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• Expert group meet for first time to design a pilot providing £10 a week to up to 15,000 children in Universal Credit households.
• Members will help design and test the scheme to make sure it works well for families and makes a real difference to children's lives.
• Establishing the expert group delivers a key first 100 days commitment.

• Deputy First Minister sets out the route and phasing for a funded childcare offer for all children aged nine months to four years.
• Local authorities expected to make huge strides towards extending the offer to all two-year-olds as a result of recent funding, setting the foundation for truly universal childcare.
• Twenty local authorities expecting to deliver to all two-year-olds by the end of 2026-27.  

• £5m boost to upgrade and transform community spaces across Wales
• Investment will allow more community led projects to access funding
• Deputy First Minister visits refurbished Cymmer Afan Library, transformed with £181,300 funding

• Welsh Government urges older people to claim financial support they're entitled to.
• Deputy First Minister visited Age Connects Morgannwg to see welfare advice in action
• Working towards a simpler, fairer welfare system for Wales

The Welsh Government has announced a £50,000 donation to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Venezuela Earthquake Appeal, following the devastating twin earthquakes that struck the country last week.

• Deputy First Minister attends Armed Forces Day event in Carmarthenshire
• £20,000 contribution supports this year’s event
• Focused support across devolved areas to the Armed Forces community in Wales

• Expert group meets for the first time to help shape expansion of funded childcare for children aged nine months to four years in Wales. 
• The group will focus on workforce planning, improving access and simplifying systems. 
• Establishing the group was a First 100 Days commitment and it will work alongside a Welsh Government childcare taskforce to support the phased rollout. 

• £55 million childcare investment.
• This is a phased rollout as part of the Welsh Government's commitment to deliver the most generous childcare offer anywhere in the UK.
• Wrexham has joined Swansea, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport in expanding the offer to all two-year-olds in their areas.

• Driving forward transformational childcare offer – expert group appointed
• Co-chair announced for Cynnal – Welsh Child Payment – expert group
• Ambitious and deliverable plan to tackle child poverty

• From 15 June, local Pride organisers across Wales can apply for funding to cover event costs.
• The fund is delivered by the Welsh Government in partnership with Pride Cymru.