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  • Radyr and Llandaff train stations are due to be improved

    • March 26, 2014
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
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    The Transport Minister, Edwina Hart, has announced £12m funding for access improvements at five train stations across Wales including Radyr and Llandaff. The stations will receive the money as part of the Access for All programme to create step and obstacle-free routes to platforms and station entrances, through new foot bridges, lifts and ramps. A

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  • Cardiff Riding School in Pontcanna Fields to remain a Council-run facility

    • March 19, 2014
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
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    At the Cardiff Council Cabinet Meeting on Thursday 13 March it was finally decided that Cardiff Riding School remains a Council-run facility and will be restructured to a more commercial model to secure a sustainable financial future. This will entail working in partnership with the Friends of Cardiff Riding School who mounted such a brilliant

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  • Premier League Teams and Welsh Government Team-up for Sport in Primary Schools

    • February 12, 2014
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
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    Cardiff City and Swansea City legends – Scott Young and Lee Trundle joined the Minister for Culture & Sport, John Griffiths, to launch the Premier League School Sport programme. The new programme, which will be officially launched ahead of the second ever Premier League Welsh derby match, will provide £600,000 over three years, for Cardiff

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  • Flying Start success in Cardiff West

    • January 8, 2014
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
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    The Welsh Government’s Flying Start programme provides free, quality, part-time childcare; an enhanced health visiting service; access to parenting programmes aimed at improving children’s health; and early language development to 2-3 years living in eligible areas of Wales. The latest figures for one area of Cardiff West show impressive improvements since the introduction of Flying

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  • Cardiff Foodbanks

    • December 18, 2013
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
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    The Trussel Trust runs a number of foodbanks in Cardiff and across the country, including two within Cardiff West. It claims the number of people receiving emergency food across the country tripled this summer compared to last year. Over 350,000 people received food between April and September. Christmas can be a time of acute financial

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