Thursday 29 September 2022, 11am – 12.45pm.

Looking to build confidence or gain new skills? Kids gone back to school? Time on your hands?

It’s time to VOLUNTEER

A new report published by the Primary Care Division, Public Health Wales, highlights the distinctions and synergies between, physical and mental health services, wellbeing activities and community assets; and social prescribing.

The risks of carbon monoxide poisoning increase as we move towards Autumn and Winter. The Gas Safe Charity continues to offer more of their popular and free carbon monoxide awareness workshops.

Please click the link to see the latest bulletin from the Wales Council of the Blind.

COPA are a small charity run by older people for older people in Wales.

They want to change and improve the lives of older people in Wales.

From 1st September 2022, Welsh Government legislation requires all mental health settings to be entirely smoke-free. This includes all residential units, wards, buildings, grounds and vehicles on our site.

As part of our Sense Active programme, we have a few upcoming physical activity opportunities. These activities are for anyone aged 18+ with two or more disabilities. This can be a physical and learning disability, visual and hearing loss, autism.

The WEDINOS Annual Report for 2020-21, published by Public Health Wales, has identified that substitutions in the illicit sales of the sedative Diazepam remains alarmingly high, with 57.3 percent of samples submitted not containing any diazepam at all.

The roll-out of the autumn Covid-19 booster has started today (September 1st) in Wales with care home residents and staff across Wales the first to receive the vaccine.

Please click the link for Race Council Cymru’s latest newsletter: RCC Summer Newsletter 2022 (mailchi.mp)

The scheme comes to an end at midnight on 31 August. No absences started on or after 1 September will be covered by the scheme.

Please click the link for the latest newsletter from Action for Elders. NEWS_SHEET_26th_August_2022.pdf (mcusercontent.com)

Cardiff and Vale Regional Partnership Board are looking for an unpaid carer to join our Board to influence and plan long-term support and services across the region.

Following the driest five-month period in more than 40 years, Natural Resources Wales have extended the drought warning announced earlier this month for Pembrokeshire and parts of Carmarthenshire, to cover all of South and Mid Wales.

Carers Wales need your help. The State of Caring Survey helps build a picture and provides vital information of issues faced by unpaid carers.

There are still many individuals who are not accessing their health checks. Cardiff & Vale Regional Partnership Board would like some help to understand why. 

We are incredibly proud that four Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) colleagues have been featured in this year’s Pinc List.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Cardiff & Vale Health Charity are proud to unveil ‘Dance Together’ — a vibrant piece of art designed by Welsh artist Karen O’Shea.

The first ever festival for young carers in Wales is taking place this week (23-25 August).