Wales’ Chief Medical Officer - Sir Frank Atherton - is calling on parents to ensure their children are fully vaccinated against measles and are up to date with their other childhood immunisations.

The Cardiff and Vale Recovery & Wellbeing College provides free educational courses on a range of mental health, physical health and wellbeing topics. Our courses take place online or in-person at venues across Cardiff and Vale.

Ben Breakspear from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is part of a Wales-wide partnership that won an NHS Wales Award 2023 for work supporting disabled people to become more physically active.

The Building Communities Trust have commissioned research into the effect of the cost of living crisis which they aim to use to influence decision makers and funders. The deadline for responses is February 12th.

Local councillors and representatives from various charities and health, emergency and voluntary services in the area have come together to work towards making Llantwit Major a ‘Dementia Friendly’ town.

This year is Ygam’s 10th anniversary and as part of our commitment to educate and safeguard young people, we are offering a special St David’s Day 2-hour Wales specific gaming and gambling harm prevention training workshop. This will feature new and updated statistics specific to Wales, alongside the benefit of our City & Guilds assured, fully funded training offer for youth facing professionals and volunteers.

February marks LGBT+ History Month and this year’s theme is medicine. The month will serve to highlight the past, present and future of LGBT+ people within medicine, including the pioneering work done by queer people in history and the health inequalities still faced today.

Dental public health experts at Public Health Wales have welcomed the findings from a recent child dental health inspection programme which shows that the proportion of young children in Wales with experience of tooth decay has continued to fall since the start of reporting in 2007/08.

February is Heart Month and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board are celebrating by highlighting ways you can show your heart some love. In Wales, heart problems and circulatory disease are a major cause of ill health and death. According to the British Heart Foundation around 39,000 people in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan live with heart-related diseases.

Monday 5th February 2024, 10am - 12pm

Barry Library

Are you an unpaid carer or do you support someone living with MS? The Breathing Space project provides short breaks for unpaid carers supporting people living with MS. Carers can access the breaks themselves or bring along the person they care for.

Our regular Calon Chorus community singing sessions continue throughout the year in Cardiff. Calon Chorus is open to anyone who has loved and lost someone with dementia.

What3Words Campaign launched in partnership with the VOG Council Glamorgan Heritage Coast Team, NHS, National Coast Watch Institute & Coast Guard, RNLI and community partners to assist walkers and families out enjoying the Vale coastline

More needs to be done to make homes affordable, to protect the health and well-being of everyone in Wales. In a new report, Public Health Wales highlights how the cost of living crisis is making homes less affordable for more people and how this is impacting on their health.

A spokesperson for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said: "The Health Board is committed to securing the future of Redlands Surgery and ensuring access to primary care services within Eastern Vale.

Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing Lynne Neagle has confirmed the Welsh Government will press ahead with plans to ban disposable vapes and support UK Government legislation to increase the smoking age and restrict sales of vapes.

Increased availability of community pharmacy services has meant hundreds of thousands of people haven’t needed GP consultations, Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced.

New Free Women only FAN (Friends and Neighbours) Group welcomes all women to meet in friendship and talk about their daily lives whatever their background or religion. It is particularly useful for people whose first language is not English. The group meets every Wednesday, 1pm to 2pm at The Gathering Place, Flemingston Rd., St Athan CF62 4JH.

The Programme is open for applications from 26th January 2024 with a deadline for submission of 5pm, 16th February 2024.

Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC), working in partnership with The Cardiff and Vale Regional

Date: 7th March 2024, 10am - 2pm

Location: Memo Arts Centre, Gladstone Road, Barry, CF62 8NA.