Nominations are now open for the 2017 Youth Work Excellence Awards! The Youth Work Excellence Awards will take place in Cardiff on 23 June 2017. The evening is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate outstanding youth work projects and youth workers from across Wales. This year there have been some changes to the categories of…
The word 'Attesa' means hope or expectation, and the spatialist artist Lucio Fontana, wrote it on the back of his slashed canvases. It is with this optimism that these artists: Lee Williams, Jonathan Anderson and Mark Halliday have come together to work on this theme. The works in this exhibition are linked to industrial…
There’s never a good time to be given devastating news, but how much worse is it when there’s no-one around to comfort, support, advise and help when you’ve been told the worse. This was the scenario facing thousands of people with sight loss across Wales until recent years. Being given hope and support at…
A man has been banned from Aberdare Town Centre after continually committing anti-social behaviour.Robert Jones, aged 50, has been issued with a two year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO). The order was issued on the back of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act where he had caused harassment, alarm and distress to member of the public due to…
BBC Week In Week Out are looking for people to talk to and possibly interview who are currently trying to get domiciliary care, but are unable to do so. This could be for several reasons: they could be in hospital and ready to be discharged, but are unable to be sent home because a care…
Welsh Conservatives have accused the Welsh nationalists of conspiring with the Welsh Labour Government to deliver “yet another difficult” local government settlement for Welsh councils. There are also warnings that communities in Mid Wales will feel ‘aggrieved and let down’ by the failure of the cabinet’s Lib Dem AM to stand up for the…
CFW has been asked to join the Cavendish Coalition to help lobby the UK government about foreign workers in the NHS and social care sector post Brexit. Mary Wimbury, senior policy officer for CFW, said: “The coalition, which includes the UK Health Care Assoication and Care England, is calling for guarantees that EU citizens currently…
Pupils in 8B1/2 took part in a Cupcake Bake Off competition. This year the pupils have learnt a number of skills in food preparation. They have developed their own recipes after completing a number of experiments with various ingredients and sensory analysis of shop bought cupcakes. Dr Mitchell was invited to the class to judge. …
There seems to be a lot of controversy regarding changes being made at Aberdare Park with no ongoing consultation with the public of Cynon Valley. An organization called Friends of Aberdare Park has been started up I am informed now they meet in someone’s house, I am not aware of any publication they have…
Members of the public are invited to attend a public service to pay their respects to the founder of the Nos Galan Road Races, Bernard Baldwin MBE on – Wednesday 18th January, 12.45pm at St Margaret's Church, Mountain Ash, CF45 4DA 2.15pm Llwydcoed Crematorium Followed by refreshements at Cynon Valley Bowls Club, Mountain Ash, CF45 4DA The…
