Public Health Wales’ Research and Evaluation division will work across the organisation to develop a culture of research. This is part of a new Research and Evaluation strategy designed to enable Public Health Wales’ overall long term strategy.

Park Road Houses, Cardiff and Vale’s 14-bed community rehabilitation unit, has recently been awarded with the NHS Forest Award.

Jason Kearle’s first experience of smoking came at the age of 13 when he started taking a single cigarette out of his mother’s pack each day before school. “I remember it well. I didn’t like it in the beginning, but then you get into the habit of needing one - and that was from a really early age,” he recalled.

With Halloween just around the corner, it’s important to look out for not just ghouls and ghosts, but also for yours and other’s health and wellbeing.

Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip Jane Hutt has praised the progress and uptake of the Basic Income pilot scheme after meeting care leavers taking part in the innovative programme.

The Health Minister has thanked GPs for progress made in tackling the 8am bottleneck and making it easier for people to get appointments.

The next Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Network meeting will take place on Friday the 24th November, 10am – 12noon on TEAMS. The focus of this meeting will be the section 16 forum, formerly known as the Social Value forum. A Section 16 Forum is designed to accomplish two goals. One goal is to transform care to achieve greater wellbeing and sustainability. The second goal is to rebalance the care market to achieve greater diversity of service providers.

The UK Government via the Shared Prosperity Fund administered by the Vale of Glamorgan Council has allocated funding to support third sector community action and volunteering in the Vale of Glamorgan.

GVS is hosting a 1-1 funding surgery with members of the National Lottery Community Team on the 28th of November. Reserve your spot today!

BFSS supports work that aims to improve the educational outcomes and life chances of: Young carers, care experienced young people, young people displaced by conflict (under the age of 25 living in the UK).

A competitive grant in Wales offering Delivery Grants between £50,000 and £250,000 to support peatland restoration.

Volunteering Wales Grants is a scheme funded by the Welsh Government to promote and improve volunteering in Wales.

This winter, National Grid’s electricity distribution business has teamed up with Localgiving to deliver grants to charitable organisations tackling fuel poverty in their communities.

Grants of up to £1,000 will be available to support organisations running activities for people over 65 in their community over the festive period.

Apply for £50,000-£250,000 to improve and stabilise Wales' protected land and coastal sites – from disappearing grasslands and peat bogs to freshwater and marine habitats under pressure from climate change.

The Trust focuses on providing funding which could help small organisations pay for various running costs, such as volunteer expenses, training days, equipment maintenance and other core outgoings.

ECO4 is the latest Energy Company Obligation scheme administered by OFGEM. The Vale of Glamorgan Council is working in partnership with Cardiff Capital Region and E.ON to support households in poorly insulated homes, making those households more energy efficient and helping lessen the impact of rising energy bills.

Do you help to care for someone living in the Cardiff community (family member or friend) and need a little bit of moving and handling guidance? Do you want to know about some safer manual handling methods when assisting a person to move; or what equipment is available?

Join us for the Llamau Homeless helpline Volunteering Virtual Information Event on Mon Nov 06 2023 at 18:30 GMT! This online event is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in the lives of those experiencing homelessness. 

For the Free Online Support Sessions for Carers in November & December 2023 please click here.