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Jan 5, 20211 min read

Christmas News Report

We knew Christmas was going to be a little bit different for our students this year, especially as they all love coming in a sharing all...

Nov 16, 20201 min read

Delivering Smiles

Two weeks ago we launched our delivering smiles blog where we asked our students to send us a postcard to help deliver smiles to the...

Nov 3, 20201 min read

Delivering Smiles

During these strange times, the staff at ValePlus HQ have had to adapt and change the way we deliver our service. One of the biggest...

Aug 17, 20201 min read

August Newsletter

Our August newsletter is now available. Please check here for the latest information from ValePlus.

Jul 2, 20203 min read

Inspired and Proud

So this week, we are trying something a little bit different. This week our blog comes from a member of the ValePlus staff team. Sarah is...

Jun 24, 20201 min read

Life is getting better

Week 6 - Budding Bloggers This week is a new blogger Michelle, Michelle attends our Llantwit Major Training Centre and enjoys doing arts...

Jun 11, 20202 min read

'Giving and not expecting back'

Giving and not expecting back, wise word from James' mum. Welcome to week 5 of the budding bloggers initiative. This week we have...

Jun 4, 20201 min read

The Creative Crafter - Week 4

Hello and welcome to week 4 of our 'life in lockdown' blog. Our blogs come directly from our service users and gives the reader an...

May 28, 20201 min read

Walking through lockdown

Week 3 of our 'Budding Bloggers initiative is by Gareth. Gareth works at our charity shop Nova and attends the Chapel for training....

May 22, 20201 min read

Leisure Centre helping throughout lockdown!

Welcome to week 2 of our budding bloggers initiative! This week our 'life in lockdown' blog comes from Rebecca. Find out how, although...

May 14, 20201 min read

BUDDING BLOGGERS - LIFE IN LOCKDOWN

At ValePlus we have been trying to engage our service users with the usual lessons and activities we provide across our sites. One of...

May 12, 20201 min read

ValePlus Survey - Can you help?

Do you have a spare 3 minutes? As a response to the Coronavirus Crisis, ValePlus has totally transformed our service provision to ensure...

May 7, 20201 min read

Raring to go with our resource learning packs

We closed the door to all our sites over 6 weeks ago now. Services users and staff from ValePlus have had to adapt to a totally new way...

Apr 22, 20201 min read

Cafe No.5 story

We have been working with Sam Mansbridge from Mansbridge Media, who are based in Barry, to create a series of promotional videos to...

Mar 29, 20201 min read

Make a bird feeder

🌞🌞🌞the sun is shining, the birds are singing and Spring has begun.🌞🌞🌞 If you're looking for something to do out in the garden, here...

Mar 21, 20201 min read

Coronavirus Update

Yesterday we closed the doors of all four sites. It was a day of sadness and reflection for the staff team and the service users who...