Swansea

Cardiff News March 19, 2021

Local device donation drive provides lifeline to digitally excluded in Cardiff and Swansea

A new initiative to provide devices and connectivity is launching in Cardiff and Swansea. Housing Association Hafod and Swansea Council for Voluntary Services (SCVS) are aiming to distribute 1,500 smartphones and tablets to individuals without digital access, as part of the Community Campaign set up and run by O2 and environmental charity Hubbub. Hafod in Cardiff and SCVS in Swansea have received the first smartphones and are encouraging local businesses and individuals to donate more devices, which will be data-wiped and cleaned before being redistributed. The two organisations have already started identifying those with unmet digital needs, due to lack […]
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Cardiff News December 29, 2020

Health boards to receive additional funding to complete £17m programme of energy efficiency schemes

Three health boards will receive more than £10m in Welsh Government funding this year and next, to install new solar energy measures and help them improve energy efficiency across their estates, resulting in carbon and financial savings. This investment builds on £2m provided last year, as part of a larger £17m programme. The funding – repayable on an Invest to Save basis – will support energy projects for Swansea University Health Board, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and the Hywel Dda University Health Board. The funding includes £2m in Covid recovery funds, earmarked for an ambitious 4MW solar farm […]
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Cardiff News December 3, 2020

Council leaders call for city support package

The leaders of three major Welsh councils are calling for a comprehensive and significant support package to help cities through the pandemic. Those who head Cardiff Council, Newport City Council and Swansea Council say that, although direct action continues to be taken by local authorities and major investment made, cities are being particularly badly impacted by the crisis. The challenge has been brought into sharp focus this week by the troubles of high street retail giants Arcadia and Debenhams. Cardiff, Newport and Swansea together employ tens of thousands of people in retail and hospitality. In a joint statement, Councillors Huw […]
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Cardiff News October 23, 2020

Delsion founder Julian John named in Shaw Trust Power List 100

Julian John, managing director of award-winning diversity and inclusion consultancy Delsion, has been announced as one of the most influential people with a disability in the UK. The Welsh disability champion was named on The Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 list at an online event yesterday (Wednesday 21st October) for the second time in its […]
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Cardiff News October 8, 2020

New walk-through testing sites to open near Welsh Universities

A number of Welsh University towns and cities are set to benefit from a new walk-through Local Testing Sites (LTS). In September the first LTS opened in Pontypridd near the University of South Wales. Each of the new Local Testing Site’s will provide access to testing for both the returning students and the local populations. […]
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