Health & Social Care
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- A friendship bench outside a new community wellbeing hub is getting people talking.
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- Nearly 190 young carers in Torfaen have signed up for a national ID card, allowing them to be more visible within their communities.
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- A flower garden for unpaid carers in Torfaen has become the latest site where wildflowers are encouraged to grow in the borough.
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- Around 40 unpaid carers have received help and advice about the rising cost of living as part of a series of Carers Week roadshows.
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- As part of Carers Week next week, Torfaen Council is organising a series of roadshows for unpaid carers concerned about the rising cost of living.
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- The Welsh Government is consulting on changes to the Mental Capacity Act and how they will be applied.
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- Unpaid carers in Torfaen, who were in receipt of Carers Allowance on 31 March 2022, can now apply for a one-off £500 payment.
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- To celebrate Foster Care Fortnight 2022, Torfaen Council is running a sunflower themed fostering competition for local children to get creatively involved in.
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- Residents are being asked to plant sunflower seeds in their gardens this spring to celebrate local foster carers, as part of the annual Foster Care Fortnight campaign.
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- Parkinson's Awareness Week kicks off on Monday and to mark the occasion, residents who suffer from the illness, are invited to attend a free local support group.
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- Getting a job with Torfaen Council's social care teams can be the start of a long and varied career.
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- Children and young people with vision impairments will be given more support to live and learn independently, thanks to the introduction of a new curriculum framework.
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- If you've ever fancied a career in social care, then sign up for Torfaen Council's first ever virtual social care recruitment day.
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- Civic centre will be lit green next week to support Kidney Cancer Awareness Week.
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- Torfaen Council's Community Meals is helping older residents remain in their own homes by providing valuable wellness checks.
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- Currently all our health and social care services in Gwent are under massive pressure due to staff absence from Covid-19, especially our domiciliary care services and care home providers.
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- Channel Four Bake Off finalist Jon Jenkins has spoken about becoming a foster carer to help support a new campaign.
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- The Play Service has been busy over the festive season providing fun filled activities to families in Torfaen.
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- Around 60 children with visual impairments have been given packs filled with sensory toys and equipment so they can take part in special playgroup sessions at home.
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- Torfaen council is writing to everyone in the borough receiving domiciliary care services and appealed for support to help fill a shortfall in care required this month
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- More than 800 gifts have been donated to this year's Torfaen Santa Appeal.
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- An event to celebrate and support carers in Torfaen is being organised to mark Carers' Rights Day next week.
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- The Santa Appeal, run by Torfaen Social Services, gives people the chance to donate gifts to children and young people who would otherwise miss out at Christmas time.
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- The winner of the Ty Glas y Dorlan photography competition has been chosen.
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- Next week WeCare Wales will be shining a light on what it's like to work in the social care, children's and early years sectors.
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- Several life-size front doors have been unveiled outside the Senedd in Cardiff Bay, highlighting those who have opened their homes to foster children in Wales.
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- Public Health Wales is urging all eligible people in Wales to have their free NHS flu and COVID-19 booster vaccines as the NHS in Wales begins its biggest ever national winter vaccinations programme.
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- Foster Wales Torfaen is part of a new national campaign to recruit more local authority foster carers for local children.
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- Plans for a new multi-million-pound wellbeing hub have taken a major step forward.
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- A former care worker has launched her own business offering companionship care to the elderly, thanks to Torfaen Council's Communities for Work Plus programme.
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- We're running a photography competition entitled Views and Nature Around the Waterways of Torfaen.
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- People who receive home care services and their families are being asked to tell Torfaen Council about their experiences.
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- An appeal is being issued for the attendees of a school prom or graduation party held at the Cwrt Bleddyn hotel near Usk on Wednesday 11 August to get a PCR Covid-19 test.
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- Councils in Gwent are alerting residents who receive community health and social care to expect possible changes in their support because of high demand on services and staff shortages.
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- Torfaen Carer Support worker Louise Hook has won a Care Star award for the support she has provided to local carers during the last 15 months.
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- A thought-provoking new report, launched Wednesday 21st July, has looked at the breadth of wildlife in Gwent, recording the ecological successes and identifying those species most at risk...
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- Local Authority fostering services in Wales have today joined forces to become 'Foster Wales'.
