Here is the latest update from Cardiff Council, covering: a ‘Winter of Wellbeing' for Cardiff's children and young people; surprise reunion brings great-grandfather's teddy bear back to toddler after it disappeared in Roath Park Lake; vaccination totals for Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan; COVID-19 cases reported in Cardiff's schools in the last seven days; and Cardiff's case and test numbers.

A ‘Winter of Wellbeing' for Cardiff's Children and Young People

The next phase of Cardiff Council's, Welsh Government funded, Winter of Wellbeing is coming soon, in time for February half-term, and running until the end of March.

Following on from last year's Summer of Smiles festival, which gave thousands of Cardiff's children and young people a range of experiences and activities, the Winter of Wellbeing programme is offering free opportunities and activities for 0 to 25-year-olds across the city.

Winter of Wellbeing started in Cardiff in December, with thousands of families gaining free access to all of the live Christmas performances and events throughout the city. Co-ordinated by the Council's Child Friendly Cardiff team, the next phase of the programme continues until 31^stMarch.

The forthcoming phase of Winter of Wellbeing has three main elements:

• A comprehensive arts and cultural Programme
• A brand new, Child Friendly Cardiff Pop-Up Shop coming to St David's shopping centre
• A significant package of grant-funding for existing community providers

Read more here:

https://www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk/releases/c25/28446.html

Surprise reunion brings great-grandfather's teddy bear back to toddler after it disappeared in Roath Park Lake

A team of dedicated Cardiff Council Park Rangers have reunited a 2-year old boy with his beloved lost teddy bear today - 10 days after it fell into Roath Park Lake.

Arthur, from Llanishen and his teddy bear best friend named "Teddy", had visited Roath Park on January 17 with family when tragedy struck - Arthur accidently dropped Teddy into the water as they walked around the lake and watched helplessly as he appeared to sink to the bottom.

The teddy bear is very important to Arthur and the family for poignant reasons. Teddy was given to Arthur by his 90 year-old great-grandfather as a special gift for his first great-child.

Jane Burgoyne, Arthur's grandmother, said: "Teddy goes everywhere with Arthur and as you can imagine the little lad was absolutely distraught when the teddy fell into the lake.

"I knew it was a long shot, emailing the Parks team, but I was hoping maybe they could retrieve him with a net or something. He's a very precious bear, given to him by my dad - his great-grandfather - and we have honestly all been surprisingly devastated by this loss. Teddy even has Arthur's name on his paws."

Read more here:

https://www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk/releases/c25/28440.html

Cardiff & Vale University Health Board Vaccination Status Update - 01 February

Data provided by CAVUHB

Based on the figures available at the time of publication.

Please note that there may be minor amendments to data as it is validated over time.

The total number of vaccination doses given by the Cardiff & Vale University Health Board so far, in both local authority areas:  1,071,034 (1^stDose: 400,563 2^ndDose: 373,953 3^rdDose: 7,991 Boosters: 288,417)

Cohort Data - Last updated: 31 January 2022

• 80 and over: 19,824 / 94.8% (1^stDose) 19,687 / 94.1% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 18,263 / 92.8% (Booster)
• 75-79: 14,894 / 96.6% (1^stDose) 14,776 / 95.8% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 13,644 / 92.3% (Booster)
• 70-74: 21,382 / 96% (1^stDose) 21,260 / 95.4% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 19,800 / 93.1% (Booster)
• 65-69: 22,002 / 94.6% (1^stDose) 21,767 / 93.6% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 20,079 / 92.2% (Booster)
• 60-64: 26,174 / 92.7% (1^stDose) 25,854 / 91.6% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 23,587 / 91.2% (Booster)
• 55-59: 29,523 / 90.6% (1^stDose) 29,079 / 89.3% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 26,254 / 90.3% (Booster)
• 50-54: 29,269 / 88.5% (1^stDose) 28,693 / 86.7% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 25,425 / 88.6% (Booster)
• 40-49: 56,160 / 82.5% (1^stDose) 54,528 / 80.1% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 45,581 / 83.6% (Booster)
• 30-39: 62,692 / 77.3% (1^stDose) 59,307 / 73.1% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 43,016 / 72.5% (Booster)
• 18-29: 84,855 / 78.9% (1^stDose) 76,837 / 71.4% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 47,427 / 61.7% (Booster)
• 16-17: 4,279 / 78.9% (1^stDose) 3,345 / 60.3% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 218 / 6.5% (Booster)
• 12-15: 17,208 / 61.5% (1^stDose) 10,204 / 36.4% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose)

• Severely Immuno-suppressed: 6,923 / 98% (1^stDose) 6,199 / 87.7% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 23 / 0.4% (Booster)
• Care home residents: 2,008 / 98.5% (1^stDose) 1,992 / 97.7% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 1,836 / 92.2% (Booster)
• Care Home Workers: 3,685 / 99% (1^stDose) 3,633 / 97.6% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 2,887 / 79.5% (Booster)
• Healthcare Workers: 27,158 / 98.2% (1^stDose) 26,890 / 97.2% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 24,111 / 89.7% (Booster)
• Social Care Workers**: 9,941 / 97% (Booster)
• Clinically extremely vulnerable: 11,195 / 94.8% (1^stDose) 11,031 / 93.4% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 6,374 / 57.8% (Booster)
• Underlying Health Conditions: 46,194 / 90.8% (1^stDose) 44,883 / 88.2% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 38,032 / 84.7% (Booster)
• Underlying Health Conditions (12-15): 736 / 67.2% (1^stDose) 561 / 51.2% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 72 / 12.8% (Booster)

*Those who have received two COVID-19 vaccine doses, with the exception of those who are severely immunosuppressed who are recommended three doses

**Data taken from an alternative source

COVID-19 Cases reported in Cardiff's schools in the last 7 days (28/01/22 to 03/02/22)

Total number reported = 1,179

• Pupils and students = 1,025
• Staff, including teaching staff = 154

Based on latest figures, there are just under 56,000 pupils and students enrolled at Cardiff's schools in total.

The total number of Cardiff schools staff, not including casual staff, is just over 7,300.

Cardiff Cases and Tests - 7 Days Data (24 January - 30 January 2022)

Based on latest figures from Public Health Wales

Data correct as of:

03 February 2022

Cases: 2,213

Cases per 100,000 population: 603.2 (Wales: 521.5 cases per 100,000 population)

Testing episodes: 5,794

Testing per 100,000 population: 1,579.2

Positive proportion: 38.2% (Wales: 34.1% positive proportion)