Tuesday 14th February, 10am - 12:30pm 2023, 10am - 12:30pm on Zoom Register for your space now. This event is specifically tailored to the development of befriending services within Wales and is supported through Welsh based funding. For this reason, this is free and exclusive to staff within Welsh Organisations only.

Do you have life limiting illness and feel the need to escape from the four walls of your home for a few hours? Meet to chat, laugh and have fun, with people who also have life limiting illnesses.

Wednesday 15 February 10-1pm, Barry Library
The purpose of the event will be to promote employment opportunities where the Welsh Language is essential or desirable, and training through the medium of Welsh. The event will help us to identify local needs and plan for future Welsh medium provision.

Life limiting illness feel the need to escape from the four walls of your home for a few hours. We meet every Thursday between 11.00 am and 1400 hrs.

Tuesday, 7th February, 10am-3:15pm. TPAS Cymru is hosting an insightful and topical one-day online conference covering all things Net Zero and creating low carbon communities. The full day is currently FREE for community volunteers and social housing tenants and reasonably priced for others

These events will bring people together to develop fresh ideas to tackle the effects of the Cost of Living crisis and other social challenges.

Come and join Art4U to celebrate the first stirrings of spring and the lengthening of the days at the Knap Lake and Gardens, Barry, 5p.m, Friday 3nd February.

The sessions will run from 10.30 until 12 on Tuesdays in The Duke of Wellington Ballroom. Each session costs £5 on the door or book and pay for six sessions in advance at the cost of only five. Any carer accompanying a paying member can attend for free.

Age Connects Cardiff and the Vale are pleased to announce that they have launched their Warm Welcome Lunch at the Wellbeing Centre on Holton Road on Wednesday 4th January 2023.

Do you have good intentions to give back to your local community but don’t know how?  If so, why not attend the biggest Volunteering Fayre event in the Vale of Glamorgan and meet with over 40 volunteering recruiting organisations to see what exciting opportunities they can offer you. Volunteering is fun, rewarding, a great way to socialise and good for your CV too!

Responsible business network Business in the Community Cymru in partnership with Age Cymru are delivering the Age at Work Wales programme to support over 50s to remain in or return to work to continue to earn, develop skills and stay connected.

Age Connects Cardiff and Vale are holding their first fund raising Fayre since Pandemic. It will be held at Golau Caredig on Wednesday 30th November opens 10am to 12 30pm The event will be opened by Jane Hutt MS and is FREE

The concert is on Sunday, 11th December at 3pm in St John’s Church, tickets are £10 and include festive refreshments (no charge for children under 18).  There will also be a grand raffle for £1 a ticket.  The audience will also have the opportunity to air their voices with some well-known and well-loved carols.

Read about GVS’ superb AGM and Conference and read about GVS’ achievements in our Impact Report for 2021-2022

Open to anyone involved in running a care home

Listen to the GVS radio show with @broradio on Tuesday 1st November at 7pm to hear from:  Angela Baker-Earle – GVS Foodshare update, Dot Williams – Butterfly Conservation and what they do, Sam Bernard – Noah’s Ark Charity – Father Christmas and Elves wanted and Janine – Latest volunteering opportunities and an update about a new project in Age Connects Cardiff and the Vale 

Bro Radio, the Vale's local radio station,  has launched an annual day to celebrate everything great about living, working and visiting the Vale of Glamorgan. The first Love the Vale day will take place on Wednesday 16th November and builds on the success of a similar event in 2019, which saw almost 100 local people take over the radio station.

Saturday 12th November between 12 noon and 4pm promises to be a memorable day in Penarth when St Paul’s Community Centre opens its doors to the public for a unique Winter Craft Fayre. With 25 stalls making the venue fully booked, you are in for a special treat and you would be hard pressed not to find the perfect gift or treat for yourself.   

Do you and your teams/service know enough about Gambling and Affected Others? Whether this is a new subject for you or whether you’ve attended Gamcare’s free CPD accredited sessions before, this Regional Event will focus the mind on Gambling Related Harms and affected others, providing you with two hours of new information and resources to tackle this silent addiction.

A Child Practice Review Workshop will be held on Monday 14th November 2022. The workshop is aimed at multi-agency professionals and will highlight the learning and recommendations from the recently published CVSB Historical Child Practice Review. This will be an effective mechanism in order to disseminate and embed the learning into practice and will be facilitated by the independent reviewers.