Sharing news from across the sight loss sector in Wales

Citizens Advice Cardiff & Vale are currently offering a series of on-line training courses via Zoom. These sessions will be delivered by our experienced debt trainers.

Today (23 March 2022) marks the second year anniversary since Wales’ first lockdown, in response to Coronavirus.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is joining organisations across the UK in reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 57,000 unpaid carers in Wales will receive a £500 payment in recognition of the ’pivotal role’ they have played during the pandemic.

The Health Board’s Primary Care Optometry and Secondary Care Glaucoma teams, along with Gareth Bulpin, National Architect Eye Care Digitisation NHS Wales, have been awarded this year’s Excellence in Glaucoma Care award for their work to improve eye care for patients across Wales.

Communities across the Vale are taking the reins this year in the second Food Vale festival.

Charities supporting people through bereavement will benefit from £3m in funding over the next three years the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Lynne Neagle has announced today.

Communities First are holding a Jobs Fair on Friday 25th March, 10am to 2pm.

111 launches in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan

A new publication by the Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit (WCISU) at Public Health Wales has shown that the long term decrease in the cancer death rate has accelerated over the past two years.

Llanilltyd Fawr in Flower (LFF) is a small, financially sound Charity based in Llantwit Major. Our mission is to improve the environment of our Town by planting beds, planters, baskets and green spaces for the benefit of the townspeople, its businesses and visitors.

Now is the chance for parents, carers and other adults to have their say on playing in the Vale. We want to know whether they think children and young people have the time and space they need for playing and hanging out. Complete our online play survey. Closing date is 8th April.

Spring COVID-19 booster vaccinations are being rolled out in Wales from this week.

To see the latest information from the Wales Council of the Blind please click this link.

Paper-based requests for laboratory tests made by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board’s Emergency Unit have been cut by 97% in less than one month.

Welsh Government is providing an additional £500,000 to improve community access to defibrillators and to boost out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates in Wales.

Two Non-Executive Director (NED) appointments have been made to the Public Health Wales Board by the Minister for Health and Social Services.

Paper-based requests for laboratory tests made by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board’s Emergency Unit have been cut by 97% in less than one month.

A national robotic-assisted surgery programme allowing surgeons to perform complex procedures with more precision and control is being introduced in Wales, the Health Minister has announced.