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Cardiff Family Information Service Online Interactive Library

Did you know that Cardiff Family Information Service has an online interactive parenting and health resource for parents and carers? Check it out

This resource includes a library section with virtual shelves containing leaflets under sub-headings (see below). If you would like your organisation’s literature included, updated or removed from this resource please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by Monday 20^th May (including attachments). It would help us if you could identify an appropriate sub-heading from the list below for anything which you would like to be included. 

Parenting

Behaviour

Bullying

Childcare & Children’s Activities

Disabilities

Loss and Bereavement

Parenting

Play & Learning

Health

Healthy Lifestyles

Illnesses

Safety Inside & Outside the Home

Please remember to let us know if you are aware of any events or activities which could be of interest to parents/carers/professionals so that they can be advertised on our facebook page (currently 442 likes – if you have a facebook page or account why not like us and be kept in the loop) and our website  (44,644 hits last year).

In addition to the above there is a family support search facility organisations can include their information on.

Free transparencies for OHP

We have three boxes of Overhead Project Transparencies. Free to collect. Please call us on (029) 2048 5722 to check they're still available.

Advocacy training delivered by Disability Can Do

Disability Can Do is an organisation based in Caerphilly County Borough that provides independent information and advocacy support to people with disabilities and their carers.

Advocacy is now recognised as one of the most effective ways of supporting vulnerable people and assisting them to live a more independent and inclusive life. As a result, Disability Can Do has  developed a comprehensive and affordable training course to help inform others what advocacy is and how it can benefit people. The course is aimed at professionals already working or volunteering in the health and social care field, people who wish to get more involved or people who just want to some extra information and skills to add to their CV.

The course is also an excellent way of showing that an organisation is supporting service users in the best possible way. The local authority in Caerphilly and the local health board have recognised the importance of advocacy and are supportive for people to gain a comprehensive insight into it.

Disability Can Do can also offer Disability Awareness Training. The organisation's training is delivered by people who are working with advocacy and disability issues on a day-to-day basis on the frontline directly with service users. Their knowledge and experience is backed up by real life examples and case studies.

Price per group session:

Full Day £500   Half Day £300
Up to 14 people

Call 01495 233555 to find out more.

Invitation to quote: Hwb research

You are formally invited by The Welsh Ministers (herein referred to as ‘the Client’) to submit a quotation for a firm price contract for research into the impact of Hwb on teaching and learning and attitudes to learning. 

Offer and Acceptance

Contractors are required to abide by their bids for 90 calendar days from the date given for receipt of bids. Quotations shall be treated as confidential. The Client reserves the right to accept such portion of the bid as it may decide but does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any bids.

Contract Period

The contract shall be for a period of up to three years from the date the contract commences. It is the intention of the Client for the contract to commence on 20 May 2013. It is expected that a period of 4 days will elapse between award of the contract and its commencement.

Contract Award and Evaluation Criteria

The contract will be awarded to the most economically advantageous quote in terms of value for money on the basis of the following criteria, which are listed in order of importance including the weighting applicable to each criterion:

Deadline for Receipt of Bids

Bids must be returned in writing by either letter or facsimile no later than 12 noon on 20 May 2013.  Late bids shall automatically be rejected.

Form of Contract

Goods or services ordered by the Client as a result of the bid shall be supplied by the Contractor in accordance with the Clients conditions of contract for Research services. Copies of the conditions of contract are available from Digital Learning Branch, ICT Unit, Department for Education and Skills, Welsh Government  Offices, Sarn Mynach, Llandudno Junction LL31 9RZ.  Telephone 0300 062 5629.

Debriefing

Both successful and unsuccessful Contractors who wish to have the opportunity of a debriefing meeting should contact Kerry Darke after the award of contract.

Format of Documentation

If you require documentation in an alternative format please contact the named contact point in this document who will be able to provide a more suitable format. For example, Braille, large print, Word document, or audio format.

To request the documentation - Inviation to Quote, Hwb Research Price Schedule and Hwb Research Spec, please email Kerry Darke at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it