Lee Gardens Pool in Penrhiwceiber recently passed a significant milestone, when they recruited their 101st volunteer! How have they done it? We sent our Volunteer Advisor Thomas Crockett out to meet Diane Locke (LGP Secretary) and her daughter Joanne, also a Trustee, to find out. “The Pool has been re-opened for three years now and we are always positive. The […]

Technical Officer Location – Merthyr Tydfil & Ferndale (Work across Cwm Taf) £25,392 – 35 hour week with a flexi-time working arrangement Cwm Taf Care and Repair is a recently formed organisation after bringing together the agencies that previously operated in Merthyr and Rhondda Cynon Taf.  The agency is committed to providing an efficient and effective advisory, supportive and technical […]

You’re Invited Who cares for carers? Thursday, 21 February 2019 | 4:00pm A discussion about the rights and protections that exist for those with caring responsibilities. We’d be delighted if you’d join us for the first in our series of interactive seminars to be held in our Cardiff office. We’ll be focusing on caring responsibilities including: • the people that […]

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 […]

The Crystal Trophy Awards 2018-19 are now open for applications! Applications are welcome from any community projects that contribute to the promotion of healthy lifestyles and the prevention of ill-health. The awards are open to new or established projects in RCT and Merthyr Tydfil with Prizes ranging from £500-£1000. The overall winner will also the coveted Crystal Trophy! In recent years […]

Are you looking for an exciting challenge? Then this may be the role for you! Drink Wise, Age Well – Part Time Administrator 15 hrs Location: Cwm Taf Funded by the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund, Drink Wise, Age Well aims to help people aged over 50 make healthier choices about their alcohol use as they age. We […]

Community Coordinator Bulletin February 2019 For more information contact: Nia Williams – Cynon email: nwilliams@interlinkrct.org.uk Mobile:  07580 869946 Karen Powell – Taff Ely email: kpowell@interlinkrct.org.uk Mobile: 07580 869970 Meriel Gough – Rhondda email: mgough@interlinkrct.org.uk Mobile: 07580 865938 Claire Williams – Merthyr Tydfil email: claire.williams@vamt.net Mobile: 07580 866547 Deanne Rebane – Cwm Taf Primary Care email: deanne.rebane@vamt.net Mobile: 07580 869983

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VAWDASV National Communications Campaign – This is not Love: This is Control Today, we are launching our ‘This is not love: This is control’ campaign, aiming to help people identify coercive control behaviours in a relationship and to recognise them as wrong and abusive.  The campaign encourages people experiencing or witnessing these kinds of behaviours to seek advice and support […]

The Big Lottery Fund supports a wide range of activities including projects that develop people’s skills, promote community involvement and encourage healthier lifestyles. However our funding doesn’t cover projects where the main purpose is to promote or develop the arts, heritage or sport. Having said that, we recognise that these types of projects are often a focal point within the […]

The team at Play It Again Sport need your help! We are trying to gain access to some of the bigger suppliers of sports kit (like last year when we had a huge donation from Cardiff City!) and to gain support from the Big Lottery. For both actions, we need to consult more formally than we have to date. We […]