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New plan to boost Welsh language in health and social care
- August 2, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
No CommentsA health and social care service in which people are actively offered their care in Welsh, is the ambition of a new plan launched by the Health Minister, Eluned Morgan today (2 August). Workforce planning, staff training, digital systems and changing the culture are key elements of the More than just words five-year action
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Consultation launched to provide good access to social prescribing across Wales
- July 28, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
New standards and guidance on how socially prescribed activities, including exercise classes, gardening clubs and art groups should be delivered across Wales are being developed to improve people’s mental health and wellbeing and ease pressures on the NHS. Covid has had a profound impact on health and well-being, and social prescribing can play a
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Economy Minister visits growing Welsh space sector
- July 15, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
Minister’s space sector tour comes as first made-in-Wales satellite prepares to launch into space later this summer. Wales attracting new space firms – with Welsh Government support playing a crucial role in their early success. Space industry jobs could transform Welsh economy. Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething visited some of Wales’ leading space companies today
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Powys businesses to expand operations at new site and create new skilled jobs with Welsh Government support
- July 14, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
A Powys staircase manufacturer is expanding its operations at a new site, helping to safeguard jobs and create new skilled employment opportunities thanks to support from the Welsh Government, Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has announced. Welshpool-based Boys & Boden Limited, a regional builder’s merchant which has traded since 1895, will use a £232,000 Property
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Oak sapling given by the people of Wales to mark HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
- July 14, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
HRH The Prince of Wales will visit the National Botanic Garden of Wales to receive an oak sapling from the First Minister of Wales, as a gift from the people of Wales to HM The Queen to mark the Platinum Jubilee. The Pontfadog Oak, looked after by generations of the Williams family at Cilcochwyn
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E-sgol programme to be expanded to all of Wales
- July 14, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
The Welsh Government will expand e-sgol, the programme which enables GCSE and A-level students to join classes at other schools via video link, to every part of Wales from September 2023. E-sgol was launched in Ceredigion in 2018, with the aim of expanding opportunities for post-14 and post-16 learners to study courses that would
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First Minister visits sunny Saundersfoot to celebrate Wales as top tourism spot
- July 14, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
First Minister Mark Drakeford took time to enjoy an ice-cream on Saundersfoot Harbour as he visited the impressive new Wales International Coastal Centre that will fully open in 2023. The First Minister visited the picturesque harbour as the latest figures are published today showing three quarters (75%) of Welsh tourism businesses saw an increase
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A legacy that lives on: Welsh coal mines key to the industrial revolution could heat homes of the future
- July 14, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
A £450,000 project will explore whether water from disused mines has the potential to play a vital role in supplying Wales’ energy needs for years to come. Wales’ mines were crucial in firing up the industrial revolution, but once abandoned, the pumps that kept them dry were often switched off and the mines filled
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Public urged to take precautions as temperatures rise in Wales
- July 14, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Wales is urging people to take extra precautions and to plan ahead to keep themselves and others safe as the Met Office warns of extreme heat. The Amber warning, issued for Sunday 17 July, Monday 18 July and Tuesday 19 July, suggests some parts of east Wales could
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First full-year National Survey results since the pandemic show increased sense of community in Wales
- July 14, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
People in Wales feel a greater sense of community and an increased satisfaction with the work of the Welsh Government, according to the latest results from the National Survey published today. The National Survey is a random sample telephone survey of 12,500 people across Wales. The interviews were carried out between April 2021 and