The Welsh Government has become the first full government in the UK to achieve Fostering Friendly status, Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan has announced at the start of Foster Care Fortnight™ 2023.

New high quality, free, diversity and anti-racist professional learning (DARPL) provision and resources are now available for practitioners working with babies and young children providing childcare, play and nursery education, Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan has announced.

The Cardiff and Vale Integrated Health and Social Care Partnership has allocated funding to support third sector community activities and services for older people in the Vale of Glamorgan.

The Fund is open for applications from Tuesday 16th May 2023, with a deadline for submission of 12 noon on Thursday 8th June 2023.

The Welsh Charity Awards are back. Your chance to celebrate the life changing impact of not only charities but volunteers and voluntary organisations of all shapes and sizes in Wales.

Volunteer on the Reception team and a Volunteer as an E-commerce Assistant for Cerebral Palsy Cymru

Salary: Circa £35K per annum (full time equivalent)

Term: Permanent

Hours: 15 hours per week (2 days)

Main base: Cardiff

Closing date: Monday 5 June 2023 at midday.

Salary: £25 per hour

Term: Freelance

Main base: Swansea

Closing date: Monday 5 June 2023 at midday.

Salary: Circa £25K per annum

Term: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Main base: Merthyr

Closing date: Monday 5 June 2023 at midday.

Salary: Circa £25K per annum

Term: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Main base: Merthyr

Closing date: Monday 5 June 2023 at midday.

Salary: Circa £25K per annum

Term: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Main base: Cardiff

Closing date: Monday 5 June 2023 at midday

Wales joins organisations around the world to promote awareness of ME - the disease where pushing harder can make you sicker. In honour of World ME Day on May 12, 2023 WAMES and the World ME Alliance are proud to announce the launch of a global awareness campaign addressing the hallmark symptom of ME: post-exertional malaise (PEM) and using the tagline “ME: the disease where pushing harder can make you sicker.”

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Listening to the "conversations" of brain cells as they develop could help researchers to better understand the early causes of Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's is the second most common neurodegenerative condition after Alzheimer's disease. The disease causes parts of the brain to become progressively damaged over many years. But relatively little is known about its early stages, as much of the damage happens before symptoms appear.

A calendar of free online training and well-being/information sessions

Guide Dogs Cymru offers information and advice to help people of all ages in Wales find ways to live actively, independently and well with sight loss. We are experts in getting around safely, dog care and welfare, family support, assistive technology and much more.

Cardiff and Vale Regional Innovation Co-ordination Hub are pleased to announce the release of their Annual Report for 2022-23.

Public Health Wales has published its third Summary Calendar of International Horizon Scanning Reports.

The International Health Coordination Centre (IHCC) at Public Health Wales has detailed how supporting, strengthening and championing international and global health activity directly benefits people in Wales and beyond.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is holding a recruitment event on 24 May, showcasing the vast variety of roles across the Health Board. The event will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Cardiff and will be open to anyone with an interest in a starting a career with the Health Board.

Invitation to a free online event hosted by the Wales School for Social Prescribing Research (WSSPR). It will be a great opportunity to shape the future of social prescribing in Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan and build upon the work the RIC Hub has undertaken with WSSPR over the last year.