Here is your Friday update, covering:
- The National Service of Remembrance for Wales
- Housing, Health, Community: Go ahead for Cardiff's first wellbeing village
- New dedicated phone line to help support unpaid carers
- Cardiff Castle features in BBC drama Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
The National Service of Remembrance for Wales
The National Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Wales, jointly hosted by Cardiff Council and the Welsh Government in collaboration with The Royal British Legion, is scheduled to take place in Cardiff on Sunday, 10th November 2024.
Detachments from the Royal Navy, the Army, the Royal Air Force, Merchant Navy, Cadet Forces will march past City Hall and along King Edward VII Avenue to the Welsh National War Memorial in Alexandra Gardens, Cathays Park, Cardiff where they will arrive by 10:40am and form up around the memorial.
Those detachments will be joined by columns of ex-Servicemen and women, organised by the Royal British Legion and columns of civilians representing organisations connected with current and past conflicts.
A selection of music will be played by the Canton Salvation Army Band from 10:30am until shortly before 11am, when the service will begin with bidding and words of scripture given by Cardiff Council Honorary Chaplain, Reverend Canon Stewart Lisk. The Cardiff Military Wives Choir Caerdydd and the National St John Ambulance Cymru Choir will lead the singing during the service.
At 10:59am a bugler from The Royal Welsh Regimental Band and Corps of Drums of The Royal Welsh will sound the ‘Last Post' followed at 11am by a gun of the 104 Regiment Royal Artillery, Newport who will be firing to mark the start of the two minutes' silence which will be observed. Its conclusion will again be marked by the firing of the gun and the playing of ‘Reveille' by the Bugler.
Housing, Health, Community: Go ahead for Cardiff's first wellbeing village
Cardiff's first wellbeing village, a 27-acre development bringing together health and housing to provide new facilities and homes for local people, is on its way to the west of the city.
The proposed development, that will be delivered through a collaboration between Cardiff Council and national developer Wates Residential as part of the Cardiff Living programme and create around 235 homes on the site of the former Michaelston Community College in Ely, has been approved by Planning Committee.
The new development seeks to promote independent living with a focus on health and wellbeing. Cardiff Council and Cardiff & Vale University Health Board have been working together to propose a range of spaces for the local community, to enable better delivery of services in the area.
With a focus on building new homes for older people with 107 Community Living apartments for rent from the Council, the development also includes a mixture of 128 homes for other age-groups that will be for sale on the open market.
The scheme will be vibrant and characterful, boasting a fully accessible neighbourhood with the aim of encouraging social interaction and promoting a healthy lifestyle. A new medical centre, new community hub with multi-purpose rooms, a cafe and an agile working space will be at the heart of the scheme at a central plaza that is well-connected to the housing on site.
High-quality outdoor spaces will feature throughout, including a sports area, community gardens, allotments and the retention and enhancement of the existing wooded areas. Green infrastructure and sustainable urban drainage form an integral part of the scheme's design.
Full planning permission was granted by Planning Committee yesterday (Nov 7) for these aspects of the wellbeing village while outline planning permission was approved for nine adult supported living flats and a children's respite centre.
New dedicated phone line to help support unpaid carers
Did you know that around 10% of Cardiff residents identified themselves as unpaid carers? That's close to 33,000 people looking after a family member or friend. However, there are many people who don't identify as a career, often mistaking their caring role as ‘helping out' a relative or a friend. Recognizing that you're a carer is important as there may be support out there that you can access.
We know that caring for someone can be exhausting both physically and emotionally, having a negative impact on someone's wellbeing. With 36% of carers reporting that they are often or always lonely, we want to make sure every unpaid career across Cardiff receives the vital support they need. That's why Cardiff Independent Living Services is happy to announce a new dedicated phone line to provide unpaid carers with support and advice to look after their own health and wellbeing.
For unpaid carers accessing support services and information can be a daunting task, so the direct phoneline makes it simple. The team can help with:
- free advice and assistance,
- support that is focused on Unpaid Carer and their needs,
- accessing local support services,
- understanding their rights and entitlements, and
- Carers Needs Assessments.
So, if you know or identify as an unpaid carer, please share this information and call us on 02920 234234 or email: contactILS@cardiff.gov.uk
If the unpaid carer is under 18 or you care for someone under 18, please visit Cardiff Family Advise and Support website here.
Cardiff Castle features in BBC drama Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light
Highly anticipated BBC drama ‘Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light' features a star-studded cast including Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII, and eagle-eyed viewers might also spot Cardiff's historic Castle.
Following the last four years of Thomas Cromwell's life as he completes his journey from self-made man to feared and influential political fixer, the final instalment of this award-winning drama series has been years in the making and some of that time was spent filming in and around the Castle's Norman Keep.