This Grant fund supports schools, community groups and Tree Warden Networks to plant trees, hedges and orchards with funding between £250 and £2,500.

Up to £2000 for groups that support vulnerable members of our society by providing them with the essentials, or simply providing a safe warm and welcoming space for those struggling to heat their homes during the winter.

Money raised from our dedicated network of Home Instead Offices and external supporters fund groups who support the mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing of ageing adults.

For grants over £50,000 and up to £300,000, the Large Grants round opens on 26 September 2024. The theme for this round is ‘Inequalities in Road Safety’.

This fund’s principal aim is to support people in trouble, particularly young offenders and ex-offenders, as well as other disadvantaged young people.

Can you help us to expand our childcare and holiday/respite provision for children with additional learning needs? Complete the Survey and enter our competition for a chance to win a Mobile phone, free calls and data for a year.

Following the launch of strategy, 'It starts with community', The National Lottery Community Fund is announcing a refresh of one of their funding programmes, People and Places.

Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS) has superb office space available in its Llantwit Major base at Illtud House. The office space is 560 sq ft, costing £1,026 per month, £12,320 per annum.

9.30am – 12.30pm Thursday 5th December 2024 (Online session). Discover how to maximise the potential of your Facebook presence in this comprehensive three hour training course designed specifically for organisations.

First published in March 2016, the purpose of the Public Health Outcomes Framework is to help understand the impact which individual behaviours, public services, programmes and policies are having on health and wellbeing in Wales.  

Flu can be life threatening for people with certain health conditions. That’s why Public health experts in Wales are encouraging those who are clinically at risk to ensure they get vaccinated against the flu as well as COVID-19 this autumn. It will help protect them from getting secondary infections.

Cancer incidence in Wales is showing signs of recovery to pre-pandemic levels of detection, with notable improvements in the detection rates for bowel and female breast cancers between 2020 and 2021. 

Launching today (25^th September 2024), Public Health Wales has published a new Primary Care Clusters Dashboard, which includes a range of indicators about the 64 primary care clusters in Wales, to help them to plan and inform their priorities and address any inequalities within their clusters. 

New analysis from Public Health Wales shows that were an average of 3,845 deaths in Wales in 2022 were due to smoking in Wales every year between 2020 and 2022: more than one in ten of all deaths amongst those over 35.  

As the start of the new academic year rapidly approaches, Public Health Wales strongly encourages both new and returning university students to ensure they are up to date with all their childhood vaccinations.

In the Spotlight this month is Dr Jomol Joseph. Jomol is a Clinical Fellow in Medicine at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. 

On Tuesday 1^st October we celebrated ‘International Day of Older People’; a global campaign endorsed by the United Nations to raise awareness of the valuable societal contribution older people make.

There can be no greater gift than the gift of life through organ donation and when a loved one is unwell, you can feel helpless. Over a period of 30 years, both Mary and Oliver Hando had the opportunity to donate one of their kidneys and save their son and father’s life twice.

Did you know, approximately 55% of patients with cancer do not present with a ‘red flag’ however often experience vague symptoms such as unintentional weight loss, loss of appetite, fatigue, unexplained abdomen or back pain, nausea, shortness of breath and/or unexpected abnormal blood test results.

World Pharmacist Day is celebrated every year on 25 September and this year’s theme is ‘meeting global healthcare needs’. There are many pharmacist roles across the Health Board and their expertise helps optimise medication use, prevent harmful drug interactions and improve patient outcomes — supporting the health and wellbeing of our communities.