Barry and The Vale Branch of the Royal Air Forces Association launches its ‘Warm Spaces Coffee Morning’ for RAF Serving and Service veterans, their spouses, dependants, widows and widowers at the South Wales Air Museum (SWAM). 

15th-24th September 2023. Just two weeks from now, the 2023 Cowbridge Music Festival will be in full swing! Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside will have launched the festival with their opening concert, and BBC Radio 3 will be setting up to record Trio Gaspard's performance. 

Join us at the Cardiff and Vale Carers Assembly to help shape the future of care

Cwmpas would like to invite you to the Community Tourism Hack for South Wales, in Merthyr Tydfil on September 19th. Central to this regional fully-funded event will be a Start Something Good® hackathon where you will be working in teams to develop fresh ideas for community-led tourism in Wales and a cross-sector community tourism network.

Thursday – 17 August 2023. Online via Teams 10.30 am – 11.30 pm

When: Friday 4th August 2023

Where: Colcot Sports Centre, Colcot Road

Time: 10am - 2pm

Join us on Friday September 15th 2023 at City Hall in Cardiff as we start channelling the expertise and knowledge of practitioners from of each of these fields to create a supportive and sustainable way of supporting people who hoard, surrounding them with new and compassionate approaches to create safer homes and communities for now and for the future.

On behalf of the Vale 50+ Strategy Forum we’d like to invite you to the upcoming ‘Have Your Say’ information and social event on Thursday 13th July from 2-4pm at The CF61 Community Centre, Station Road, Llantwit Major, CF61 1ST.  

On behalf of St. Athan Community Council and Age Friendly Vale, I would like to invite you to the St. Athan Community, Information and Social Event on Wednesday 19th July 2023 from 10am – 1pm at the Paul Lewis Community Centre, Glyndwr Avenue, St. Athan, CF62 4PP.

The Vale Communities for Work + programme will be hosting a Summer Event on the 7th of July 2023 in King’s Square, Barry. The event is open to all ages and is aimed at all those living in The Vale of Glamorgan. It will showcase a range of options for them including further training routes, further and higher education, apprenticeships, employment, health, and well-being.

CUBE (Community United Barry 4 Everyone) is looking for your support and help. CUBE has invited an independent researcher Mark Jones to come along to talk to the community on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th July.

Over the weekend of the 10th and 11th of June, Llantwit Major Arts and Crafts Group, who meet at CF61 on a fortnightly basis, hosted their annual exhibition in the main hall. The exhibition featured the work of a number of members of the group in a variety of media, from painting to patchwork. Much of the work was also for sale, from handmade cards to crocheted animals.

A problem shared can make it easier to solve … Join us for this in person workshop to meet colleagues from across your Local Authority to discuss your service delivery problems and explore if others have experience of the same challenges. Is there potential to tackle your issues together?

This practice-based workshop aims to convene colleagues in an informal gathering to encourage conversation and partnership working through facilitated supportive discussion.

5th July 2023 – Leonardo Hotel Cardiff (formerly Jury’s Inn)10am – 3.30pm. Refreshments and buffet lunch provided

The St Athan Clothes Bank is delighted to be expanding to a weekly service in St Athan from 14th June. This enhanced service will be held in The Gathering Place each Wednesday from 10am til 1pm and will operate alongside the Community Cafe. This enhanced service at St Athan is in addition to the established busy weekly service at CF61 in Llantwit Major on Thursdays between 12.30 and 2 pm.

If you’re involved in running a voluntary group, charity or social enterprise, you might be interested in learning more about funding opportunities available through The Millennium Stadium Trust. It supports projects in the Arts, Community, Sport and the Environment with capital funding of up to £2,500 (local) and £7,500 (regional).  

Sparked by the discovery of a series of letters from his father in Nigeria to his mother in Wales, The Gods Are All Here is a moving, funny and warm-hearted, one-man performance from first-class storyteller, Phil Okwedy.

If you are 50 years of age or older, you can register for the Mid-Career Review webinars by visiting Wales Mid-Career Review webinars. Our next webinars will take place on 15 June (11:00 – 12:15) and 19 June (13:30 – 14:45) with further webinars each month. 

Come along to our local events where you will be guaranteed a warm welcome.  You can view local volunteering organisation opportunities to find something just right for you.

Llantwit Major Volunteering Event Thursday 1st June, 12:30pm – 2.30pm CF61 Community Centre, Llantwit Major, CF61 1ST

Penarth Volunteering Event Tuesday 6th June, 10am – 12 noon Penarth Library, 9-10 Stanwell Rd., Penarth, CF64 2AD

Barry Volunteering Event Wednesday 7th June, 10am – 12:30pm Barry Library, King Square, Barry CF63 4RW

Volunteers’ Week 1st – 7th June is the biggest week in the volunteering calendar.  In its 39th year, it is a time to say thank you to volunteers for the fantastic contribution they make to volunteering. Download a “thank you” to volunteers certificate. Attend one of our Volunteering Events.