Here is the latest update from Cardiff Council, covering:Gold Award for Cardiff Council for LGBTQ+ inclusion work; Public views revealed on Cardiff's Plans to boost Welsh Medium education opportunities; vaccination totals for Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan; and Cardiff's case and test numbers.

Gold Award for Cardiff Council for LGBTQ+ inclusion work

This LGBTQ+ History Month, Cardiff Council has been recognised with the highest award for commitment to equality and diversity in the workplace.

The Council has achieved Stonewall Gold Status by the charity that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender (LGBTQ+) rights. The award comes as part of, Stonewall's Bring Yourself to Work campaign which highlights the importance of inclusive work environments.

The award has been made in recognition of the excellent work to imbed equality, value diversity and demonstrate inclusivity from application processes to employment within the organisation.

Addressing unconscious bias by using name and address-blind CVs in recruitment, providing a range of equality and diversity training for employees and being an established member of the Proud council network in South Wales through the LGBTQ+ Employee Network, have all been demonstrated by the Council and benchmarked against the latest best practice for LGBTQ+ inclusion.

Cardiff Council rose 74 places in this year's Stonewall rankings, climbing to 113th overall in the national index.

Read more here:

https://www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk/releases/c25/28578.html

Public views revealed on Cardiff's Plans to boost Welsh Medium education opportunities

More than 3000 members of the public have had their say on Cardiff's 10-year strategy to boost the number of children and young people learning through the medium of Welsh.

Those that responded were largely in support of the principles and vision of Cardiff's Welsh in Education Strategic Plan (WESP) 2022-2032 which has been designed to help Welsh Government realise its target of having one million Welsh speakers in Wales by 2050. The Council's Cabinet will consider a report informing them of the responses when it next meets on Thursday 18, February 2022.

Recommendations will be made to submit the strategy for Welsh Government approval.

Cabinet Member for Education, Employment and Skills, Cllr Merry said: "I am pleased that so many people engaged with the consultation and it is encouraging to hear that the majority ofresponses received are in support of the principles andvision outlined in the strategy. Many views recogniseCardiff's positive and ambitious plan todevelop a bilingual Cardiff where the Welsh language is a vibrant living language.

"By increasing Welsh medium education provision sustainably towards the targets set out in Cymraeg 2050, reflects our ambition that every young person has the opportunity to hear, speak and enjoy Welsh. It is hoped that this will allow young people to fully embrace the language as part of our national fabric and recognise its place at the heart of Cardiff, Wales's capital city."

Read more here:

https://www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk/releases/c25/28571.html

Cardiff & Vale University Health Board Vaccination Status Update - 15 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:  1,073,718 (1^stDose: 401,143 2^ndDose: 374,822 3^rdDose: 8,072 Boosters: 289,579)

Cohort Data - Last updated: 14 February 2022

• 80 and over: 22,207 / 95% (1^stDose) 22,050 / 94.3% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 20,490 / 92.9% (Booster)
• 75-79: 16,775 / 96.6% (1^stDose) 16,661 / 95.9% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 15,449 / 92.7% (Booster)
• 70-74: 21,152 / 95.9% (1^stDose) 21,022 / 95.3% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 19,582 / 93.2% (Booster)
• 65-69: 22,732 / 94.2% (1^stDose) 22,499 / 93.2% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 20,739 / 92.2% (Booster)
• 60-64: 27,023 / 92.2% (1^stDose) 26,666 / 91% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 24,340 / 91.3% (Booster)
• 55-59: 29,701 / 90.2% (1^stDose) 29,237 / 88.8% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 26,385 / 90.2% (Booster)
• 50-54: 29,055 / 87.9% (1^stDose) 28,451 / 86.1% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 25,104 / 88.2% (Booster)
• 40-49: 56,590 / 81.9% (1^stDose) 54,826 / 79.3% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 45,656 / 83.3% (Booster)
• 30-39: 63,313 / 77.1% (1^stDose) 59,732 / 72.8% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 43,328 / 72.5% (Booster)
• 18-29: 83,564 / 79.3% (1^stDose) 75,391 / 71.6% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 46,872 / 62.2% (Booster)
• 16-17: 4,033 / 71.1% (1^stDose) 2,987 / 52.7% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 55 / 1.8% (Booster)
• 13-15: 13,912 / 57.1% (1^stDose) 8,380 / 34.4% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose)

• Severely Immuno-suppressed: 6,947 / 98.1% (1^stDose) 6,238 / 88.1% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 18 / 0.3% (Booster)
• Care home residents: 1,987 / 98.6% (1^stDose) 1,971 / 97.8% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 1,822 / 92.4% (Booster)
• Care Home Workers: 3,698 / 99% (1^stDose) 3,644 / 97.6% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 2,905 / 79.7% (Booster)
• Healthcare Workers: 27,198 / 98.2% (1^stDose) 26,934 / 97.2% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 24,269 / 90.1% (Booster)
• Social Care Workers**: 8,162 / 82.2% (Booster)
• Clinically extremely vulnerable: 10,780 / 94.7% (1^stDose) 10,621 / 93.3% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 6,105 / 57.5% (Booster)
• Underlying Health Conditions: 46,322 / 90.8% (1^stDose) 45,009 / 88.2% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 38,261 / 85% (Booster)
• Underlying Health Conditions (12-15): 657 / 63.4% (1^stDose) 470 / 45.4% (2^nd& 3^rd*Dose) 44 / 9.4% (Booster)
• Underlying Health Conditions (5-11): 481 / 37.5% (1^stDose)

*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

Cardiff Cases and Tests - 7 Days Data (14 February - 20 February 2022)

Based on latest figures from Public Health Wales

Data correct as of:

24 February 2022

Cases: 953

Cases per 100,000 population: 259.7 (Wales: 202.3 cases per 100,000 population)

Testing episodes: 3,360

Testing per 100,000 population: 915.8

Positive proportion: 28.4% (Wales: 23.5% positive proportion)