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The Update: 27 May 2025
Here is your Tuesday update, covering:
- Expansion of life-saving equipment network in city centre
- Grant funding available to improve community buildings
- Ysgol Gynradd Groes-Wen Primary School achieves prestigious Inclusive School Award
Expansion of life-saving equipment network in city centre
Four more public access defibrillators have been installed in Cardiff city centre.
The installation of the new life-saving equipment brings the total number of defibrillators in key city centre locations to nine.
The latest installations are the result of a collaboration between Cardiff Council's City Centre Management Team, Save a Life Cymru - the national programme to improve cardiac arrest survival in Wales through CPR and defibrillator awareness, and Wates, the national developer contractor company partnering with the Council to deliver new council homes across the city.
Residents, visitors, and workers in the city centre will now have quicker access to vital, life-saving equipment which have been strategically installed in high-footfall areas.
Each unit is registered with The Circuit - the national defibrillator network - ensuring emergency services can guide 999 callers to their nearest device instantly.
New defibrillators are now available at: The Duke of Wellington pub on The Hayes; the Hayes Island Snack Bar; Cardiff and Vale Credit Union, Working Street; and Renegade Gym on Penarth Road.
Devices are also available at: the Bluebell pub on High Street; Elgin House; Tesco; the Cambrian Tap pub; and Walkabout on St Mary Street - all of which were installed in phase one of the initiative.
Grant funding available to improve community buildings
Community and voluntary groups across Cardiff are being invited to apply for grant funding to enhance and improve their community buildings.
Through the Community Building Grants Scheme, organisations can apply for up to £10,000 to carry out a range of internal and external improvements. These may include:
- Enhancing accessibility
- Upgrading security
- Refurbishing kitchens
- Installing energy efficiency measures
The aim is to help local facilities become more welcoming, sustainable, and better used by the communities they serve.
Funded by the UK Government's Shared Prosperity Fund, the scheme requires applicants to contribute at least 15% of the total project cost from other sources.
Eligible buildings include community halls, centres, and other facilities that are open and accessible to the wider public—not just to specific groups or members. Applications received for buildings in deprived areas or which serve significant numbers of people from these deprived areas will be scored as a higher priority compared to other applications.
Ysgol Gynradd Groes-Wen Primary School achieves prestigious Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) Inclusive School Award
Ysgol Gynradd Groes-Wen Primary School has been awarded the Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) Inclusive School Award, a nationally recognised framework that evaluates schools based on their ability to provide inclusive education.
The honour highlights the school's steadfast dedication to creating an inclusive, supportive, and empowering environment for every pupil and demonstrates that the school delivers on the IQM principles:
- Promoting access and diversity
- Raises achievement for all
- Creates an environment for all to succeed
- Improves the inclusive nature of all schools
In its report, IQM found that school is a warm, inspiring, and welcoming school community that celebrates Welshness, whilst being committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable environment where every child, staff member, and stakeholder feels valued, respected, and supported. This approach underpins the school's innovative and unique combined dual language and Welsh 1st language approach to Welsh education.
