A new report from the Healthy Working Wales team at Public Health Wales highlights the many ways that employers in Wales have stepped up to the mark and are leading the way on prioritising their employees’ mental and physical health and wellbeing during and following the Coronavirus pandemic.

The theme for Carers Week 2022 is ‘make caring visible, valued and supported’.  6,000 people in the UK start looking after someone close to them, unpaid, every day.

Banning the sale of energy drinks for under-16s and limiting hot food takeaways near schools are among new ideas to improve the health of young people and stop the rising rates of obesity in Wales.

Activities and Group Services sheet for Cardiff and the Vale to August 2022

ASIST is a two day, interactive training workshop that prepares participants to provide suicide first aid interventions. Advocacy Support Cymru has workshops scheduled throughout the year

Bowel Cancer UK know that there is an increased interest and questions about bowel cancer and bowel screening within communities following the recent media coverage of Dame Deborah James (our Patron and bowel cancer patient). There are many things we have available to support the Wales community.

Here at SENSE in Wales we now have the ‘Sense Active Project’ which is targeting increased sport & physical activity for individuals with complex disabilities, including multi & single sensory impairments.

New guidance to support healthcare professionals to respond to the outbreak of Monkeypox has been agreed by the UK’s four public health agencies - Public Health Wales (PHW), UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Public Health Scotland (PHS), and Public Health Agency Northern Ireland (PHA).

To celebrate the start of Volunteers’ Week, we want to highlight the invaluable contributions our volunteers make to Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB).  

Unpaid carers in Wales will benefit from a support scheme helping them to buy basic essential items during the cost-of-living crisis.

Deputy Minister for Social Services, Julie Morgan has today (Tuesday 31 May) announced the appointment of Helen Mary Jones to the Social Care Wales Board.

The Golden Pass offers people aged 60+ living in the Vale of Glamorgan access to 8 free sessions of community physical activity/sport.

NYLO is a free 6 week programme that can help you feel more confident to provide a balanced diet for your child and help them to be a healthy weight. Weekly group starting at Barry Island Community Centre on the 8th June 2022.

The introductory event of the Towards a Social Prescribing Evaluation Framework was on Thursday 26th May. If you and your team/organisation are interested in taking part in the evaluation framework, please contact Lisa Griffiths to arrange a meeting with the team from the Welsh School for Social Prescribing Research who are undertaking this work. This would be to understand the work you do and what being part of the framework would entail.

We’re delighted to announce the launch of the new Dementia Friendly Vale website – a community resource created to increase the support of people affected by dementia across the Vale of Glamorgan. The website has been developed by Dementia Friendly Cowbridge in partnership with Rotary Cowbridge, and supported by Marie Curie.

Carers Wales would like to invite you to our forthcoming event taking place during Carers Week. The Wales Carers Summit: Next Steps webinar will take place on Friday 10th June, from 10.30am to 12noon.

For information on Carers week events please click the link.

To see the latest information and events from Action for Elders please click this link.

Chief Medical Officer for Wales statement on COVID-19 review: 26 May 2022.

Following an unprecedented period of disruption and uncertainty, we know that many people have experienced trauma and poor mental health. The pandemic has widened inequalities for many people in Wales and those who were vulnerable at the beginning are now facing higher levels of distress than ever before. At this ongoing difficult time, Samaritans Cymru is proud to launch a new resource for Wales, which is for anyone struggling to cope.