To help celebrate Wales Nature Week and the high brown fritillary butterfly which is now only found in one place in Wales – the Vale of Glamorgan – Butterfly Conservation teamed up with Ewenny Pottery and The Fox, St Brides Major and the 1st community butterfly sculpture competition was born! 

Barry Amateur Swimming Club (BASC) hosted, with the support of City of Cardiff Swimming Club, the Cardiff Bay Sprint Meet  on Saturday 6th July 2024.  Two Cups are presented to swimmers (a boy or a girl) who wins the most points over all four individual stroke races.  

Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS) has superb office space available in its Llantwit Major base at Illtud House. The office space is 560 sq ft, costing £1,026 per month, £12,320 per annum.

Good quality A4 lever arch files, all blue, free to collect in Barry. Files contain lots of poly pockets. Please call 07890 941502 for more details, or to arrange collection.

It is with a heavy heart that I have decided to retire from CAVRA. Over the past month, alongside the other trustees, I have worked diligently to find an organisation that shares the same values and interests as CAVRA.  

We will also be teaching children to send their names in Morse Code and awarding them a Certificate at the Millennium Centre. 

We are writing to extend a warm invitation to you to join us at a drop-in session on the 18th July between 2-6pm in Dunraven Room, Civic Offices, Holton Road, Barry, CF63 4RU to discuss the development of our Council’s new Corporate Plan 2025-30.

CUBE would like to celebrate today and share with you not 1 but 3 independent evaluations carried out by visiting Professor of South Wales University Mark Jones.  

Cyfle Cymru is a community-focused project dedicated to providing support, education, and engagement opportunities for individuals across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan. We offer a range of activities, events, and training sessions designed to help participants build valuable skills, gain workplace qualifications, and contribute positively to their communities.

Project Zero is the Vale of Glamorgan Council’s response to the Climate and Nature Emergencies. It brings together the wide range of work and opportunities available to tackle climate change, reduce the Council’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2030, care for nature, and encourage others to make positive changes.

Is your child or teenager looking for an awesome way to keep fit, meet new people and have fun?  Barry Amateur Swimming Club (BASC) is recruiting members from the age of 8+ and is especially looking for more boys. 

In partnership with the Vale of Glamorgan Healthy Schools and Healthy & Sustainable Pre-School Schemes, Emma and Geraint from Bonvilston Edge provided an informative, interactive and enjoyable ‘Growing session’ at CF61 on Thursday 6th June.

Getting started with DigiCymru is easy and entirely free. Just visit our website to learn more and book your one-on-one session directly into our calendars at a time that suits you. Our expert advisers are ready to help you overcome your digital hurdles and make 2024 your most digitally successful year yet. 

Dyma’ch cyfle i ymuno â'n digwyddiad blynyddol sy'n ymroddedig i rymuso pobl ifanc, gweithwyr ieuenctid, sefydliadau ieuenctid a Gwasanaethau Ieuenctid awdurdodau lleol. Peidiwch â cholli allan ar wythnos yn llawn gweminarau, podlediadau, gweithgareddau cymunedol a digwyddiadau ar-lein.

This is your chance to join our online event dedicated to empowering young people, youth workers, youth organisations and local authorities. Don’t miss out on a week full of webinars, podcasting, online events, in-person drop-ins and more.

The new and improved Volunteering Wales website is a simple, effective and completely free way for organisations to recruit and manage volunteers. Managed by TSSW (Third Sector Support Wales), Volunteering Wales links volunteers with the voluntary organisations that need them, and it couldn’t be simpler to take advantage of it.

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Carers’ Week Events

Llantwit Major FoodShare Pantry, operated by Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS), and Slade Organic Farm teamed up during the May half term to offer a free Seed to Fork Workshop, and even the seemingly relentless drizzle couldn’t dampen spirits!

Through our discovery research with leaders in the third sector we heard there was a huge administrative burden that organisations faced due to outdated systems, poor processes and reporting requirements.  

Calling all Welsh third-sector organisations! ProMo Cymru has an exciting opportunity for you to join our design challenge to explore how digital can enhance your services. Follow the Discover, Define, Develop process to prototype an impactful, person-centred digital service in eight weeks!