Event: Peer Support Group for Arthritis & MSK conditions

Location: Thornhill Church, Excalibur Drive, Thornhill, Cardiff, CF14 9GA

Date: 3rd Tuesday of every month

Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

This week is National Blood Donor Week!❤️🩸Did you know, one donation can save up to 3 people's lives!Please help @WelshBloodService by sharing this message or booking a lifesaving appointment today

Support to live well with arthritis

Public health experts in Wales are highlighting the importance of providing opportunities for older people to be more socially active to protect their health. Researchers at Public Health Wales have looked at how the Covid-19 pandemic and on-going cost of living challenges have impacted the social networks of older people.

Public Health Wales has published a toolkit to help other public bodies in Wales to maximise opportunities that the Socio-Economic Duty offers, in order to improve the health outcomes for people across Wales who experience socio-economic disadvantage.

The Welsh Government will invest up to £30m to deliver more care at home or in the community and reduce the time people spend in hospitals.

Join us to learn about how arthritis can impact on sleep. We will talk about the Stages of sleep and the sleep cycle and discuss some sleep issues, triggers, strategies, and tips to improve sleep habits. Thursday – 22nd June 2023

To mark the start of #CarersWeek our Chief Executive, Suzanne Rankin, thanks unpaid carers across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, and Wales, for the contributions they make to our communities

Vacancy for a Family Support Co-ordinator. Closing date midnight 18th June 2023

Do you help to care for someone in the community (family member or friend) living in Cardiff or the Vale of Glamorgan, and need a little bit of moving and handling guidance? Do you want to know about some safer manual handling methods when assisting a person to move; or what equipment is available? On Wednesday 7 June 2023, The Vale of Glamorgan Council will be running a free drop-in course for unpaid carers who live in the Vale.

Physical activity session for unpaid carers – come and take part in free welcoming yoga

Did you know that Cardiff and Vale University Health Board produces an estimated 202,000 tonnes of harmful greenhouse gases each year – the same amount as all the households in Barry combined?

People eligible for a Covid-19 Spring Booster can now walk into a Mass Vaccination Centre (MVC) to receive their vaccine without making an appointment.

A new scheme to enable small and medium-sized enterprises, or ‘SMEs’, to access health and well-being support is being launched today by the Welsh Government.

The Welsh Government’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Andrew Goodall, has today announced that Judith Paget has been appointed on a permanent basis to the role of Director General of Health and Social Services and Chief Executive of NHS Wales.

The lifesaving electrical device has been installed outside Rondel House, Maes-Y-Cwm Street, which provides a Day Service for Older People with assessed complex needs.

Public Health Wales is urging men aged 65 to consider taking up the offer of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening, as it marks the tenth anniversary of its AAA screening programme. A recent survey conducted by Public Health Wales found that there was low awareness of the programme, with 77 per cent of the men responding not being aware of this potentially life-saving programme.

The latest survey from Public Health Wales’ Time to Talk Public Health panel has revealed that most people in Wales support reallocating road space in their local area for walking (75 percent) and cycling (68 percent). Creating an active environment is essential to support people to be physically active.

As the national public health organisation for Wales, Public Health Wales works towards a Wales where people live longer, healthier lives and where all people in Wales have fair and equal access to the things that lead to good health and wellbeing.

Nearly half of secondary school children in Cardiff have reported walking or cycling to school – the most of any local authority in Wales, a new report has found.