At Home Instead we run our yearly campaign “Be a Santa to a Senior” to help gather donated gifts from shops and the general public and distribute them to our local elderly and lonely residents.

To see the latest bulletin from the Wales Council of the Blind, please click this link

Cardiff & Vale Regional Partnership Ageing Well update

The Cardiff and Vale Regional Partnership Board (or ‘RPB’) is made up of partners from health, social care and the third sector. We would like to invite you to have your say in our plans for health and social services.

Vacancies at ValePlus for Chief Managing Officer and Teacher Additional Learning Needs (ALN). Closing date for both vacancies is 28th November

More than £51m is being invested to replace older diagnostic imaging equipment across NHS Wales and to speed up waiting times, Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced.

Dental services in Wales will receive an extra £3m of new funding this year to support the recovery from the pandemic and improve access.

We are thrilled that the Lantern Parade is back to turn on the Christmas lights in Llantwit Major again this year. The crowd will gather at CF61 on the 27th of November, for a 6pm start. Then the Parade will proceed through Llantwit with their lanterns, turning on the Christmas lights as they go.

Hours: 35 hours per week. Contract: Full Time, Fixed Term for 12 months with the possibility of extension, depending on contract. Salary: £21,276 per annum. The closing date for the applications is midday on Monday 29th November 2021.

Salary: £21,276 per annum. Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday 9.30am-5pm, however there is some requirement for work outside those hours. The closing date for the applications is midday on Monday 29th November 2021.

The Welsh Government has developed a national framework for the delivery of bereavement care in Wales.

Are you in need of funding? Are you in need of training? Do you want peer to peer support? Ever wondered how to write that perfect grant application? Ever thought that working with other organisations might produce a better outcome?

Mae GVS yn credu iddo wneud gwahaniaeth i'r cymunedau y mae'n eu gwasanaethu, rhwng Ebrill 2020 a Mawrth 2021, yn ystod cyfnod pan gymerodd sefydliadau a gwirfoddolwyr safiad unedig yn erbyn y pandemig.

Vacancy for an Independent Advocate. Closing date for applications: 5pm Thurs 25th Nov 2021

The Minister for Health and Social Services is looking to appoint two new Non-Executive Director roles, to join the Public Health Wales Board.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board’s Medical Illustration Department have been rewarded for an outstanding year at the Institute of Medical Illustrators awards (IMI).

The new Suicide and Self Harm Prevention Strategy for Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan commits organisations to work together to support all those affected or at risk, by offering ‘the right support, at the right time, in the right way for everyone’.

The St Luke’s and St Pauls, Clean Slate Connected, Cleaner Greener & Healthier Neighbourhood Programme is looking to recruit volunteers to kick start their Food Pod at the St Luke’s and St Pauls estate in Penarth. Food Pod offers low cost food (tinned, perishable/non-perishable) to local residents operating on a pay as you can afford basis.

Last night our nursing and midwifery staff were recognised and commended for the outstanding work they have undertaken during the last year, at the 2021 RCN Wales Nurse of the Year Awards.

Benthyg’s Library of things is based at the Awesome Wales Shop on Holton Road in Barry.  The public can donate items they no longer use that can be borrowed by others for a small fee.