This online activity group is open to anyone affected by dementia and gives you the opportunity to sing along, dance or listen to songs sung by Ric their amazing volunteer!
Their sessions are held fortnightly, every other Thursday frpm 1.30 – 2.30pm.
The next few dates are:
Thursday 6 May 2021
Thursday 20 May 2021
Thursday 3 June 2021
If you are interested then email: southeastwales@alzheimers.org.uk and they will get in touch with you with more information and log in details.
The Upper Garw Valley is an area of natural beauty, with good opportunities for walking and cycling and for enjoying the incredible landscape and natural environment.
An Action Plan is being developed by Catrin Evans Consultancy on behalf of Bridgend Council’s Rural Development Team (Reach) and Garw Valley Community Council.
They are developing a five year Environmental Action Plan for Blaengarw and upper Pontycymer and would like to hear your views on what should be included.
Join them for an online workshop at 6pm, 26 April 2021 or complete an online survey on Survey-Monkey by following this link.
For further details please contact c.evansconsultancy@gmail.com
search platform for the third sector in Wales!Our funding website Funding Wales launched by Third Sector Support Wales, helps third sector organisations find funding.
To start searching for funding opportunities, visit funding.cymru
Thursday 8 April 2021 from 11am – 12pm
An opportunity to hear from Community Foundation Wales and be able to ask questions directly to the funder.
A chance to hear what funds are available, how and when to apply, criteria and timeframes for applications, and so much more.
A zoom link to the event will be sent out a day or beforehand.
For further information contact diana.berriman@pavo.org.uk
Our funding website Funding Wales launched by Third Sector Support Wales, helps third sector organisations find funding.
To start searching for funding opportunities, visit funding.cymru
Thursday 25 March to Sunday 27 March 2021
Wonderfest is an event by Platfform, the mental health and social change charity.
Wonderfest is a gathering for young people aged 13+ and parents and professionals working with young people to support their wellbeing. The purpose is to educate and learn while having fun, and to use these positive experiences to create better wellbeing for each and every one of us.
This year will be Platfform’s very first festival, and they’ll be bringing together a collective of curious and creative minds to facilitate a series of FREE online workshops over three days.
You can read more about the events by following the link here.
25 March 2021 at 11am
Connecting Carers welcome InclusAbility CIC and Techtivity to their latest ‘lively chat’ session. Both organisations were set up by parents who have a child with an additional need and have also been supporting and connecting the parent/carers and family members of the people they support.
If you are looking after someone, support carers or are a community group within the Bridgend area, book your place at their session here to find out more about their activities and how both organisations have also engaged and supported the parent carers and families of the children and adults they support.
You will receive the Zoom link to attend the day before the event.
For further details Paula Lunnon, T: mobile: 07776 961253, E: paula.lunnon@wales.coop
Wednesday 24 March 2021 from 12.30 – 2pm
Over the past year, EYST Wales held regular online forums on the impact of Covid 19 and systematic racism on Black, Asian and ethnic minority people and communities in Wales.
They were joined by numerous community members, activists and organisations, totalling over 800 individuals, in this endeavour and Dr. Roiyah Saltus has produced a paper ‘Holding on to the Gains: BAME Covid Experiences in Wales’ analysing the evidence from those forums. This also occurred in the context of renewed Black Lives Matter movement and ongoing development of a Race Equality Action Plan for Wales.
Eyst want to invite people to come together and:
As with all the previous forums, Eyst hope to find solutions, support each other, and ensure that people throughout Wales can access what they need. They would like to collate all this information and pass it on to the Welsh Government and also use it to respond to Welsh Government’s current consultation on its proposal for a Equalities and Inclusion Funding for Wales.
Eyst hope you can join them to ask and answer the important questions of what do we want to see happen next for BAME communities and race equality in Wales.
Please join with this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82643650261
For queries or info, contact Ginger – ginger@eyst.org.uk
Would you know how to recognise and respond to signs of Honour Based Abuse?
Since the first National lockdown, the National Honour Based Abuse helpline ran by Karma Nirvana has seen an increase in contacts by 87%. As part of our commitment to ‘Shine the Spotlight’ on Honour Based Abuse, Karma Nirvana are delivering a series of FREE Roadshows across Wales to improve knowledge and responses to Honour Based Abuse.
The Roadshows will enable learners to:
The Roadshows will cover:
The Roadshows kick-start in the new year from 10am – 4pm on:
24 March 2021
You can find out further information and select a date book your place here.
Tuesday 23 March 2021 from 6.30 – 7.30pm
Older people across Wales are being given the chance to question senior politicians on the issues that matter most to them at Age Cymru’s Question Time event ahead of the Senedd election.
Their panel for the evening will be: Rhun ap Iorwerth MS (Plaid Cymru), Janet Finch-Saunders MS (Conservative Party) and Julie Morgan MS, (Labour Party). The event will be chaired by Positif Politics’ Rhodri ab Owen.
Up to 400 guests will also be able to follow the event live via Zoom so if you would like to be there, you can book your place here.
There will be simultaneous translation facilities so feel free to converse in either English or Welsh.
If you would like to pose a question to the panel please let Age Cymru know. For more information please contact Michael Phillips, T: 07739 894923 or email: michael.phillips@agecymru.org.uk
Tuesday 23 March 2021 from 10am to 12pm
Consultation on the Welsh Government White Paper ‘Rebalancing Care and Support’.
South East Wales CVCs would like to invite you to a consultation on the White Paper. The consultation is about improving social care arrangements and strengthening partnership working to better support people’s wellbeing.
They want to provide a comprehensive, sector-wide response to the consultation, which has 12 questions and closes on 8 April 2021.
You can register your place here.
Welsh Sports Association (WSA) will launch its exciting #COUNTMEIN initiative at a global outreach online seminar on Friday 19 March at 4 – 5pm
Their campaign is designed to encourage professionals from all walks of life, who have a strong link to Wales, to become professional volunteers.
The informal virtual gathering, taking place on the eve of the eagerly anticipated Six Nations clash between Wales and France and during Wales Week London, has already attracted some big names from the Welsh sporting and business world and everyone is invited!
For more information, contact Sam Lloyd of Lloyd Bell Productions, E: countmein@lloydbell.co.uk
Thursday 18 March 2021 from 10am – 12pm
WCVA’s Safeguarding Community of Practice provides a forum for people who have safeguarding responsibilities in voluntary organisations to come together, share good practice, learn from each other, and discuss topical issues for the sector.
This event will focus on DBS checks and serious incident reporting. You will hear from the DBS Regional Outreach Service and the Charity Commission for England and Wales
This event is exclusively for people who have safeguarding responsibilities in voluntary sector organisations, for example designated Safeguarding Officers or leads, safeguarding practitioners and trustees with responsibility for safeguarding.
