We are here in Pontypridd at the Rhondda Cynon Taf National Eisteddfod🎉 Today is the day we announce the winner of the 2024 Caring in Welsh award! Who will be crowned? Keep an eye on our social media to see who will be this year’s winner🏆

The ceremony is about to start! Who will be the winner?

Congratulations to Elain Fflur Morris, a Senior Carer from Conwy, winner of the 2024 Caring in Welsh award🏆🌟

Congratulations to Abbie Edwards, Myfanwy Harman, Leone Williams and Sian Jones for reaching the final of the 2024 Caring in Welsh award🎉🎊

That’s the end of the 2024 Caring in Welsh award🎉 Thank you to everyone who nominated individuals for the award this year! Thank you to our judges and everyone who voted for our winner. Congratulations to Elain and our finalists🎊

🤝 Join our Evidence Community for a free online workshop about co-production and how it can be used to improve service provision. The session will be led by Nina Maxwell and Martin Elliot from Cardiff University. 👉 Book your place: ow.ly/WHcQ50SSb35 Cardiff University

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Has this week’s eisteddfod inspired you to learn Welsh? The Camau #Welsh language modules, created especially for people working in social care, are now available. The courses are: 👉 for beginners 👉 online 👉 flexible. Go for it!📲ow.ly/tAgO50S8h1i Learn Cymraeg

🔔 We've added a new project to our project finder about the work that's being done in Ceredigion to provide integrated health and care services to patients registered with Borth Surgery. 👉 Visit our Insight Collective website to find out more: ow.ly/TFgG50SUrcx

📣 Together with @heiw_nhs we’ve published our priorities for phase two of A Healthier Wales, our workforce strategy for health and social care. 👨‍👧‍👧The strategy sets out our ambition for the workforce to meet the needs of the people of Wales. ➡ More: ow.ly/NeSj50T20oL

On our Insight Collective website, we publish evidence summaries that present research findings on topics related to social care in a way that’s easy to understand. 🔎 Explore the full list of evidence summaries we offer: ow.ly/exWU50T3U2I

💻 Have you visited our Insight Collective website yet? We launched the service in May to give you access to the latest social care research and data, guidance on training, opportunities to work together, and advice on available support. 👉 Visit today: ow.ly/8zyt50T4NrQ

📊 We’re asking local authorities and independent service providers to send us data on their workforce numbers and characteristics as part of our annual data collection. 👉 Find out more about the collection and what we need your organisation to do: ow.ly/ByKl50Tecsw

Our Board met in July for the first public Board meeting in Flintshire, discussing key items, actions, emerging issues, updates and more. Read the latest edition of the Board newsletter 👇 ow.ly/uIh650TeiO3

📢 Join us at our employer support roadshow! 📆 17 September, Wrexham. Hear from our employer support team about the services, support and resources available to you. 👉 Book your place and find out more - eventbrite.co.uk/e/sioeau-teith…

🤝 Find out what's been happening in the Insight Collective's communities in July and August! Our communities are spaces for social care workers, innovators and people with lived experience to share their knowledge and ideas, and to learn from others. 👉 ow.ly/ryjP50TghzU

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿New term = new skill? How about learning some Welsh on our Camau courses? The course is designed especially for people working in social care and teaches the words you’re most likely to need when communicating with the people you support. Go for it👉 ow.ly/tAgO50S8h1i

If you work in social care in Wales, don’t miss out on our free online training about ‘Demystifying evaluation’. 📅 Our next round of training sessions begin on 10 October at 1pm. 👉 Book your place on Eventbrite: ow.ly/T5vi50Thvuw

🎓Are you a social care PhD student at a higher education institution in Wales? 📢 We have a PhD placement opportunity for students who are interested in learning more about linked data research! 👉Find out more: jobs.socialcare.wales SAILDatabank ADR Wales Population Data Science at Swansea University

📣 Health and Care Research Wales is holding an online event to outline the support it offers around social care research. The session on 3 October will have a specific focus on costing social care research and the additional funding that's available. 👇