The first patients in Wales have received antiviral tablets for Covid to take at home.

Following a long and illustrious career that has spanned four decades, Ruth has worked continuously in the NHS in both England and Wales and joined Cardiff and Vale UHB in 2009. In 2019 she received an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to the nursing in the NHS.

Vacancy for Welsh speaking Dementia Advisers. Closing date 27th January 2022

The recently filmed Additional Learning Needs Q&A video is now live.

The Youth Led Grants Panel are delighted to announce that applications are now open for 2021/22 youth led grant fund. The fund is a grant for youth volunteering projects and activities that take place in the Vale of Glamorgan. The Panel will be awarding grants of up to £450.

Citizens Advice Rhondda Cynon Taff is part of the Big Energy Saving Network. We are currently providing FREE energy training sessions to frontline workers, and community groups supporting members of the public across South Wales, to identify the signs of fuel poverty.

The COVID-19 Response Fund is available to support any asset of outstanding importance to national heritage and which is at risk due to the impact of COVID-19.

This guide is designed to help working carers identify themselves as carers and raise awareness of their legal rights for support in the community and the workplace.

Health and Social Care Committee updates

This scheme aims to help people with long-term physical or mental health conditions and their carers to provide clear information to health and care staff who may need to visit their home in an emergency.

The Green Match Fund is a match funding campaign for charities that are working on environmental issues as part of their core mission.

RNID offer a range of services including:

Post diagnostic service - for people who have just had a recent hearing loss diagnosis.

Time for Me - a befriending service for people who have hearing loss.

Help needed in our charity shop

Working together to raise awareness, address stigma, and reduce gambling related harms experienced by women.

Today the Senedd’s Health and Social Care Committee is launching a new inquiry, focusing on mental health inequalities across different groups in society.

Our Health Board continues to face extreme pressures across services which includes maternity. At times we have had to initiate a temporary closure of our Midwifery Led Unit and home birth services to ensure we continue to provide high-quality, safe and effective care. We apologise that temporary closures of this nature are likely to persist as we navigate ongoing pressures through this wave of COVID-19. Our ability to safely maintain these services for women, birthing people and their families remains under constant review.

Help us to help you this winter urges Health Minister Eluned Morgan as more funding to relieve pressures and help the NHS and social care this winter is announced.

The Vale Public Services Board (PSB) is consulting on its second Well-being Assessment  which will be published in April 2022.  The assessment is an important part of the PSB’s work as it covers issues relating to social, economic, cultural and environmental well-being in the Vale.

For the latest Bulletin for the Wales Council of the Blind please click this link

Local community groups and charities operating in the Vale of Glamorgan are encouraged to sign-up to Glamorgan Voluntary Services’ (GVS) membership to gain unrivalled and expert support. GVS supports over 700 organisations and membership is free for 90% of organisations.