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Cardiff and the Vale Parents Federation - Family support services

Last updated: 24/04/2024
Family support services
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What we do

We offer a signposting service for information, events and services that will help the unpaid carers of people with a learning disability. We support families by holding information events, workshops social activities and training events. We also hold informal social gatherings and coffee mornings at no charge where families can share ideas, learn from each other and have fun. We represent the views of our carers in consultations and at a strategic level locally, regionally and nationally. We advocate for carers and families who are lifelong carers from early diagnosis, to assessments and later life.
We regularly collaborate with Pedal Power in Cardiff, to offer a cycle ride (with coffee & cake) for unpaid carers on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Please contact us for more information regarding these Pedal Power sessions.

Who do we support

Families and unpaid carers that support a disabled child or an adult with a learning disability. We are a regional focused organisation supporting over 1000 families across the counties of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

We offer information (but not advice) on a huge range of subjects covering all areas of life, and our carers are our greatest resource in terms of information gathering and sharing their experiences of navigating life as an unpaid carer.

Is there a charge to use this service?

No

Can anyone use this service?

The online resources are available free of charge to all. We offer enhanced support to families in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan

Service details for this family support services

Language: English with use of bilingual elements

  • Can provide specialist support for families of children with disabilities / additional needs No
     
  • Relevant staff have a valid current DBS? No

 Address

 You can send post here:

Unit 14, Sbectrwm Community Centre
Bwlch Road
Fairwater
CF5 3EF

 You can visit us here:

Cardiff and Vale Parents Federation
Sbectrwm
The Old School
Bwlch Road
Cardiff
Cardiff
CF5 3EF

Contact methods

Social media

 Opening times

Online resources at all times, office hours are 10.00 to 16.00 Monday to Thursday subject to part-time staffing levels

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We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.

Find more well-being information at www.dewis.wales

We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.