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…
Cwm Taf’s executive team, many of whom are former clinicians themselves, are putting their uniforms back on to find out how they can improve frontline healthcare services. Earlier this year Cwm Taf University Health Board’s CEO Allison Williams committed herself and her team of directors to a shift each on the NHS Wales frontline…
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…
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…
31st October 2015 will see many people celebrating All Hallows’ Eve. Emergency Services across Wales are encouraging people to have a safe and fun Halloween. Over the years, celebrations for Halloween have grown for many of our communities- young and old. This has meant members of the public are thinking of different ways of celebrating…
Three Open Days are planned at the Cynon Valley Museum and Gallery during Half Term, with fun for all the family taking place, including Halloween workshops, as well as all the usual attractions. Doors will be open from 10am until 4pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (October 29-31). All are welcome on the three days. …
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has begun an important project to repair and renew one of the most unique features of Glyntaff Crematorium, the first crematorium in Wales, for the benefit of future visitors. The large crematorium on the outskirts of Pontypridd has been serving communities from far and wide since it was built in 1924…
UKIP Wales Leader Nathan Gill MEP and Mark Reckless, UKIP Head of Policy Development, have today announced that UKIP supports and will be campaigning for a proportional voting system which retains a constituency link being used for Welsh local elections. A new petition has been launched which calls for the National Assembly for Wales to establish a proportional…
Local councils and other non-protected government departments have been ordered to draw up savings plans worth as much as 40 per cent of their budgets ahead of the Spending Review on 25 November. The Local Government Association is warning that the review, which sets out government spending plans for the next four years, would deliver…
Download (opens in new window) PDF[0.17MB] This report summarises findings from audit work undertaken at the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust during 2014. The Trust is working to implement its savings plans to address the significant ongoing challenge of breaking even whilst maintaining service delivery.Arrangements to support governance and board assurance are broadly sound…
