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MeTime online sessions for carers
Carers Wales ‘MeTime’ online sessions are designed to inform you of your rights and to support your wellbeing.
Sessions vary from practical advice on carers' rights and caring to a set of holistic wellbeing sessions that range from confidence-building to creative opportunities like crafting.
Invite to Expression of Interest: engaging with under-represented communities as part of the UHB 10 Year Clinical Services Plan.
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is currently consulting on a 10 Year Clinical Services Plan that will guide the delivery of clinical services across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan over the next decade, the consultation is called Shaping Services for the Future, Together .
Barry Get Cooking Free 8 Week Course
Get Cooking is a free, fun, and hands-on cooking course designed to be practical and informal. Sessions are delivered in person at local community venues across Barry and run over an 8-week period.
GVS Helps Local Charities Take Control of Their Funding Future
Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS) is proud to launch two new practical guides designed to help community groups and charities become more self-sufficient in their search for funding.
How to Create a Funding Strategy
Keeping your organisation financially sustainable can feel like a challenge. Many local groups rely on short-term grants or one-off fundraising events, which makes it difficult to plan ahead. That’s where a funding strategy comes in. Here is a step by step guide to creating your own.
Vale Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Network
The Vale Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Network aims to bring together Third Sector organisations (local, regional and national) operating in the Vale of Glamorgan who have an interest in health and social care. The Network’s membership is also open to statutory partners.
Join Age Connects Team – Community Liaison Officer Vacancy
Age Connects Cardiff & the Vale is currently recruiting for a Community Liaison Officer to join our Broker Service, working in partnership with Cardiff’s Community Resource Teams.
Meet the Funder Surgery - National Churches Trust
An opportunity to meet and discuss funding opportunities and bids with Gareth Simpson from the National Churches Trust.
GVS Hero – Retirement Tribute - Ceri Venners
GVS would like to express our immense gratitude to Ceri Venners, who is retiring after an incredible 23 years of dedicated service to our charity, our membership, our partners, and the wider community.
We need you! Nomination to GVS Board of Trustees
If you are a member of GVS your organisation is entitled to nominate a candidate for election to our Board of Trustees.
A musical singalong coffee morning with Barry Island Ukulele Strummers
Music Time! In aid of Sands - the baby loss charity
Pop, rock, folk and other classics!
Saturday 4th October 2025
Stanwell Baptist Church, Stanwell Road, Penarth CF64 2EZ
We all have a story. What’s one thing you’d want future generations to know about you?
Compassionate Penarth are holding a Write Your Own Eulogy workshop on 22 October, 10am-1pm at West House, in the Penarth Town Council offices.
Wales and Africa grants now open
Funding for small-scale projects that contribute to Wales’ delivery of UN Sustainable Development Goals and deliver benefits to Wales and Africa.
Would you Like to Volunteer?
Come and talk to staff about your volunteering interests. Hundreds of opportunities are available across the Vale of Glamorgan. Most organisations will also reimburse a travel expense
Thinking about Volunteering?
If you are interested in volunteering, come and talk to us. We can answer your questions, provide guidance and find an opportunity that is just right for you
Would you Like to Volunteer?
Come and talk to staff about your volunteering interests. Hundreds of opportunities are available across the Vale of Glamorgan. Most organisations will also reimburse a travel expense
Visit us at Penarth & Barry Libraries
If you have some spare time, why not try out some volunteering? Hundreds of opportunities available across the Vale of Glamorgan
Applications now open for Welsh Government Community Facilities Programme
Community groups across Wales can now apply for Welsh Government grants of up to £25,000 to improve or develop local facilities.
The Giving Machine small grants and unrestricted lottery income
The Giving Machine, is a small charity on a mission to help the 97% of smaller causes to raise funds in a free, sustainable way. Alongside the Giving Lottery, they also run a small grants programme, offering £250 unrestricted grants each quarter to causes with under £1m turnover.
£12.9 million to support Welsh communities transition to renewable energy
Green energy projects across Wales will share over £12.9 million to support their efforts towards generating local renewable energy.