New services are being developed to improve access to urgent and emergency care across Wales so people get the right care, in the right place, the first time.

Our volunteers from our gardening project at CF61 in Llantwit Major have started work on the planters outside the staff entrance to the GVS offices at Illtud House. We have wooden planters and seating so our team and staff from other offices in the building can enjoy an outside space.

Public Health Wales is changing the way we report Covid-19 data as we move out of the pandemic. From Thursday 26 May daily reporting will end, and a new look weekly dashboard will be published every Thursday at 12pm.

The number of 4-5 years old children with obesity has increased in two different health board areas since 2018-19, according to the Child Measurement Programme.

Mark Bellis, Director of Policy and International Health, WHO Collaborating Centre on Investment for Health & Wellbeing at Public Health Wales, explains why studying wider population health is always essential to minimising health inequalities and improving people’s health and wellbeing, and even more so when faced with a global pandemic.

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) falls on 17 May each year. This globally recognised date was chosen to mark the decision by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to remove homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases in 1990.

The Emotional Wellbeing Service, part of Change Grow Live (CGL), was commissioned by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) back in 2016 to provide early intervention for emotional wellbeing in children and young people experiencing mild to moderate symptoms.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has launched a new service that will significantly improve treatment for people with pelvic floor disorders.

New services are being developed to improve access to urgent and emergency care across Wales so people get the right care, in the right place, the first time.

Health Minister Eluned Morgan has urged all those eligible for the Spring Covid-19 booster to take up their offer of the vaccine before 30 June.

Volunteers’ Week 1 June - 7 June is a time to say thanks. It goes without saying that volunteers have played a key role in the pandemic response. This is a time for us to come together and thank all volunteers for their invaluable contributions.

Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS) will be hosting a volunteering fayre on Thursday 9 June from 11am – 1pm at St Paul’s Community Centre, Arcot Street, Penarth CF64 1EU.

Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS) will be hosting a volunteering fayre on Monday 6 June from 10am – 12noon at CF61, Station Road, Llantwit Major CF61 1ST.

Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS) has compiled an e-mailing list that will focus on providing more in-depth information regarding potential funding opportunities for the Third Sector in the Vale of Glamorgan.

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Welsh Government have announced a one-off £500 support payment, which is available to all eligible unpaid carers in Wales.

The eighth round of the Landfill Disposal Tax Communities scheme is now accepting applications of grants between £5,000 – £49,999.

A project that aims to support the mental health of young people in South Wales, has been given the green light, thanks to The National Lottery Community Fund.

On International Nurses Day, Public Health Wales is celebrating nurses and midwives for their incredible contribution to health and care.