Last month it was a pleasure to visit The Squirrel’s Nest Men’s Shed Tondu with my Labour colleague Huw Irranca-Davies AM. The Squirrel’s Nest, which is based at the Tondu Enterprise Centre, is a place where men can come and spend time making items out of wood. Men’s Sheds is a new way for men

Last month it was a pleasure to attend the launch of Tenovus Cancer Care’s Big Birthday Raffle to mark the charity’s 75th birthday. There are some great prizes on offer including the star prize of a new car. Raffle tickets are available from Tenovus Cancer Care stores and the raffle will be drawn on the

It was my great pleasure to be the guest judge at the ‘Fairtrade Bake Off’ at last month’s Bridgend Fairtrade Festival. The event was organised by The Bridgend Fairtrade Partnership. Local schools, community groups and individual bakers were invited to get baking and to use as many Fairtrade ingredients as they could in their entries.

I am pleased that building work has now started on the new primary care and community services centre in Porthcawl. A few weeks ago, GPs and healthcare officials held a turf cutting ceremony to mark the start of construction. The new centre will be located on Newton Nottage Road, next to Meadow Lake. I know

A few months ago, it was great to meet some members from the Wilderness Allotment Association in Porthcawl. Over a cup of tea and a cake- a lovely scone with homemade strawberry jam, I had the opportunity to hear about the allotment committee’s community engagement activities and to express my personal congratulations on their recent

The Welsh Government has started the process to find the next Older People’s Commissioner for Wales. Sarah Rochira is the current Commissioner who was appointed in June 2012. With her term of office due to end in June 2018 following a two year extension in the role, last month, the Welsh Government invited applications to