To raise awareness of World Mental Health day VCS Cardiff, Vale Volunteer Bureau and CAVAMH are holding an information day / workshop sessions.A partnership event presented by Vale Volunteer Bureau, VCS Cardiff and Cardiff & Vale Action for Mental Health, with the support of Cardiff Libraries. The partner organisations are looking for people who have...
BRIT award-winning artist Plan B will be helping young people access all areas of the music industry at The Big Music Project Live in Cardiff on Saturday October 11 2014.Funded by the Big Lottery Fund, it’s a chance for 16 - 24 year-olds to tap up key industry employers for roles from performance through to...
A Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Local Safeguarding Children Board training Target Group: staff, volunteers and carers from any LSCB agencies, commissioned providers and the voluntary sectorCourse Content: Introduction to the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families, referring concerns and working together to assess children in need.Course Facilitator: Sally Ann-Evans, Staff...
Next steps for unscheduled care in Wales: reform of ambulance, emergency and critical care serviceswithRichard Mills, Chief Executive, Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC); Professor Siobhan McClelland, Chair, Emergency Ambulance Services Committee and Chair, Strategic Review of Welsh Ambulance Services and Vice Chair, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and Elwyn Price-Morris, Chief Executive,...
A wonderful display of art and craftwork by carers and people diagnosed with dementia, brought to you by Solace Carers Centre Cardiff.FREE entry.This event follows World Mental Health Day (10 October). 9.30am - 5pm each day
This NewLink Wales course is specifically for people who have undertaken a to-day Motivational Interviewing course within the last 4 years and want to refresh and update their knowledge and skills. All too often practitioners attend a two-day course and several months later they either forget all about it, or can’t quite remember what they...
This WCVA training course will examine the release of the new charity Statement of Recommended Practice. Summer 2014 sees the release of the new charity SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice). With the exception of charities who prepare their accounts on a receipts and payments basis, this will bring the first change in charity financial reporting for...
If you already have a safeguarding policy, this is an opportunity to review, update and share good practice.This WCVA course will help you draft an outline safeguarding policy specific to your own organisation. You will look at what your organisation should do to support safeguarding when working with any vulnerable group: children, young people or...
As part of the National Conversation on 'The Wales We Want', the Institute of Welsh Affairs, Cynnal Cymru and the Commissioner for Sustainable Futures are holding an Energy Summit to debate how we meet Wales' energy supply, security needs and resilience by 2050. This event will bring together the key figures in a conversation on...
Children in Wales is now organising its third Jigsaw event of the year around Intervention & Support. It will encourage the sharing of practice, ideas and support and participants will be more informed and better equipped to work towards effective practice in the prevention of bullying behaviours, and adopt effective and appropriate interventions and support.It is...
'Big October'A chance for you to hear about the real life experiences of families and carers of people using mental health services.Find out what challenges carers face day to day and what carers and families need to support them in the vital role they play.The session is open to anyone. If you are a carer,...
The aim of this Participation Cymru course is to explore ways of recording the variety of data generated at participative events and consultations. Learning outcomesExplain how data from participative events and consultations is usedCompare types of data which may be generated at an event, and appropriate methods of recording different types of dataDescribe examples of good...
