Newydd’s Development and New Business Team at a recent team building day Newydd, with more than 800 properties in RCT, has been shortlisted for two categories in the Inside Housing Development Awards to be held at the Hurlingham Club in London on 23rd November 2017. Newydd’s Development and New Business Team, who build 150…
CARDIFF, 15 November 2017: Today’s Government Employment numbers do not tell the true story of unemployment faced by blind and partially sighted people across the UK, said the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). Despite the UK labour market rate of unemployment in the UK has held at a four-decade low of 4.3 percent [1], blind…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has pledged to provide support to community groups to open local paddling pools next summer, through the RCT Together initiative. RCT Together works with communities and the voluntary sector to explore the alternative delivery of services and facilities, to maintain them for the future. The Council has helped a number of…
The First Minister of Wales may have misled Assembly Members in 2014 over his awareness of allegations of bullying within his own office, the Welsh Conservative leader has said. Andrew RT Davies has called on Carwyn Jones to refer himself under the Ministerial Code, which he claims appears to have been broken. In November 2014,…
This year’s Choose Well campaign, designed to help people make the right decisions of where to get advice and treatment if they are unwell to help ease pressure on GPs and hospital emergency departments, has been launched. NHS Wales Chief Executive Dr Andrew Goodall has also launched a new initiative, My Winter Health Plan, aimed at…
RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL (CARDIFF ROAD, MOUNTAIN ASH) (TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE) ORDER 2017 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council intends, not less than 7 days from the date of this Notice, to make an Order under Section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as…
The number of bailiffs being used by councils to collect debts has risen by 14% in the last two years, new research has revealed today. The report from the Money Advice Trust found councils passed 2.3m in debts to bailiffs in 2016/17. Stop The Knock 2017 found councils passed on council tax debts to bailiffs on…
A huge thank you goes out to the care experienced young people and professionals across Wales who have supported our project to develop our new e-guide for young people on the topic of health assessments. Seeing your LAC nurse and having a health assessment was an important issue to young people and we held a…
Bill Gates has today announced a $50 million investment into the Dementia Discovery Fund, motivated by personal experience of Alzheimer's disease in his family. In a statement and video, the philanthropist highlights the urgency to make progress in our understanding of the causes of dementia, as numbers of people affected globally are on the rise. In addition to…
Following our successful Child Poverty Conference held in June this year, Children in Wales put on this event to take forward and discuss some of the themes which came out of the Conference, such as partnership working, engagement and participation, evidencing impact and sustainability. This symposium was hosted by Tai Calon Community Housing, one of…