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- This week we celebrate National Shared Lives - a programme, where people open their lives and homes up to help those in need of support.
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- Work has started on a new flower garden dedicated to all unpaid carers in Torfaen.
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- A pioneering scheme to support young carers in Torfaen is helping more than 100 youngsters.
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- Around 120 carers have been given extra help by Torfaen Council's social care teams during the coronavirus pandemic
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- Did you know that you can apply for a Lasting Power of Attorney at any age?
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- In Gwent during 'Dementia Action week' (17 – 23 May 2021), Torfaen Council would like to promote our part in the National Bevan Exemplar project, 'Get There Together'.
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- As part of Foster Care Fortnight, the Celtic Manor Resort generously offered two rounds of golf to Gwent's local authority foster carers.
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- As part of this years Foster Care Fortnight campaign, Torfaen Council have joined other local authority fostering teams across the Gwent region to host a regional Men Who Care Wellbeing Walk in Pontypool Park.
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- This week, nearly 200 bouquets have been hand-delivered to foster carers by Torfaen Council's adult social care team, as part of Foster Care Fortnight.
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- After five and a half months training council employee Alex Jones finally got the chance to put her mind and body to the test in a gruelling 24 hour ultramarathon, raising more than £4,700 for the Samaritans.
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- Torfaen Council is calling on community groups and organisations stirring from the restrictions of the pandemic to let people know they're back open.
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- Welsh artist Nathan Wyburn wants to shine a light on the work that Torfaen's foster carers do, as Pontypool Civic Centre will be lit up in orange this Foster Care Fortnight.
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- Today (Monday 10 May 2021)marks the launch of Mental Health Awareness Week, the UK's national week to raise awareness of mental health.
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- A Torfaen Council meal delivery service has seen demand for its service increase by almost a third over the past year.
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- After 18 months of planning and development by local authorities, Welsh Government and Carers Trust Wales, today (15 March 2021) a new Young Carers' National ID card scheme has been launched in Torfaen.
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- Torfaen's first Local Testing Site (LTS) has opened today (February 18) in the Old Mill Car Park on Trosnant Street, Pontypool.
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- Torfaen Council has progressed two projects aimed at finding innovative solutions to improve care for residents.
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- As the festive period fast approaches, please think carefully about what you 'should do' rather than what you 'can do'
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- Gifts for Christmas will be handed out to 237 children and young people in Torfaen thanks to the huge success of this year's Torfaen Santa Appeal.
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- Today we received the welcome news that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine temporary authorisation for use based on evidence of safety and effectiveness.
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- The coronavirus global pandemic has emphasised the critical role the social care workforce play in supporting Torfaen's most vulnerable citizens and the need for more people to start a career in the social care sector.
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- Torfaen Council are looking to speak to residents who have recently requested or have been referred to support from the occupational therapy team
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- As part of the Councils Autumn fostering campaign, we will be hosting virtual one to one drop in sessions for anybody who is interested in becoming a foster carer.
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- The temporary covid-19 'walk-up' test centres in Blaenavon and Pontypool will close on Friday 30 October.
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- Once again Christmas is upon us and our thoughts turn to the children and young people of Torfaen who are experiencing poverty or have no contact with family.
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- The temporary covid-19 test centres in Blaenavon and Pontypool will now remain open until Friday 30 October
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- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is keeping open the temporary mobile testing unit in Blaenavon which opened on the 8th October.
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- Torfaen Council are joining other local authorities across Gwent to promote a new Autumn fostering campaign that looks to encourage more families and individuals to come forward and foster a child or young person in need.
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- One of the best ways to inspire people to adopt is by sharing success stories of those that have been there and done it.
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- We're encouraging people in Torfaen to download and use the app because the more people that do so, the more it will help reduce and manage the spread of COVID.
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- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is opening a temporary mobile testing unit at the Old Mill Car Park, Trosnant, Pontypool, NP4 8AT, on Wednesday 30th September.
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- Public Health Wales is urging all eligible people in Wales to have their free flu vaccine as NHS Wales begins its largest ever national flu vaccine programme.
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- The council would like to thank a group of seamstresses for their hard work and effort in supporting the NHS during Covid-19.
