The life chances of many of the 370,000 people in Wales who care, unpaid, for a disabled, older or ill family member or friend, are being damaged by inadequate support from local services and communities, according to new research launched for Carers Week 2016.1 What’s more, when carers face a lack of understanding about their caring…
Now he has said his goodbyes to patients and staff at the St Andrews Surgery after announcing his retirement. Patients were among many well-wishers to say farewell at a charity raffle and cake sale at the surgery which raised over £320 for the Welsh Hearts campaign to fund 100 public defibrillators across Rhondda Cynon Taf. “There…
Staff at the Marie Curie Hospice in Penarth held two events to show their appreciation to volunteers from across South East Wales. Held on Wednesday 1st June during Volunteers’ Week, the events saw Marie Curie staff waiting on volunteers to say ‘thank you’ for the contribution they make to the running of the charity’s hospice…
A new website to help volunteers in Wales start-up, grow and improve their sport club has been launched as part of national Volunteers’ Week (June 1st-12th). With community clubs at the core of sport, the Club Solutions website is the first single hub of information to help volunteers run clubs in Wales. Club Solutions…
Our post-production team are hard at working pulling together the VFX elements of Dying Light. Whilst they are working away on perfecting the film we thought that we would share Teaser Trailer #2 with you. WATCH TEASER TRAILER #2 HERE This summer we will also be in France shooting a 360˚ video documentary about Welsh football…
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Swansea University announce plans for a brand new laboratory for scientific analysis within the University’s Singleton Campus. Work to build the new NRW Analytical Services facility within The Faraday building will start immediately, with staff scheduled relocate from their Llanelli base into the laboratory in September. At the new…
Reassurances have been given by Council leader Andrew Morgan that Ton Pentre Police station is to remain open. He has apparently been told by the Chief Superintendent that rumours of the closure of the station are false and that there are "no plans to close Ton Pentre police station." We very much hope this is true…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council welcomed an impressive 8,500 plus people to beautiful Aberdare Park at the weekend, as the ever-popular Aberdare Festival returned – and brought the sunshine with it! See all the pictures on our Facebook page People of all ages travelled to the park to enjoy sports, games, live music, donkey rides, a fairground,…
The First Minister of Wales has confirmed that he is to scrap the Government’s Delivery Unit – an enduringly mysterious outfit which at the outset of the last Assembly term was tasked with achieving policy outcomes across Government portfolios. Yet during its five years in operation, the Unit has been the focus of much controversy…
Welsh Conservatives have today urged Education Secretary Kirsty Williams to keep to her word and not use a costly ministerial car within her new cabinet role. In February, she told her Party’s conference in Cardiff that the Welsh Lib Dems were “not here for ministerial cars”. However, Welsh Conservatives have forced First Minister Carwyn Jones…
