Cardiff & Vale Health Charity is pleased to announce Jonathan Aver, Senior Capital Construction Officer, UHB has been crowned Health Hero for October. Jonathan has been hailed as someone who always displays the values of the organisation, and whilst working under much pressure, continues to engage proactively and pleasantly with others. When discussing his nomination,
Funding from NHS Charities Together supported Cardiff & Vale Health Charity to purchase birthing aids for the Midwifery Led Unit during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The items purchased included two Multitrac Birthing Systems and five Birthing Stools, both of which are designed to support and encourage women to adopt upright, mobile positions for labour and birth.
Cardiff & Vale Health Charity have recently worked with People Health and Wellbeing Services at University Hospital Wales to provide a more comforting environment for colleagues. Provided with funds from the Make It Better Fund, we were able to supply the Occupational Health area with new seating from Poppi Furniture, and bright, uplifting vinyls to
Congratulations to Liz Powell who took to the skies to complete her skydive in support of the Renal Unit! Proving you are never too old to jump from 12,000 feet, back in April 2022, she left the plane free-falling through the clouds at 120 mph for forty-five seconds. She raised an incredible £1,065, and the
Funding has been granted by the Charitable Funds Committee to support the Welsh Transplant Team of local transplant patients to participate in the British Transplant Games over the next 5 years. Cardiff & Vale Health Charity have been delighted to support the Welsh Transplant Team over the recent years to celebrate organ donation and encourage
A local community group ‘Scrub a Dub Dub Penarth | Facebook have very kindly offered Cardiff and Vale University Health Board the opportunity of displaying their beautiful commemorative quilt, which was made during the Covid 19 lockdown period, at Barry Hospital. One of the team, Lisa Eveleigh, contacted Cardiff & Vale Health Charity via our
During the Covid-19 Pandemic, funding from NHS Charities Together supported Cardiff & Vale Health Charity to create a post for a Digital Inclusion Lead at the Recovery and Wellbeing College for 12 months. The position was taken up by Georgia Howard, who was able to support the college to continue to deliver free educational courses
Cardiff & Vale Health Charity is pleased to announce Keith Magorimbo, IT Service Desk Manager, has been crowned Health Hero for September. Keith has been in his role for two years and has been described as the core of IT for Cardiff and Vale UHB. He has worked extremely hard to make huge improvements to
Through funding from the Staff Lottery at Cardiff & Vale Health Charity, the Arts for Health and Wellbeing Programme are proud to create a timeline to reflect 200 years of organised healthcare being provided in the South and East Cardiff Locality area, which is now on display in the Therapies corridor at Cardiff Royal Infirmary.
As a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Lung Function and Sleep Apnoea Department’s Sleep Service was adapted to become a drive through service to reduce patient footfall in the hospital. Though the drive through service had shown to be a success from its early days, being outdoors meant that staff often had to work
