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Baby Loss Awareness Week: honoring our lost little ones
To mark Baby Loss Awareness Week (9th-15th October), the Patient Experience Team have set up memorial trees at both University Hospital of Wales and University Hospital of Llandough.
Swedish stem cell donor meets Welsh recipient and tours University Hospital of Wales after lifesaving donation
In 2019, Martyn was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. Having been given a life expectancy of 1-2 years, he knew the only way to survive was to receive a stem cell transplant.
Cardiff and Vale UHB children's nurse receives 'Inspirational Nurse' award
Rhian Greenslade, the WellChild Discharge Liaison Nurse for Children with Complex Health Needs at the Noah’s Ark Children's Hospital for Wales, has been named as a winner in the prestigious national 2024 WellChild Awards.
Bowel screening age lowered to 50 in Wales
Thousands more people will automatically receive at-home bowel screening tests to help save more lives.
Sported - Cash4Clubs
Cash4Clubs is a small grants scheme set up in 2008 to support local sports clubs with funding of up to £2000.
Teacher Development Fund
We envision a more equitable school system where high-quality arts-based learning is a core part of all children’s education. We believe that arts-based teaching and learning can add value and help schools achieve their aspirations for pupils.
Branching Out Fund
This Grant fund supports schools, community groups and Tree Warden Networks to plant trees, hedges and orchards with funding between £250 and £2,500.
The Asda Foundation - Cost of Living Grant
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.
Home Instead Charities Grants
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.
Road Safety Trust - Large Grants
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’.
Weavers' Company Benevolent Fund
This fund’s principal aim is to support people in trouble, particularly young offenders and ex-offenders, as well as other disadvantaged young people.
Do you care for a child with additional learning needs?
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.
Refreshing People and Places
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.
Do you require spacious office space at great rates in the Vale of Glamorgan?
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.
Unlock the Power of Facebook for Your Organisation
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.
Public Health Outcomes Framework reporting tool updated with latest data
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.
Warning for those who are clinically at risk, to understand the dangers of flu and get their vaccines ahead of winter.
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 recovering toward pre-pandemic levels
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.
New Primary Care Clusters Dashboard provides rich data for users
Launching today (25th 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.
Over 10 percent of deaths in Wales due to smoking
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.