Rebecca Evans AM, the Welsh Government Minister with responsibility for Active Travel, is using the launch of a new campaign by Wales’ leading walking and cycling organisations to urge people to have their say on how their communities could be better designed for getting around on foot and by bike. Because of Wales’ world leading Active Travel Act, local authorities will shortly be developing long term plans for walking and cycling networks that will make it easier and safer for…
On Tuesday 24 May, Alzheimer’s Society are holding a Dementia Friendly Communities event in Cardiff, supported by former Wales international footballer, Robbie Savage. The event organised by the charity and sponsored by Western Power Distribution will bring together people living with dementia, returning and newly elected AMs, businesses and organisations from across Wales. The meeting aims to build on and showcase some of the work already underway in Wales to build Dementia Friendly Communities. It will feature best practice case studies and presentations by local communities working…
A social care leader is calling on the Welsh Government to take urgent action to quell a “perfect storm” threatening care homes and domiciliary care companies in Cardiff. According to Care Forum Wales, the social care sector has been blighted by inadequate funding for many years. Now, care homes and domiciliary care companies are facing a double whammy of having to pay staff a 30 per cent increase without knowing where the money is coming from. Mario Kreft MBE, the…
Each UK nation collects and publishes statistics about looked after children (the official term for children in care). This includes information about where children in care live and why they are in care. Wales: 5,675 Welsh Government (2015) Children in need at 31 March by looked after status, category of need and disability, including unborn children. Wales: 3,695 out of 5,675 children were taken into care because of abuse or neglect. Welsh Government (2015) Explanation: Jutte, S. et al…
