digital exclusion in older adults can increase uptake and digital literacy while also improving people's own perception of their own abilities, and willingness to use technology.

A new resource to help organisations use long-term thinking to reduce health inequalities is being launched by Public Health Wales in partnership with the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner. It provides tools and case studies which show how we can move on from just treating disease to promoting good health and preventing illness whenever we can.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is delighted to have been awarded Macro Employer of the Year at the Apprenticeship Awards Cymru 2024.

As the new school term starts, parents and guardians are being reminded of the importance of their children having two doses of the MMR vaccination.

Hundreds of women and children descended on the Cardiff City Stadium for a special Ramadan celebration that also gave guests vital public health information.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is delighted to support National Supported Internship Day, a celebration of the huge impact a supported internship can have on both individuals and organisations alike.