Safeguarding week: We need to act NOW to protect children and adults at risk from abuse
To mark the start of Safeguarding Week (12th – 16th November), the Minister for Children, Older People and Social Care, Huw Irranca-Davies and the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kirsty Williams, said they remain concerned about the number of people who suffer from abuse, neglect and exploitation in Wales each year.
Statistics...Read More »
“Their sacrifices and legacy will endure” - First Minister marks 100 years since the end of the First World War
The service will be attended by Their Royal Highnesses The Earl and Countess of Wessex, as guests of the First Minister. The address will be given by The Archbishop of Wales, The Most Reverend John Davies.
During the service, the congregation will hear readings from Nia Haf and Ethan Williams from...Read More »
Secondary schools commemorate the First World War
Using modern production techniques, the 14-18 NOW arts project have collaborated with the Imperial War Museums (IWM), BBC and Peter Jackson, to restore and colourise previously unseen footage from IWM’s extensive archive.
The Welsh Government has supported the project through its Cymru’n Cofio Wales Remembers 1914-1918 programme of commemoration for the...Read More »
£14.7 million EU funding to boost work schemes in the South Wales Valleys
The Nurture, Equip, Thrive scheme is a new project which will help more than 2,000 under-employed people return to full employment and help people with work-limiting health conditions or disabilities to stay in work, return from sick leave or take on career development opportunities.
Led by Torfaen Council, the scheme, which...Read More »
Wales to provide termination of pregnancy services to women from Northern Ireland
Termination of Pregnancy is governed by the Abortion Act 1967. At present, Termination of Pregnancy is available to anyone ordinarily resident in Wales, or those that require emergency treatment while in Wales. It can only be carried out in an NHS hospital or a licensed clinic.
In Northern Ireland (NI), the...Read More »