GVS, with thanks to funding from Welsh Government, is administering a small grants scheme to help non profit groups and organisations in the Vale of Glamorgan who are actively working in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Integrated Health and Social Care Partnership has allocated £100,000.00 funding from the Welsh Government’s Integrated Care Fund (ICF), to support new or additional or revised third sector community services in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. Deadline for applications is 12noon, 28th May 2021

Each week, we focus on the work that GP practices across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan are achieving as part of our Covid-19 mass vaccination programme with a round-up update.

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To celebrate MS Awareness Week (19-25 April 2021), we’re taking the opportunity to highlight the achievements of a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patient who has impressed us all with his determined fundraising efforts.

Taking the COVID-19 vaccines currently licensed in the UK does not invalidate the fast, as per the opinion of Islamic scholars. Individuals should not delay their COVID vaccinations on the account of Ramadan.

The Vale of Glamorgan Council will be holding online focus groups regarding their Climate Change Challenge Plan.

If you are experiencing abuse, you can ask for ANI at your pharmacy to get help and support.

We have launched our consultation on Project Zero, the Council’s Climate Change Challenge Plan.

Carers UK have launched a new survey for unpaid carers to help understand carers' experience of health services, support services and breaks during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey will be open until 25 April and will take 15-20 minutes to complete.

As part of the project, we would like to invite professionals from social services, third sector services, private sector services and university staff/students, who have knowledge and experience of funding dementia care, to interview.

On the 29th of April at 2pm, MS Society Cymru will be hosting the first Pontio project on-line Community Cafe all about enhancing your mood.

Patients of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan experiencing medical emergencies can now be treated in the community, thanks to an innovative new joint service from the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (CAVUHB) and Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST).

The Capital Investment Fund is open for applications from Tuesday 20th April 2021, with a deadline for submission of 12pm on Friday, 28th May 2021.

All those who cannot work from home are being encouraged to access lateral flow self-test kits as they are rolled out across Wales.

The rapid coronavirus testing kits will be available to collect from local test sites across Wales from Friday (16 April) this week.

Each week, we focus on the work that GP practices across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan are achieving as part of our Covid-19 mass vaccination programme with a round-up update.

A cheap drug, commonly used to treat asthma, can help people at home recover more quickly from Covid-19, a UK trial has found.

Scientists involved in a ground-breaking COVID-19 genetic research study are urgently asking people in Cardiff, Swansea and Newport who caught the virus to donate a small amount of blood to their project.

Public Health Wales supports the expert scientific advice of UK expert groups that the benefits of vaccination with all COVID-19 vaccines in use continue to outweigh the risks of COVID-19.