CAVDAS are holding a Health Awareness Day Friday 28th April 10am-4pm.

The Safeguarding Board have published their Spring Newsletter

For those of you who haven’t heard of it before, Undiagnosed Children’s Day is our annual awareness day held on the last Friday of April. It’s our chance to make as much noise as we can, increase awareness of undiagnosed genetic conditions and raise funds to ensure SWAN UK can carry on providing support to families who are affected by them. This year, Undiagnosed Children’s Day will be on Friday 28 April.

Free training in Cardiff on 16th May. Do you want to help end violence against women? Why not attend #AskMe, our free public training? To register you must be 18 or over and live, study, work or volunteer in South Wales.

The Vale of Glamorgan Council’s Warm Welcome programme has awarded nearly £30,000 to community projects and seen more than 3,500 people use their facilities this winter.

The proportion of people in Wales who used the internet and digital technology to manage their health nearly doubled from 25 per cent in 2019/20 to 46 per cent in 2020/21, according to research published today by Public Health Wales.

There will be a national test of the UK Emergency Alert Service on Sunday, 23rd April at 3pm. People with compatible 4G and 5G mobile phones and tablets will receive an alert as part of this test.

Vale of Glamorgan residents eligible for their spring COVID-19 booster vaccines will now be invited to attend one of our community-based clinics.

Feeling stressed is a normal part of life and can help motivate us to achieve our goals. But if you’re finding stress hard to cope with, there are things you can do to help.

Cardiff and Vale RIC Hub is pleased to announce the release of our most recent newsletter collating best practice on how our region is using lived experience as an asset to improve our health and social care system, including:

Marie Curie have recently re-launched their Wellbeing and Support Hub. It’s available to any adult affected by terminal illness. They don't have to be staying in our hospice, or accessing any of our services to receive support. They have a range of free sessions to choose from, including carers' café's, activity groups, complementary therapies and bereavement support groups.

RemakerSpace is a public engagement facility. RemakerSpace is a not-for-profit organisation and works closely with community groups, businesses and education providers to drive the circular economy in Wales and beyond to increase awareness on the benefits of reuse, repair and repurposing to extend product life cycles.

The Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being has announced an additional £3.3m to support the implementation of the Strategic Mental Health Workforce plan in 2023-24.

On-site parking restrictions at the University Hospital of Wales have changed to provide more flexibility for patients and visitors outside of peak hours.

Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan has embarked on an ambitious programme to introduce the collection of Electronic Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) working with My Clinical Outcomes (MCO).

Alzheimer’s Society activities and group services currently running for Cardiff and the Vale.

Data analysts at Public Health Wales have provided the first detailed insight into how young people in Wales were feeling and behaving in the years before and during the pandemic. They have taken the results of a large school based survey and reported the data on a local basis, helping us to understand regional differences in health and wellbeing of young people in Wales for the first time.

A new scheme to help fans get fit through their love of football has been officially launched in Wales. FIT FANS is a collaboration between the Football Association of Wales and the English Football League Trust (EFL Trust), supported by funding from the Welsh Government’s ‘Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales’ programme.

The Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee of the Welsh Parliament (Senedd) wants to hear from individual voluntary sector organisations, businesses, local authorities, colleges and universities in Wales about their views on Post-EU regional development funding (this includes views on the Shared Prosperity Fund, the Levelling Up Fund and EU Structural Funds).

Ray of Light Cancer Care currently run a group in Barry and also offer a telephone befriending service to anyone affected by cancer. As well as this we run a group in Velindre Cancer Centre on a Tuesday 10:30 – 12:30 and a group in Bridgend Y Bwthyn the last Wednesday of the month 11:30-1:30pm. We run family days, trips and run online groups and a choir group.