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- Following the lockdown in Caerphilly, for Torfaen residents who were shielding prior to 16th of August and therefore remain on the Shielding Patient List, there is no change to the advice from the Chief Medical Officer for Wales.
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- A Torfaen Social Care project which aims to support digitally excluded residents in Torfaen is once again taking appointments to conduct home visits.
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- An independent external review commissioned by the WLGA of the Sensory and Communication Support Service (SenCom) has been completed.
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- A campaign launches today across Wales to encourage people to contact social services if they are worried that a family member, friend or neighbour is at risk of abuse, neglect and harm.
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- This Carers Week Torfaen Social Care teams continue to support unpaid carers in our communities, having positive conversations with them and offering information and support.
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- For the next two weeks we are celebrating Foster Care Fortnight, which runs from 11-24 May.
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- Since the start of the Coronavirus lockdown back in March, more than 470 vulnerable residents across the borough have received vital support from the Council, which has enabled them to stay safe at home.
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- Today (27/04/2020), in response to Covid-19, Torfaen Council have launched 'Torfaen Community Support', a Mobile App to help quickly and easily link Torfaen's most vulnerable residents with volunteers who can help support them.
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- This week, Torfaen Neighbourhood Services teams alongside other Council colleagues, Community Volunteers, Torfaen Leisure Trust, Bron Afon and Pyramid Hygiene have delivered a large quantity of Free School Meal boxes to households across the borough.
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- As a council, we have been putting together contingency plans for residents who receive Home Care via our Personal Care Team, so that we are able to continue to support people in need.
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- There have been reports of fake Coronavirus emails and text messages being received.
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- The national We Care Wales campaign to attract more people to consider work in the social care sector has recently featured Coleg Gwent students Izzy Evren and Tyne Hughes in their latest campaign drive...
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- This week, five suppliers will end work on Phase 1 of the Govtech Catalyst Challenge.
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- Last week, Torfaen council held an extraordinary council meeting to update councillors on the steps being taken to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in Torfaen.
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- Torfaen Personal Care Team are hosting an event on the 21st January 2020 at Cwmbran Library to recruit Support Workers for their Intake/Enablement and Dementia Teams.
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- The Fostering Network has estimated that 550 foster families will be needed in Wales to keep up with the widespread demand.
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- The latest 10-week IFYOUGOIGO programme saw more than 20 local women take part to overcome personal health barriers, resulting in them living more active and healthy lifestyles.
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- Torfaen Social Care has recently launched a new service that will look to combat loneliness and social isolation by coaching residents on how to use new smart technologies in the home.
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- This year's Santa appeal opens on Monday 4 November 2019.
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- This week the official book launch of 'Moli The Cow Who Moo She Was Different' took place at the Serennu Centre in Newport. The book raises awareness and understanding of the Autism Spectrum.
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- Today (), Blaenavon 50+ Forum and Pontypool Senior Active Support Forum have come together for a friendly event at Blaenavon Workmen's Hall to mark International Day of Older Persons, celebrating living well into old age.
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- Torfaen Community Connectors have joined forces with Torfaen Take a Stroll and Torfaen Employability Team to host a series of community 'Walk and Talk Torfaen' events in conjunction with Mental Health Awareness Week in October.
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- The South East Wales Shared Lives Scheme offers a unique community based service for adults who need care and support in Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen.
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- Torfaen Adult Social Care wants to hear people's views on how the community can work together to tackle loneliness and isolation.
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- Central Cwmbran Well-being Team, based at Canalside Cwmbran are the latest to receive the Dementia Friends award, becoming the first well-being team in Gwent to achieve 'Dementia Friendly' status.
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- More than 130 people attended the suppliers launch of Torfaen's £1.2 million GovTech Catalyst challenge.
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- Across Torfaen the Gwent Regional Partnership Team have been developing a Dementia Friendly Community for the last few years and have been awarded Dementia Friendly status by Alzheimer's Society.
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- With Foster Care Fortnight 2019 just around the corner, Torfaen Fostering teams are looking to recruit new mainstream foster carers that would love to make a positive difference in children's lives.
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- Rough sleeping in Wales has increased in recent years, becoming more of a visible presence in our towns and communities.
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- Tech companies are invited to attend a launch event for our £1.25m GovTech Catalyst challenge on data and technology and adult social
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