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Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is set to establish a ‘Rhondda Cynon Taf Community Grant’ scheme to deliver £4.3m Shared Prosperity Funding for community projects – and will invite local groups and third sector organisations to apply in a phased approach.  At their meeting on Monday, January 23, Cabinet Members considered how the Council will provide a community […]

Advanced Paramedics Practitioners across Wales are helping to treat more people in the community and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. Data from the Welsh Ambulance Service shows that up to 70% fewer people needed to be taken to emergency departments when responded to by an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner, compared to traditional crews. Providing a link between […]

Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has congratulated Ferrari’s Coffee in Bridgend after the company secured a new contract which will see their products available in the USA and Canada. The Minister visited their facilities and heard how Welsh Government support has helped the company secure a significant deal to supply three of its products to […]

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Cabinet have considered and approved* officer proposals to move to three-weekly black bag/wheelie bin collections. Back in November, Council officers outlined several key proposals to Cabinet that would help the Council reach the 70% Welsh Government Recycling target. Following that meeting, Cabinet agreed that a FIVE-week public consultation should take place […]

Wales is set to become the first UK nation to introduce a mandatory national licensing scheme for tattoo artists and those working in body piercing, semi-permanent make-up, acupuncture and electrolysis, Chief Medical Officer Frank Atherton has announced. The scheme aims to reduce infections, eliminate poor working practices and will create a central public register for […]

Climate Change Minister Julie James has published a consultation on ‘ambitious but credible’ targets for Wales to meet 100% of its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2035. Wales is already making good progress on previous targets set in 2017 and, already, generates 55% of our electricity from renewables. The Minister proposed Wales sets a […]

A service providing mental health and wellbeing support for teachers and education staff has been awarded over £600k, the Minister for Education and Welsh Language Jeremy Miles has announced. The funding will see the School Wellbeing Service, run by Education Support extended and will increases the reach and depth of the programme. Education Support is the […]

Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced £5m to increase the number of allied health professionals (AHPs) and increase access to community-based care to help people remain active and independent. Available from April 2023, the funding will increase the number of community-based AHPs and support workers in the NHS. They will help people stay independent and well […]

St John Ambulance Cymru  has rebranded February as Defibruary in an attempt to continue their mission to improve the health and wellbeing of communities in Wales by encouraging people across the country to ‘Learn, Locate, Donate.’ According to research by the Resuscitation Council UK, for every minute that someone’s in cardiac arrest without receiving CPR […]

Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 is this Friday (January 27), and Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has announced their support with the theme this year ‘Ordinary People.’ Ordinary people facilitated genocide. Ordinary people turned a blind eye, believed the propaganda, and joined murderous regimes. Those persecuted, oppressed and murdered in genocide are not persecuted because of crimes […]

Midwife and maternity support worker members of the Royal College of Midwives working in the NHS in Wales will take strike action from 8am to 4pm on 7 February.   They will also be taking industrial action short of a strike by claiming payment for any overtime worked in the week following strike action. An RCM […]

Some households with smart meters could be eligible for discounts if they cut their use of electricity between 5 and 6pm today. The National Grid ESO (electricity system operator) is, for the first time, activating the “demand flexibility service (DFS)” – which allows it to access additional flexibility when national demand is at its highest […]