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The Albert Hunt Trust
The Albert Hunt Trust supports UK registered charities that provide Hospice Care, provide support for the Homeless and promote Health and Well-Being.
Cardiff and Vale Education Fund
Up to £2000 per year for projects that support education and health.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Arts Fund
We believe that art and artists can help us see the world differently, bringing unheard stories and narratives to the fore and opening up new imaginative possibilities.
Newydd Job Vacancy - HR Assistant
Full Time / Permanent, £24,583 to £25,876
Tongwynlais, Cardiff with fully flexible agile working options
We are looking for an experienced HR Assistant to join our team, with a proven track record of providing support on a range of HR activities. Closing date for applications: midnight Monday 6 May 2024*
Volunteers’ Week 2024 – how to get involved
(WCVA News) We take a look at how voluntary organisations and volunteers in Wales can take part in Volunteers’ Week and celebrate volunteering success.
Funding boost for Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith from Welsh Government
It was announced last Friday (12 April) that Tŷ Hafan and Tŷ Gobaith, Wales’s two children’s hospices, are set to receive a combined funding boost of £770,000 from the Welsh Government.
Vital Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) three-year certificate
9am - 3.45pm
Available dates: Monday 20 May 2024 or Monday 1 July 2024
Venue: St Paul's Community Centre, Arcot Street Penarth CF64 1EU
CAVDAS Vacancies
CAVDAS are recruiting for a number of roles within Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, please click here to view the vacancies.
‘Breathing Space’ Project in Wales - for unpaid carers supporting people living with MS
Are you an unpaid carer or do you support someone living with MS? Do you need time out? If so, would you like to benefit from a short break which can include anything from a weekend away , trips to the cinema, a meal out, an art class our some gym sessions?
Draft Wales Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy – 10-year Plan. Opportunity to respond to the Welsh Government Consultation
Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC), Glamorgan voluntary Services (GVS) and Cardiff & Vale Action for Mental Health (cavamh) are co-ordinating two meetings open to members of C3SC, GVS and the Cardiff and Vale Mental Health Forum to discuss and respond to the draft Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy
Vital funding to support Welsh hospices
Health Secretary Eluned Morgan has today announced Welsh hospices will receive £4m in government funding to continue their vital work.
Latest data on substance misuse in Wales published
There were a total of 869 school exclusions as a result of alcohol or drugs amongst school aged children in 2022-23. That’s an increase of 119 per cent from 2020-21 and up 16.5 per cent from 2018-19. This is the highest number of exclusions since 2011-12. These figures are highlighted in the Data Mining Wales report – an annual statistical report summarising substance misuse data for Wales. It aims to better explore the evidence of substance misuse over the life course, starting with prenatal, moving through childhood and incorporating youth and older adults.
Measles outbreak declared in Gwent as two new cases confirmed
Public Health Wales is working with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board to investigate two further cases of measles which have been confirmed in the Gwent area, bringing the overall total to four cases.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board light it blue for Parkinson's awareness
The 11th April is recognised each year as World Parkinson’s Day. To support the occasion and Parkinson’s UK’s ‘Light it Blue’ campaign, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board are lighting the lake blue at the University Hospital of Wales.
BMA pay disputes – junior doctors, consultants and specialist doctors
The Welsh Government and BMA Wales’ three national committees representing consultants, SAS doctors and junior doctors have today agreed to formal negotiations about pay.
Volunteering Wales connects volunteers and organisations the easy way
The new and improved Volunteering Wales website is a simple, effective and completely free way for organisations to recruit and manage volunteers.
Clothes Bank looking for Volunteers in Barry and St Athan
With the extra clothes banks we are eager to take on volunteers to help in Barry and to help sort donations in St Athan.
Health experts welcome downward trend in childhood dental extractions under general anaesthetic
Dental public health experts have welcomed findings showing a reduction in the number of reported child dental extractions under general anaesthetic over the last decade.
Interventions to address digital exclusion improves engagement, skills, and confidence, says new report
A review of existing evidence produced by Public Health Wales as part of the collaboration with the Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre shows that interventions to address digital exclusion in older adults can increase uptake and digital literacy while also improving people's own perception of their own abilities, and willingness to use technology.
Long-term thinking resource helps organisations protect the health of future generations
A new resource to help organisations use long-term thinking to reduce health inequalities is being launched by Public Health Wales in partnership with the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner. It provides tools and case studies which show how we can move on from just treating disease to promoting good health and preventing illness whenever we can.