Chief Executive Officer of Cardiff and Vale Health Board Len Richards joined Vale AM Jane Hutt and County Councillor Gwyn John, in a meeting to discuss primary health care needs in Llantwit Major. They were joined by Health Board Official Lisa Dunsford and Llantwit Major GP Practice managers, to […]
I enjoyed this year Vale Show at Fonmon Castle – it’s an important opportunity to thank and celebrate the farming community in the Vale of Glamorgan. The Show is also an opportunity to listen to and learn from local farmers, so that we can support the farming community as […]
I have supported the loyal and skilled workforce at Aberthaw over the past 20 years, and want their loyalty recognised by RWE, given the assurances we have had of a longer life for the plant. I am speaking to RWE management and the unions about the situation, drawing on Welsh […]
I visited the new social enterprise Awesome.Wales shop on Holton Road, Barry, to meet co-owner Amy Greenfield. Awesome Wales has received funding from the Wales Council for Voluntary Action Social Business Group Fund, and a loan from the European Regional Development Fund through the Development Bank of Wales and […]
Supporting staff and patients at Barry Hospital Barry Hospital is a vital resource and I am glad improvements are being made to outpatient services. The Health Board plans for Barry Hospital to be a Health and Wellbeing Hub for the Vale of Glamorgan. This will involve working even more […]
I was pleased to welcome Julie Morgan AM , Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, to College Fields Care Home recently. College Fields is celebrating its 30th anniversary of dedicated professional care and commitment. I was delighted to join Mike and Rachel Kemp to make presentations to their dedicated […]
Friends, family and colleagues came together to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Jane Hutt’s election as Vale AM in 1999. The Vale Labour Party Women’s Forum organised the surprise party, to thank Jane for all her hard work for the community and people of the Vale since 1999. A wonderful […]
I was pleased and proud to co-host a Great Get Together event at Barry Island, alongside the Royal British Legion, on Friday 21st June. The sun shone on the iconic beach huts, and we were joined by the Real Lives Choir, Barry Community Choir and Oasis Choir from Cardiff. […]
The National Assembly for Wales Children, Young People and Education Committee is currently conducting an inquiry into the sufficiency of school funding in Wales, and the way school budgets are determined and allocated. As regards the opportunities to consider school funding from cross party perspectives, I am glad to report […]
It was with great sadness that I learnt from her devoted family that Dilys Colbourne MBE passed away on Sunday 2nd June. Dilys was a pioneering and visionary campaigner, playing a leading role in the Barry Citizens Action Group. She successfully fought the campaign to keep Central Park ‘green’, obtaining […]
