Open Art Competition: Last Call for Entries

With submission week rapidly looming artists are reminded that entries for the upcoming Open Art Competition will be accepted at Y Galeri Caerffili between 3 – 7 November. The event, sponsored by Caerphilly Town Council, is open to amateur and professional artists, aged 18 and over, who are given free creative rein over the work they submit. Artists…

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Estimate 2016-17

  Download (opens in new window) PDF[1.06MB] For each financial year, we prepare an estimate of the income and expenses for our organisation and present it to the National Assembly. This estimate demonstrates the Board’s determination that we are a well-run and accountable organisation that meets the statutory remit to provide resources to the Auditor…

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#Sayno Anti-Bullying Week resources

Are you looking for something to kick start your anti bullying work? Struggling to find ideas in time for anti bullying week 2015? You’ve sorted everything but would like to be part of something BIG?  The Preventing Bullying Behaviour Group and the Young Wales Anti Bullying Network have designed a short and snappy campaign that…

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Macmillan Cancer Support invests £514,696 to support patients in cancer service for Cwm Taf

A NEW service to improve the care of acutely ill cancer patients in Cwm Taf University Health Board’s area has been officially launched today (26.10.15).   Macmillan Cancer Support has invested £514,696 in the health board’s Acute Oncology Service, providing specialist support for cancer patients in emergency situations and hospital.   The team is specially…

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Is Your Child Using These Apps?

  Using social networking sites of one kind or another is second-nature to most children. New sites are springing up every day and there are far to many to mention on this page … just look at the photo above, and that's a tiny selection. Get switched on about: The best approach Social networking & instant…

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Compact Pledges To Fight Crime

The Police and Crime Commissioner, Mr Alun Michael, and South Wales Police have officially joined forces with the Voluntary and Community Sector, also known as the Third Sector, in a pledge to fight crime together. A partnership agreement called a “Compact” was launched last Thursday 22 October 2015, at the Heronston Hotel, Bridgend, which outlined…

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The Open Spaces Society say that Cross – Compliance on public footpaths should apply in Wales

The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s oldest national conservation body, has urged the Welsh Government to require that landowners and occupiers who receive agri-environment funding keep the public paths on their land in good order.   The society was responding to the government’s consultation on Common Agricultural Policy reform and cross-compliance.     Says Kate Ashbrook the…

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Open Spaces Society Deplores Welsh Government’s Attack On Public Paths

The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s oldest national conservation body, is deeply concerned that the Welsh Government has attacked the public-path network, in its consultation paper ‘Improving opportunities to access the outdoors for responsible recreation’.  The society considers that Welsh Government appears to dismiss the historic value of the public-path network, and its contribution to Welsh…

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