LOCAL CARE PROVIDERS TEAM UP FOR CARDIFF BAY AQUA PARK CHALLENGE


A team from Heol Don Bupa Care Home in Whitchurch donned wetsuits and lifejackets on Tursday 12 September to take part in the inaugural Cardiff Bay Aqua Park


Challenge. Competing


against 12 other teams from local care providers, the challenge took place as part of ‘We Care Wales’ Week (9-15 September), a campaign to attract more


people into care work in Wales. Cheered on by some of their residents, the ‘Heol Don Heroes’ slipped and splashed their way around the huge inflatable assault


course to take second place. Te team were presented with their silver medals by Andrew Bell from Social Care Wales. Kate Stephens, home manager at Heol Don, who was part of a steering group to bring people from the care industry together to boost recruitment, said:


“As


you can imagine, we all had a brilliant time and our residents enjoyed watching us make fools of ourselves!


representing social care, early years and childcare in Wales, as well as other


national bodies involved in job-seeking and careers advice.


It was great


Heol Don Heroes (l-r) Peter Cuff, Paige McGhan, Paul James, Caroline Tomas and Julia Holloran.


Older peoples’ groups invited to bid for winter celebration


grants Age Cymru wish to invite local older people’s groups to bid for grants of up to £200 to help organise winter celebrations. Loneliness and isolation can have a devastating impact on older people, particularly at winter time, so they’re encouraging local older people’s groups to organise social events or celebrations anytime between December 2019 and the end of February 2020. Te Winter Celebration grants programme is open to applicants from across Wales. It's hoped that through this initiative, older people will have an opportunity to meet new friends and build upon existing friendships. In previous years the grants have helped fund a variety of


events including


Christmas lunches, Chinese New Year celebrations and theatre trips. Te grants are only available to established older people’s groups such as lunch clubs, forums or even bowls clubs. Te limited fund is usually oversubscribed so applicants need to make sure they match the eligibility criteria. For full details of the eligibility criteria and to download an application form please visit:


www.agecymru.org.uk/


wintercelebrationgrants or call the office for a paper copy of the application on 029 2043 1555. Te deadline for applications is Friday 8 November 2019.


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to get together with other local care providers for some fun and friendly competition.” ‘We Care Wales’ Week is part of a national campaign, ‘WeCare’, launched earlier this year in a bid to attract more people to work in care. Te campaign is a collaboration between Social Care Wales and leading organisations


The Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School


The Bishop of Llandaff is an 11-18 mixed Church-in-Wales High School. We serve Christian and


non-Christian families within the city of Cardiff and surrounding areas, including Bridgend, The Vale of Glamorgan and Rhondda Cynon Taff.


SIXTH FORM OPEN


EVENING


on Thursday 21st November 5.30pm — 7.30pm


As students in Year 11 begin to think about post-16 education, families have to be confident that the support their child will receive will ensure success. At The Bishop of Llandaff, families can be assured that your child will be joining the school at an exciting period of time as it seeks to become “the best school in Wales”.


In 2019, 19% of students achieved 3 or more A*-A grades, with 81% of students


achieving at least 3 or more A*-C. More than a third of all outcomes were at the highest level at A*-A; with 61% of all grades were at A*-B and an overall pass rate of 99%. Our track record of supporting students with university applications is very strong. How-


ever, we are committed to ensuring all students have a suitable progression route to the next stage of their lives.


While we are proud of our students and the achievements last year, we are driven to ensure we continue this performance over the coming months and years. We shall leave no stone unturned in our pursuit of excellence. We are looking for families who share this ambition!


www.bishopofllandaff.org


“A culture of extremely high expectations permeates all aspects of school” (Estyn, 2018)


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