• Too embarrassing to talk about?

    Rhondda Heritage Park, Lewis Merthyr Colliery, Coed Cae Road, Trehafod, Nr Pontypridd CF37 2NP Rhondda Heritage Park, Lewis Merthyr Colliery, Coed Cae Road, Trehafod, Nr Pontypridd CF37 2NP

    Let’s talk about sex! A Mencap Cymru information and advice session about sex, sexuality and relationships for parent carers of young people with a learning disability. Welcome and tea/coffee, biscuits at 9am.With guest speaker Fiona Speirs - www.fionaspeirs.co.uk 

  • Building our own Elder Care Services in Wales

    Atrium Building, University of South Wales, Adam Street, Cardiff Atrium Building, University of South Wales, Adam Street, Cardiff

    Co-operative Social Care WorkshopAn ageing population and a squeeze on Local Authority budgets challenge us all to find new ways to provide care and support for older people.Private commercial provision is not the only alternative. Co-operatives have a long tradition in Wales and we can now develop a co-operative model for social care. Service users,...

  • Environmental Funding Fair

    Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place, Swansea SA1 1RR Dylan Thomas Centre, Somerset Place, Swansea SA1 1RR

    Are you a third sector group looking for funding for your environmental projects? Do you want to meet other groups doing similar work in Wales? Do you want to know what type of projects funders can support? Do you have a project idea that you would like to discuss with a specific funder?National Resources Wales...

  • Writing effective questions

    YMCA, Newport YMCA, Newport

    What makes a good question? This Participation Cymru half-day course will show you how to write effective questions which give you the information you want to know. You will learn about types of questions, types of answers and questionnaire design. You may also be interested in the 'Designing and running effective surveys' course which covers...

  • Communicating Through Touch

    Carmarthen Carmarthen

    Courser Aims: A Learning Disability Wales workshop to help those that care for someone with an Autism Spectrum Disorder or learning disabilities use touch to help communication, relaxation and the relief of stress and anxiety. This session will provide tools that carers and parents can use in everyday situations.Designed for: Anyone in a support or...

  • Why do pictures matter?

    Chapter, Market Street, Canton, Cardiff Chapter, Market Street, Canton, Cardiff

    IWA Coffee Shop Debate @ ChapterFor two hundred years it was a received wisdom, handed down by highest authorities, that Wales was devoid of a visual culture. Welsh people were, for some unspecified reason, congenitally unvisual. Beginning in the 1980s, Peter Lord sought to demonstrate how this notion could be understood as an aspect of...

  • South Wales Programme Third Sector Consultation Event

    C3SC is hosting an event on Wednesday 3rd July 2013, in conjunction with Vale Centre for Voluntary Services, Cardiff and Vale Action for Mental Health and University Health Board to gather third sector views on the plans. The event will be taking place in Barry Memorial Hall from 9am to 12pm. To book a place,...

  • Reducing Stress and Increasing Emotional Resilience

    The Jasmine Centre, Ely, Cardiff The Jasmine Centre, Ely, Cardiff

    This Diverse Cymru course is centred on the notion of mindfulness and increased well being. Workplaces have become increasingly stressful in the past years and apart from job stress, there are also many events in life that can cause stress, such as relationships, financial difficulties and our attitudes and behaviours.This course uses simple mindfulness techniques...

  • Disclosure & Barring Service

    Future Inn, Cardiff Bay Future Inn, Cardiff Bay

    WCVA’s Criminal Records Unit is proud to introduce their new safeguarding service and offer you the opportunity to find out more about your safeguarding duties when working with vulnerable groups – adults or children, and update you on new Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check arrangements.  They are delighted to have support from the Disclosure...

  • Audio editing training course

    Bettws Life Centre, Bridgend Bettws Life Centre, Bridgend

    Participants will learn the basic storytelling and technical skills needed to produce an interview generated audio story. The Participation Cymru course will be hands on and practical and will give advice and training in the most effective interview techniques as well as in the editing and recording skills necessary.The aim of the course is to...

  • Cardiff and Vale Employers’ Network forum

    Whitchurch Hospital, Corporate Meeting Room Whitchurch Hospital, Corporate Meeting Room

    Physical activity and workplace healthThis is the second forum meeting for employers in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. The aim of the network is to support organisations to promote and protect the health and well-being of their employees. The forum session on 4th July is focusing on physical activity at work, and how this...

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