Join the Bevan Foundation to hear the latest insights on how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting Welsh families. Over the past two years the Bevan Foundation’s snapshot of poverty series has become an essential resource for anyone interested in understanding the impact of Covid 19 and the cost-of-living crisis on poverty in Wales. Join the free 30-minute briefing to hear the findings of the latest survey and to better understand the challenges faced by families...
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The British Business Bank have a wealth of information and guides on how to create a sustainable business and prepare for green growth. Take action with their green business guides, jargon busters and helpful explainers. Find out what Net Zero actually means with their Green Decoder. The online guide has been co-created with Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University to help smaller businesses decipher the terminology surrounding decarbonisation. You can also commit to the UK...
This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Competition will broadly inform forward leaning debates on how generation-after-next wearable technologies could be best exploited within defence capabilities. Future exploitation routes will be influenced by the breadth and longevity of robust measurement that can be made using these early phase platform technologies. Preference will be given to proposals focusing on: Devices / assay systems and approaches that aim to be widely exploitable across a number of classes of...
Restart Ukraine aims to support the economic independence of women by creating a framework for the continuity of small business enterprise and the encouragement of startups and scaleups relocating to the UK to keep the Ukrainian economy alive. GEN UK has partnered with Startup Ukraine to provide a 360 support programme to meet their needs – funding, desk spaces, advisors, legal, banking, mentors, mental health support, access to markets, investment and so on. It will...
Financial support that might be available to help you. The Welsh Government understands that the rising cost of living can be especially worrying if you have difficulty paying your bills and/or your rent, but there is help and advice available to assist you. Find out about: Benefits entitlement Housing Financial help Living costs Health and wellbeing Contacts Alternative languages For further information visit Get help with the cost of living | GOV.WALES
Swansea University and Imersifi (software studio) have come together to research and explore how virtual reality technology can help the autism community, they want to co-produce this training with the autistic community and employers. Virtual reality can be experienced by wearing a headset, the headset displays a virtual world where you can experience new situations and interact with objects. The project will be focussing on employment and how the technology can be used to expose...
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Wales Chris Jones is urging people to take extra precautions and to plan ahead to keep themselves and others safe as the Met Office warns of extreme heat. The Amber warning, issued for Sunday 17 July, Monday 18 July and Tuesday 19 July, suggests some parts of east Wales could see temperatures reach early to mid-thirties. The Welsh Government is working with emergency services, local authorities, schools and businesses...
Businesses play a fundamental role in addressing global challenges. Major corporate organisations can also be a force for good inside communities, they can provide livelihood opportunities and close access gaps for underserved individuals. Smaller businesses and entrepreneurs play a part in this too. Now more than ever, businesses need to maximise their inclusive impact. They need to ensure that their services/products serve, align and integrate the needs of diverse communities and stakeholders. Join Innovate UK’s...
The UK is getting hotter. As a result of climate change, heatwaves are becoming longer and more extreme, and many people’s health and wellbeing are suffering as a result. The British Red Cross report, Feeling the Heat, summarises trends, consequences and solutions relating to extreme heat in the UK: Download the report (PDF) Heatwave: first aid advice (PDF) Heatwave checklist (PDF) Impacts of heatwaves can be serious, but they are also preventable and they don't...
New legislation will ensure seafarers get paid at least equivalent to the UK National Minimum Wage. The UK government has today (6 July 2022) introduced new legislation to make sure seafarers get paid at least equivalent to the UK National Minimum Wage. The changes mean that thousands of seafarers regularly entering the UK will receive fairer pay. The Seafarers’ Wages Bill – introduced in the House of Lords – enables port authorities to deny access...