Heledd Fychan Canol De Cymru - South Wales Central

South Wales Central MS, Heledd Fychan has been asked what would matter most to her at end of life, as she met Marie Curie staff at the Senedd, who spoke about the importance of good palliative and end of life care, and access to it for all.

Heledd joined forces with the Marie Curie Cymru Policy team, Lowri Griffiths and Bethan Edwards at a stand at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay on Wednesday 3^rd November, to highlight the leading end of life charity’s work. 

Marie Curie Cymru provides care and support to people living with a terminal illness and their loved ones in their hospice and people’s homes.  The charity also offers a free Information and Support line, which includes bereavement support.  It is the largest charitable funder of palliative and end of life care research in the UK also campaigns for better end of life care for all.

Today I visited Bute Cottage Nursery School (Wednesday 3 November) after learning about the proposal from the council to amalgamate the school. This decision would see the school lose its independence and autonomy over learning.

During my visit, I saw first-hand the wonderful learning environment that has inspired generations of nursery children and compelled locals to launch a campaign to preserve the school.

The Save Bute Cottage Nursery campaign has already seen nearly 1,000 people sign a petition against the proposal to amalgamate the Nursery with Evenlode Primary School.

I strongly support their campaign to Save Bute Cottage, and hope the Vale of Glamorgan Council will re-think their proposals to amalgamate the school.

Today, I’m launching a competition for local Primary school children to design a Christmas card or decoration.

The theme for this year’s Christmas competition is a ‘Green Christmas’

With the climate and nature emergency an important issue for everyone, I am encouraging primary school children across the region of South Wales Central to design a Christmas Card or decoration made from recycled materials.

Following the publication today of the breakdown of where Wales’ 327 higher-risk tips are located by local authority, Heledd Fychan Member of the Senedd for South Wales Central has called for the precise locations to be published and urgent action taken.

It was great to meet climate activists on the steps of the Senedd today.

The Climate and Nature emergency is the most important issue of our time, and it was heart-warming to hear about all the amazing work they’re doing in communities across Wales.

Thank you to Climate Cymru who organised the event bringing the voices of the people to leaders in Wales.

”Plaid Cymru calls for all Wales rugby games to be aired live on S4C"

It’s been confirmed that fans of Welsh rugby will not be able to watch Wales’ autumn international matches on free-to-air television. Matches will only be televised live on Amazon Prime, which sits behind a paywall. 

This marks a change from previous matches, which have been available to watch live on S4C, which is free-to-air. The reason the change has been made is because Amazon Prime will be providing commentary in both English and Welsh languages.

Today, we are publishing the results of our recent survey which we ran during Pontypridd Green Week. It was open to everyone across the South Wales Central Region, and we would like to thank everyone that completed the survey online or stopped to chat with Heledd and the team over the course of the week.

Your comments and ideas will help shape Heledd’s work in the Senedd, and our work as a team locally in supporting our communities in the response to the climate and nature emergency.

A summary of the results can be viewed below.

On 13 October, I met with residents in Nantgarw at a Public Meeting in Coleg y Cymoedd. It was a very productive meeting, and I was grateful to hear directly from residents their thoughts on issues that were important to them.

Flooding was an issue that many were concerned about, following the devastating impact of the 2020 floods which ruined many of their homes. With some only starting to return to normal. They shared their anxiety of still not knowing what happened that night.

The section 19 report looking into the flood in Nantgarw is yet to be published by RCT council but despite this residents fear this will not be enough to truly understand what happened that night and strongly support the idea of an independent inquiry. This is also something that other residents support across RCT, and I continue to fight for justice and answers for all.

Ken Moon to join Heledd Fychan’s team

In recognition of the serious threat posed by Climate Change to the future of our communities, Heledd Fychan MS has created a new and unique role within her support staff team. The Sustainable Futures Coordinator will support Heledd in her work with communities across South Wales Central linked to creating sustainable futures.   

Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting with Kyle and Jodie and the team of volunteers at Gofal Galar Cymru/Grief Support Cymru. The dedicated team were all busy supporting their clients, and it was great to see them at work.