We’re excited to let you know that Santa’s Cause is back for its fourth year. We’d love for you to be part of this year’s campaign to help make Christmas brighter for children and families in our community.

Its mission is to fund and support inspiring programmes which help improve the lives of the disabled and disadvantaged through the power of sport. It offers grants of up to £7,000

More than 1 in 7 people are balancing paid work with unpaid caring responsibilities in Wales, yet many are unaware of the support available to them.  Join us for a free online session to learn about the Workplace Champion role and how it plays a key part.

As your charity grows and adapts to new challenges, it’s easy for the paperwork that underpins your organisation to fall behind.

But when was the last time you checked that it still reflects how you actually work?

The national 111 press 2 service, which has transformed access to support for urgent mental health issues, has received more than 200,000 calls since its launch.

The service was rolled out nationwide in December 2022 and provides immediate support for people experiencing mental health difficulties.

People in the following groups will be eligible for a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine during the spring 2025 COVID-19 vaccination programme:

• residents in a care home for older adults

• all adults aged 75 years and over

• individuals aged 6 months and over who are immunosuppressed, as defined in tables 3 and 4 of the COVID-19 chapter of the Green Book

Do the people making decisions about services for families really understand family life?

At Contact, we want to make sure that they do, and that your voice is heard in the conversations that affect children with disabilities and additional needs.

We’re reviewing how well families in Wales are supported and whether parent carers feel they have a say in the policies and services that affect them.

The NHS and social care in Wales are getting extra support to prepare for winter pressures and households are getting support to stay warm.

The Welsh Government is today setting out comprehensive plans before the challenges of winter arrive.

On World Sight Day, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is proud to announce the launch of an Eye Retrieval Service, the first of its kind in Wales.

The initiative has been launched in partnership with NHS Blood and Transplant Services and will ensure that corneal donations continue to transform the lives of patients in-need, giving people back the gift of sight.

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. 

A rising star of the Bro Radio Academy is set to take on the station's weekend Breakfast show.

In the darker months, we are running a new Clocks Change project where a daytime choir will meet in the newly reopened Copthorne Hotel, Vale of Glamorgan to sing whilst the sun shines.

Mondays 11:00 - 12:30 pm (starting 20th October and running until March 2026)

The Landfill Disposals Tax Communities Scheme (LDTCS) funds projects near certain waste transfer stations or landfill sites.

The scheme is now open for applications for grants of between £5,000 – £49,000.

They fund predominantly small, local projects which improve the physical and emotional health of older people with grants of up to £7,000.

It’s free to use, and over a thousand organisations have already taken advantage to start advertising their volunteering opportunities to the Welsh public.

The grant scheme will enable eligible museums in Wales, to apply for capital funding to purchase a contactless donation point/s for use at their museum. The grant will also cover upgrades to electrical and Wi-Fi infrastructure, and one year of subscription fees/licences, to enable the collection and processing of the contactless payments. The maximum grant available is £4,000.00 pounds.

The Electronic Prescription Service, which enables prescriptions to be transferred electronically between GPs and pharmacies, is now available in 7 out of 10 of pharmacies

Families with premature and sick babies in Wales will receive better support through a new programme to improve neonatal care standards across the country

The Welsh Government has announced £1.1 million to support Age Friendly Officers across Wales.

The overwhelming majority of pharmacies across Wales will be providing free treatment for a common infection without an appointment or prescription.