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Moves by smartphone and tablet manufacturers to make their devices less damaging to sleep have been praised by a leading doctor.

UK doctors in Sheffield say patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are showing "remarkable" improvements after receiving a treatment usually used for cancer.

More help is needed for veterans with Gulf War Syndrome, the Royal British Legion has said, as it marks 25 years since the beginning of that conflict.

Public Health Wales has issued advice on protecting health and wellbeing during extremely cold weather following a drop in temperatures across Wales this week.

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GVS are considering producing a film to promote the work we do with and for the local voluntary sector.

A new law reforming the way Wales’ social care and support services are regulated and inspected will be implemented by April 2019, the Welsh Government has announced.

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The Arts Council of Wales is currently accepting applications from Wales-based arts organisations for funding to take part in Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016.

Grants to encourage and support organisations in the UK which increase access to swimming and provide activities aimed at helping individuals and communities enjoy the benefits of swimming throughout their lives.

Funding is available for not-for-profit organisations in Wales for sports projects that will leave a legacy.

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales is currently accepting initial applications to its Invest Grants programme. The Foundation, which has moved from a rolling grants programme to a grant rounds approach, is accepting applications for Round 2 with a deadline of 4 March 2016.

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales is currently accepting initial applications to its Enable Grants programme. The Foundation, which has moved from a rolling grants programme to a grant rounds approach, is accepting applications for Round 2 with a deadline of 4 March 2016.

The Hospital Saturday Fund is accepting applications from registered health charities in the UK for both its Standard and Large Grants programme.

Small charities sometimes have a problem defining and implementing IT solutions that effectively support their operations. Typically this is because they find it difficult to access professional IT advice, which would help identify the most cost effective solution to meet their needs.

Non-emergency patient transport services in Wales will be enhanced and their operating hours extended as part of wide-ranging plans to modernise the service, Deputy Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced.

Pregnant women in the UK should soon get a safer and more accurate test for Down's syndrome on the NHS, to reduce the risk of miscarriage.

Taking readings of brain activity before patients go for surgery could help doctors give a more accurate dose of anaesthetic, researchers suggest.

Medical researchers hope a new bank storing tissue from patients will give them a clearer insight into pancreatic cancer.

Labels should be added to food and drink to show how much activity would be needed to burn off the calories consumed, the Royal Society for Public Health says.

Online music videos are heavily exposing teenagers to positive depictions of smoking and drinking alcohol, research suggests.

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A scientist has been making her case to be the first in the UK to be allowed to genetically modify human embryos.

A free Safeguarding Children (level 2) training course is being held on the 11th February.

Public Health Wales’ Screening Division has released its second Annual Statistical Report from the Wales Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme (WAAASP).

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Grants of between £500 and £1,000 are available for small, locally based groups or organisations across Wales that are doing great work to help local people living tough lives.

The next Rural Connections Bonvilston Group will be on Tuesday 19th January at 10.00am until 12.00pm at the Reading Rooms at a cost of £2. The activity will be Craft, board games and chat.

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Assessment and treatment services for people with wet-AMD, which can cause swift sight loss, will be moved out of hospitals closer to people’s homes in some parts of Wales following a £400,000 investment by the Welsh Government.

A service that has been complimented on its improvements has won this month’s Clinical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Clinical Board Staff Recognition Award.

Adults in Wales who were physically or sexually abused as children or brought up in households where there was domestic violence, alcohol or drug abuse are more likely to adopt health-harming and anti-social behaviours in adult life.

Eating potatoes or chips on most days of the week may increase a woman's risk of diabetes during pregnancy, say US researchers.

Being overweight or obese may increase a man's risk of aggressive prostate cancer, researchers believe after doing animal and human cell studies.

A National conference in support of the development of community Perinatal mental Health services will be held on the 10th March 2016.

This is a reminder that if your organisation is marking Holocaust Memorial Day 2016 however big or small to please let me know what you have planned.

A principal goal of the Social Services and Well-being Wales Act is to enable people as they age, to overcome the barriers which prevent them from achieving and maintaining well-being and to do so as far as possible without having to turn to formal social care interventions.

On 24 February 2016, we will be hosting our first Carers Trust Wales conference at the Pierhead Building, Cardiff.

Race Equality First would like invite you to the Vale Disability Forum on 9th February 2016, 2pm-4.30pm @ Ty-Hapus, 163 Holton Road, Barry, CF63 4HP.

Nearly £22m of grant funding has been awarded to organisations and projects which support vulnerable children, adults and older people by the Welsh Government, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford announced today.

A team of biomedical scientists, led by a group from Public Health Wales, delivered two National Pathology Week events to students from across South Wales.

GVS' latest news appropriate to the local voluntary sector

The Friendly AdvantAGE befriending project will cease operation at the end of March 2016.

GVS will be hosting a workshop and Funding Surgery with the Heritage Lottery Fund on Wednesday 27th January 2016.

The Rural Connections Ewenny Group's next coffee morning will be on Wednesday 20th Jan at 10.00am until 12.00 noon at a cost of £2. At the Ewenny Village Hall.

The Rural Connections Llantwit Major Lunch group will next meet on Monday 18th January at 10.30am until 12.30pm at a cost of £2 at the Old School Hall. The activity will be Oldies with Geoff.

The Vale of Glamorgan Council’s Corporate Plan sets out our goals for making the Vale of Glamorgan a better place to live, work and visit. Our vision is for the Vale of Glamorgan to have 'strong communities' with a bright future.

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