Research by the School Health Research Network showed that Wales experienced a rapid increase in vaping by secondary school-aged young people between 2019 and 2022, particularly among girls. Over the last year feedback from parents and headteachers in Wales suggests rates may have continued to rise and more worryingly that more young people are showing signs of problematic use or dependency.

Health Minister, Eluned Morgan, has announced the members of an advisory panel to monitor and scrutinise Welsh Government plans to improve the provision of Welsh language care in health and social care services.

Run by Compassionate Penarth, this is a shared space to learn how to make your own quick bread and to take it home to share with others. It is also a space to talk and listen to each other around our experiences of love, loss, grief and caring. It is a safe space and we will learn together.

Run by Compassionate Penarth, the circle is for all men aged 18+ and is a shared space to talk free from advice and judgement. A place to share, listen and learn from each other in the spirit of friendship, empathy and compassion.

Parents Federation are holding sessions during August. Come and meet like-minded carers and share experiences and new ideas.

Delivered by 4Winds at Grange Pavilion, Grange Gardens, Cardiff, CF11 7LJ. If managing anger is a problem for you this course will give you increased understanding, tools and techniques to deal with it.

Oak Field Primary School in Barry has received a Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes National Quality Award following an excellent assessment.

Children who missed their first dose of the HPV vaccine can now attend a special catch-up clinic later this month.

Are you supporting people over 50 living in the Vale of Glamorgan who may benefit from relationship counselling or family counselling? Relate Cymru is offering up to eight FREE sessions with a trained therapist.

A new campaign is encouraging parents to get their children’s eyes tested this summer at their local opticians.

Request from Heléna Herklots CBE, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales

Public Health Wales is seeking to work with key stakeholders to create a vision for academic public health research in Wales. This work will begin by examining the public health research landscape in Wales, before developing a vision that harnesses Wales’ unique strengths and capacity, to address the health and wellbeing challenges facing our population.

HMRC is inviting bids for funding of between £30,000 and £600,000 per year, with a maximum threshold set at 50% of your organisation’s turnover (last audited accounts). The application window opened on Monday 24 July 2023 and the window closes at 11.59 pm on Monday 21 August 2023.

Professor Jim McManus will be joining Public Health Wales as its new National Director of Health and Wellbeing in the autumn. Jim joins Public Health Wales from Hertfordshire County Council where he has been Director of Public Health for more than 11 years. He brings substantial experience in strategic working in public health and a significant track record of working at a national, United Kingdom and international level in recent years in his role as President of the UK Association of Directors of Public Health.

Cymru Versus Arthritis info session:

Online via Teams Thursday 17th August 2023, 10:30am - 11:30am

Hello! My name’s Eleri, I’m a trainee educational psychologist at Cardiff University. For my thesis research, I would like to hear from parents/carers of young adults with Down Syndrome across Wales. I would like to explore what it was like for their young person to become an adult during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sense Cymru are running their next FREE sensory walks training workshop on Tuesday 15th August. It is suitable for anyone with an interest in developing and leading a sensory walk.

Hello, my name is Jess Tempest and I work for YMCA, Healthy Relationship Service. I am the C-Card coordinator for the Vale of the Glamorgan. I can also facilitate group sessions and training for young people and professionals. The YMCA Healthy Relationship Service is a specialist and confidential Sexual Health and Relationship Service.

Thursday – 17 August 2023. Online via Teams 10.30 am – 11.30 pm

As a public health organisation, we want inclusivity to run through all aspects of the work we deliver for the people of Wales.

Our current Strategic Equality Plan – which sets out how we will address inequalities – is coming to the end of its four year cycle. During recent months we have been involving staff and stakeholders in developing some draft objectives to take us from April 2024 - March 2028.

We are now launching a consultation with the public for three months. The deadline for responses is 1 November 2023.