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Golden Projects to get over 60s Active
Funding for organisations who deliver physical activities - also can you volunteer to help people get active?
FREE Falls Brief Intervention & Awareness Course
FREE Falls Brief Intervention & Awareness Course for all practitioners or volunteers working with or supporting people aged 60+.
State of Caring Survey 2021
The State of Caring Survey is the UK’s most comprehensive research into the lives and experience of carers and the 2021 survey is now open. Carers Wales needs your help to get as many carers as possible to complete the survey so that they have robust quality evidence for our Wales report.
NHS Network ensures vulnerable safeguarded despite unprecedented challenge of pandemic
According to a new report, published today by Public Health Wales, The NHS Wales Safeguarding Network effectively managed to continue its vital work to protect vulnerable groups despite the significant increase in demand and extreme challenges caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.
‘Getting your flu jab and COVID booster is so important this autumn,’ urges Health Minister Eluned Morgan as flu vaccination programme expanded
Wales is set to see its largest ever flu vaccination programme this autumn, with the jab being offered to all those aged over 50 and all secondary school children.
Welsh Ambulance Service July 2021 Info Burst
See the latest info burst from the Welsh Ambulance Service.
New guide helps communicators tackle Coronavirus misinformation
A new Public Health Wales guide has been devised to help communicators and people working with social media to know how to deal with misinformation about the virus.
Food Vale works in partnership to improve access to a good meal for everyone, everyday
Access to affordable, healthy and nutritious food is a struggle for many families across the Vale of Glamorgan. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an increasingly challenging situation, which has seen people’s financial circumstances change and a sharp rise in the demand for affordable food.
Delivering physical activity in Barry? Golden Pass to provide eight free sessions for selected residents
If you would like to be registered as a Golden Pass Provider, please complete this expression of interest form and we will be in touch to confirm further details about how the scheme will work and how your organisation can benefit.
Golden Fund – Open to any organisation willing to offer new activity for people aged 60+
Vale of Glamorgan Council (VOG) Healthy Living Team are proudly working in partnership with Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, Sport Wales and a host of third sector organisations to improve physical activity and sport opportunities for residents aged 60+ focusing on communities of highest need across the Vale of Glamorgan.
Launch of the first ever Men's Shed Toolkit for UK and Ireland
We are excited to launch the first ever Men’s Shed Toolkit for the UK and Ireland; brought to you by Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) and the National Lottery Community Fund.
Three Vale of Glamorgan Council employees recognised as Care Stars
Joanne Jones and Julia Sky from the Council’s Healthy Living Team and Jane Carter from Flying Start have all been recognised as Care Stars in the Social Care Wales Care Stars Awards
Covid in Wales: Self-isolation rules to ease for double jabbed
Wales will become the first UK country to stop asking fully vaccinated adults to self-isolate after close contact with a positive Covid case.
Under-18s invited for their first COVID-19 vaccine in Wales
Young people who are about to turn 18 are being invited to have their COVID-19 vaccine in Wales.
Carers Survey
Carers Trust Wales is carrying out a study on the needs and experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) carers in Wales with the aim to transform the recognition, respect and support they receive in health and social care settings.
Vacancies at Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
Vacancies with Research, Innovation and Improvement Coordination (RI&IC) hub - Bright Spots Project Managers NHS Band 7/equivalent
Shielding experienced decline in health care use, and at higher risk of poor mental health, during pandemic
A new report, published today by Public Health Wales, identifies marked declines in hospital care during the Coronavirus pandemic amongst those clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) to severe Coronavirus symptoms and advised to shield; and that this population were at a higher risk of experiencing poorer mental health than the general population from March to September 2021.
Are middle-aged people more unhealthy than ever?
About one in three middle-aged Britons has multiple health conditions - such as chronic back pain, mental ill health and high blood pressure, a study suggests.