Community Responds to the Climate Emergency in RCT In July RCT Council issued a draft document on how the authority would achieve net zero by 2025. Some local residents and community groups, with support from Pontypridd Town Council, Interlink RCT & Pontypridd Friends of the Earth came together on Thursday 22nd August to pull together a community response to this […]

WCVA is currently gathering feedback on the National Assembly’s consultation on Welsh Government’s draft Budget for 2020-2021. We’re keen to hear as many sector voices as possible ahead of compiling WCVA’s response to this consultation, so we have launched a short survey to facilitate this. Please do take a few minutes to complete it. All input will be considered for […]

During September and October, the Valleys Taskforce will be holding a number of public engagement events in collaboration with Transport for Wales. These events –  ‘Our Valleys, Our Communities, Our Stations’ –  will provide an opportunity for people living across the valleys, to learn more about the adoption of the valleys lines and the impact this will have on local […]

To help inform her 2020 Future Generations Report the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales launched a National Conversation in May 2019. In June and July workshops were held in Bangor, Wrexham, Carmarthen and Ebbw Vale when the Commissioner talked about her work in delivering the Well-being of Future Generations Act and those who attended shared their stories and experiences and told us what […]

Welsh Youth Parliament – What to do with our waste? Location: Society’s Pavilion 2 Date: Friday 9 August Time: 11.30-12.30 As part of their research into Littering and Plastic Waste the Welsh Youth Parliament would like to invite you to a debate to think how we can overcome the problems caused by single use plastics as individuals, communities and as […]

A study to understand the motivations of adult learners in further and higher education Learning and Work Institute is working in partnership with DACE, Swansea University to explore the motivations and reasons that adult learners have or have had for their engagement with study on a further or higher education programme. The link below takes you to an on-line questionnaire […]

Over the course of the last year the Patient Experience & Community Involvement Team within the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust have been engaging with and collating feedback from carers (especially older carers) that has demonstrated the importance for us to better understand their needs.  Carers have told us that they are reluctant to seek help for themselves due to […]

INVITATION Our Future Wales A National Conversation We are pleased to announce the launch our national conversation, Our Future Wales.  We want to find out what matters to people around Wales and the information we gather will inform our Future Generations Report 2020. To kick start the conversation we will be holding four events across Wales when the Future Generations […]

New survey to gather evidence on the experiences of people who are deaf or have hearing loss who need social care and support. Action on Hearing Loss want people to tell them about their experiences so they can better understand the issues people face and how services can be improved. The findings of this survey will be used to develop […]

The CSJ have asked Interlink to reach out to our members in The Rhondda Valleys. They are conducting research into the impact of community engagement: the regular participation of people living in deprived areas in their local networks. The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) is an independent Westminster based think tank who recommends poverty fighting policy to government. The Rhondda Valleys is one of three chosen areas of […]

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TrackTheAct1819W Each council in Wales has a legal duty to provide you with information, advice and assistance services so that you have the support you need to continue to care. We need you to tell us what your experiences are so that we know what is happening in reality. Each experience is unique which helps us to build up a […]

Third Sector Support Wales is a network of support organisations for the third sector in Wales. This includes County Voluntary Councils and WCVA, the national body. Our shared goal is to enable the third sector and volunteers across Wales to contribute fully to individual and community well-being, now and for the future. The survey is intended for any third sector organisation […]