This is a practical session equipping you with invaluable techniques and tips to market your community event using both free and low cost marketing tools. If you are responsible in your organisation/community group for publicising events but have limited to no experience, this workshop is for you. By the end of the session you will be equipped with the knowledge and techniques to market your event effectively to the local community.

This session is aimed at beginner level or someone who has recently acquired responsibility for their organisation’s social media channels. It will help equip you with the basic knowledge whilst ensuring you adhere to appropriate social media etiquette. Social media is a free marketing tool to reach out and engage with more people. Using social media appropriately and deciding on the right platform to engage with your audience is the first steps to success.

Sharing and Caring

Help people to get out and about

Anti-bullying, can you help?

Volunteer with our dance charity

Repair Cafe Wales is growing! We’re seeking an experienced Bookkeeper/Administrator to join our team. The role is home working, 2.5 days per week. To apply, please send your CV and a supporting statement to Phoebe Brown phoebe@repaircafewales.org by 5pm Friday 21st April

In Spring of this year, with the help of a dedicated group of volunteers, the commitments made when requesting a grant will have been completed.  The group now looks forward to sustaining all these improvements and maintaining its strong volunteer base.

For more information and to read a copy of our latest newsletter

Marie Curie have recently re-launched their Wellbeing and Support Hub. It’s available to any adult affected by terminal illness. They don't have to be staying in our hospice, or accessing any of our services to receive support. They have a range of free sessions to choose from, including carers' café's, activity groups, complementary therapies and bereavement support groups.

RemakerSpace is a public engagement facility. RemakerSpace is a not-for-profit organisation and works closely with community groups, businesses and education providers to drive the circular economy in Wales and beyond to increase awareness on the benefits of reuse, repair and repurposing to extend product life cycles.

We are recruiting for trustees to join our board. We are looking for committed and motivated individuals aligned with our vision to support individuals experiencing domestic abuse.  

The Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being has announced an additional £3.3m to support the implementation of the Strategic Mental Health Workforce plan in 2023-24.

Looking after Your health

On-site parking restrictions at the University Hospital of Wales have changed to provide more flexibility for patients and visitors outside of peak hours.

Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan has embarked on an ambitious programme to introduce the collection of Electronic Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) working with My Clinical Outcomes (MCO).

Alzheimer’s Society activities and group services currently running for Cardiff and the Vale.

Data analysts at Public Health Wales have provided the first detailed insight into how young people in Wales were feeling and behaving in the years before and during the pandemic. They have taken the results of a large school based survey and reported the data on a local basis, helping us to understand regional differences in health and wellbeing of young people in Wales for the first time.

A new scheme to help fans get fit through their love of football has been officially launched in Wales. FIT FANS is a collaboration between the Football Association of Wales and the English Football League Trust (EFL Trust), supported by funding from the Welsh Government’s ‘Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales’ programme.

The Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee of the Welsh Parliament (Senedd) wants to hear from individual voluntary sector organisations, businesses, local authorities, colleges and universities in Wales about their views on Post-EU regional development funding (this includes views on the Shared Prosperity Fund, the Levelling Up Fund and EU Structural Funds).

Ray of Light Cancer Care currently run a group in Barry and also offer a telephone befriending service to anyone affected by cancer. As well as this we run a group in Velindre Cancer Centre on a Tuesday 10:30 – 12:30 and a group in Bridgend Y Bwthyn the last Wednesday of the month 11:30-1:30pm. We run family days, trips and run online groups and a choir group.