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Net Zero Industry Wales established to support decarbonisation of Welsh industry
- March 28, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
No CommentsA new body, Net Zero Industry Wales is to be created to support Welsh industry decarbonise and create new jobs in the green industries of the future, Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething, announced today. The Welsh Government’s Programme for Government sets out a commitment to ensuring Wales becomes a Net Zero nation by 2050.
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£25m investment in Community Focused schools to tackle the impact of poverty
- March 22, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
Education and Welsh Language Minister Jeremy Miles has announced almost £25m of investment in the next financial year to tackle the impact of poverty on young people’s attainment. The funding will be used to ensure more schools are able to operate and develop as Community Focused Schools, which reach out to engage families and
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£3m awarded to bereavement charities across Wales
- March 18, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
Charities supporting people through bereavement will benefit from £3m in funding over the next three years the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Lynne Neagle has announced today. Sadly bereavement is something that will touch all our lives and charities and third sector organisation across Wales provide vital support. In October last
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First Minister discusses Ukraine with EU Committee of the Regions
- March 18, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
The war in Ukraine and co-operation across Europe will be discussed by European leaders, when the First Minister addresses the EU Committee of the Regions. The talks, held on Friday at the Senedd, in Cardiff Bay, will see leaders of the EU’s assembly of local and regional representatives meet their UK counterparts. The
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Back of the net! Wales becomes first UK nation to rollout fishing gear recycling scheme
- March 18, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
Wales is taking action against marine litter as it becomes the first UK nation to introduce a recycling scheme for fishing gear. The first collection, which took place today on Global Recycling Day (March 18), has proved a huge success, with some three tonnes of fishing gear collected for recycling from seven harbours around
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Flying Start expanded in Wales
- March 16, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
In the first phase of the extension of high-quality childcare to all two-year olds in Wales, the Flying Start programme is being expanded to 2,500 more children under the age of four. Expanding childcare to all two-year-olds in Wales, with a particular emphasis on strengthening Welsh-medium provision, is a commitment in the Co-operation Agreement
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Aberavon MS welcomes cash boost to help families with school costs
- March 15, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
David Rees MS, Welsh Labour’s Member of the Senedd for Aberavon, has welcomed the announcement from Welsh Labour’s Education Minister, Jeremy Miles, that families in Aberavon will receive a cash boost to help with school costs. A £13m support package to help families pay for school uniforms and PE kits was announced by the Minister at the Welsh
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Minister unveils new plan to get more people in Wales into work
- March 8, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
A new Welsh Government plan to help more people in Wales to find and stay in work has been unveiled today by Economy Minister Vaughan Gething. The new Plan for Employability and Skills sets out the actions Ministers will take to deliver the Young Persons Guarantee, support people furthest away from the Labour market
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Lowest income Welsh households to receive the largest share of funding from the cost of living response
- March 8, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
The £330m cost of living support package in Wales will see the most support going to households with the least, according to new analysis. The Welsh Government has published analysis estimating the distributional effects of its immediate response to the cost of living crisis – through the Winter Fuel Support Scheme, Discretionary Assistance Funds,
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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson appointed Chair of Sport Wales
- March 8, 2022
- Posted by: Stephanie Lynch
- Category: Uncategorized
Welsh Paralympic gold medallist Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has been appointed as the new Chair of Sport Wales, Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, Dawn Bowden, announced today Tanni Grey-Thompson is renowned for her achievements as an athlete, and is a multi-gold medal winner in Paralympic sport. She competed for Wales at five Paralympic Games