News & Events

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Mayors Charity
We are pleased to have been selected as one of the Mayors Charities for 2008. The Mayor of Merthyr Tydfil, Cllr Clive Jones named Merthyr Tydfil Crossroads and Merthyr and the Valleys Mind as his Charities at his inauguration ceremony in May.

Both Charities will work together with the Mayors Office to raise awareness of the work of both organisations throughout the year and also hope to raise funding to enable the good work of the charities to continue throughout the borough.

Planned events for the year are:

6th Sept Tydfilians Roman Run
27th Sept Llwydcoed Brass Band Old Parish Church
3rd Oct Golf Tournament Morlais Golf Club
4th Dec Victorian Evening Cyfarthfa Castle
14th Feb Valentines Ball Rhydycar

If you want tickets for any of these events please contact Martyn Davies on 01685282366 or e mail us on martyn.davies@merthyrcrossroads.org.uk

THERE WILL ALSO BE A GRAND RAFFLE TO BE DRAWN AT THE VICTORIAN EVENING IN DEC – TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM SEPT ONWARDS FROM BOTH CHARITIES AND THE MAYORS OFFICE. Tickets £1 each or £5 book

FIRST PRIZE WILL BE A LUXURY B&B BREAK IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS WITH TWO DAY CLASSIC CAR HIRE. TO VIEW THIS PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE OF CALEDONIAN CLASSICS WHO HAVE GENEROUSLY DONATED THIS PRIZE.

www.caledonianclassics.co.uk

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Merthyr Tydfil Crossroads-Caring for Carers has been awarded 2 years funding from the Lloyds TSB Foundation for England & Wales to continue it's Time Out Project from April 2008.

To make a referral to this project please call our specialist care team on 01685 382366 or use our online referral form.

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Merthyr Tydfil Crossroads-Caring for Carers are pleased to announce that we have been successful in obtaining funding to contribute to our 2008 training Programme.

We would like to thank VAMT Capacity Building Grant Scheme for awarding us this grant.

Our training programme and more information can be found on our training website www.crossroads-training.org

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100 Club
We now operate a 100 Club. Join us and you have a chance to win up to £15.00 each month. Membership costs £18.00 per year. Contact Us to join.

Gardening or Handyman Services for carers who are finding it difficult to maintain the garden or job about the house are available though Hafal, Merthyr. This is a work project for people with mental health problems based in Dowlais and they also produce garden products such as paving slabs, bird baths etc. If you want to use this service please let us know at the Crossroads office.

INFORMATION
There is now an information booklet available for carers in Merthyr, which gives carers a variety of information and contact numbers for services available to carers in Merthyr. Please contact us if you want a copy or telephone Sonia Lloyd-Williams, Carers Development Officer for Merthyr who is based with Voluntary Action Merthyr on 0168353900. Sonia can help with any carer queries.

The Merthyr Branch of Carers Wales meets every third Thursday of the month, For further information please contact the Crossroads Office.

VOLUNTEERS
If anyone would like to become a volunteer for Crossroads, whether it is as a Trustee on the Management Committee or as a volunteer to do some office work, photocopying etc for us please contact us - we would be glad to have you!!!

Donations
We are a registered charity and are always happy to accept donations to provide additional services.

Legacies
We know that people appreciate the work we do and if anyone would like to remember us in their will we would be pleased to provide a legacy pack. Contact us if you would like to discuss this.

CARERS STRATEGY

The Carers Strategy for Merthyr Tydfil is a blueprint for how services for Carers will be provided in the future through Social Services and the local Health Board and the Voluntary Sector.
This important document has now been written by Carers and Carers Groups and was launched in June 2003.

Following the Carers Conference in June 2002 Carers asked for an Information Booklet. This has now been developed and was launched at the 2003 Carers Conference. If you want to have your say about information or services, please contact us.