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Funding boost for community projects in Crickhowell, Ystradgynlais and Tregaron
Volunteering and sports projects are amongst those to receive support from the Welsh Government, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice, Jane Hutt has announced.

Innovative support service helps prevent youth offending
Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice Secretary, Jane Hutt, has visited the Carmarthenshire Youth Support Service along with representatives from the Youth Justice Board.

Over £36m to put money back in people’s pockets
Funding will be provided over three years to advice services to help people with their social welfare problems, alongside new training for front-line workers to ensure more people get the help they need to deal with the cost of living.

Partnership project provides over 62,000 essential items to people in need
Cwtch Mawr is Wales’ first multibank, which helps struggling families in Swansea.

New vision for volunteering will help sector flourish
The Welsh Government is committed to supporting volunteering in Wales and developing a new vision to help the sector prosper into the future.

Sports project helps more women to get active
Sports4All offers free activity sessions for women in Cardiff and encourages Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women and girls to improve their wellbeing through sport and physical activity.

Newport mental health charity benefiting from Welsh Government support
Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice, Lesley Griffiths has visited Newport Mind to see how £300,000 in Welsh Government funding has enabled the charity to open a new sanctuary space in their building and provide their facilities to more people.

Welsh Government reinforces LGBTQ+ safe haven commitment
The Welsh Government is reinforcing its commitment to making Wales a ‘safe haven’ for LGBTQ+ people by providing the first in-person support service for victims and survivors of conversion practices, Social Justice Secretary Lesley Griffiths has said on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (Friday 17 May).

Proposals published to improve gender balance in the Senedd
Landmark legal proposals to increase the proportion of women standing as candidates in future Senedd elections are published today (11 March).

Wales’s first ‘multibank’ will provide essential items to people in need
A new initiative to provide essential goods to struggling households has been launched in Swansea.

Minister for Social Justice strengthens ties with Irish Government during St David’s Day trip
Minister Jane Hutt has reaffirmed Welsh Government’s commitment to the Ireland-Wales Shared Statement during a trip to Dublin to mark St David’s Day.

‘Welsh Benefits Charter will make it easier for people to claim what they are entitled to,' vows Minister
“Welsh Benefits Charter has the potential to benefit thousands of people living in poverty,” Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip Jane Hutt has vowed.