IMPACT AREA
THE UK’S FIRST WELLBEING REGION
We think people and businesses should play to their strengths and focus on what they’re best at. The same goes for the region! What we have here in South West Wales is an amazing natural environment, brilliant quality of life, friendly communities… and the opportunity to make Well-Being our unique selling point, our regional brand, and our shared purpose.
That’s what all of you have been telling us you want, and so that’s our mission for the region – to build our shared identity as the home of Well-Being in the UK, implementing the values of the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act, doing things differently, following our own path, and putting the well-being of people and planet at the heart of everything.
Recovering from Coronavirus: New ventilator can save lives and create jobs
UWTSD’s Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre (ATiC) together with a team of Swansea University doctors and engineers have designed a new ventilator that can be built quickly from local parts and – crucially - used even for patients with severe coronavirus. Until...
Port of Milford Haven signs new global business drive to tackle COVID 19 crisis
The Port of Milford Haven has joined hundreds of other businesses in a global initiative to help the most vulnerable people in our communities to pull through the coronavirus crisis, by signing the C-19 Business Pledge. The C-19 Business Pledge was established by...
College supports NHS and local communities during Coronavirus crisis
Gower College Swansea has been working closely with Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB) as well as employing other initiatives in support of the fight against Covid-19. Over the past month, staff at Gower College Swansea have been delivering All Wales Manual...
COVID-19 business impact survey – we need your views!
Neath Port Talbot Council is inviting business owners and the self employed across the county borough to take part in a Wales-wide survey aimed at measuring the impact on them of the coronavirus pandemic. The survey has been developed by the South West and Mid Wales...
A New Website for Regional Food Producers
Please check that the regional food and drink producers you know are listed in this new online index for South Wales. In a new initiative led by Dr Ben Reynolds at Urban Foundry, food and drink producers across South Wales are being asked to add themselves to a new website that’s been designed to enable many more people to discover and access local produce during lockdown and beyond.
UWTSD collaborates with industry partners to develop respiratory support system to help the NHS fight Covid-19
Engineers at University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) have been involved in the rapid development of a highly efficient 3D printed jet Venturi based respiratory support system. The project team came together following calls by Welsh Government and industry to...
Medical School wins major boost to nanomedicine research
Swansea University Medical School has secured a prestigious funding boost to accelerate the transition from discovery research to development projects in the field of nanomedicine. Building on successful research developed by experts in the University’s Centre for...
Ministry of Furniture launches recruitment business with social aims at its heart
The business has partnered with an experienced recruitment executive on the venture. Ministry of Furniture, which specialises in designing and creating inspirational workplaces and educational environments, has added a new string to its bow by launching a recruitment...
Nursing students say they are ready to play their part during pandemic
Swansea nursing students say they are proud to be able to face the challenge of joining the NHS during the pandemic. More than 700 nursing students from Swansea University opted to take on clinical roles and have begun caring for Welsh patients this week. Third-year...
Ending the lockdown – Bevan Buckland LLP’s View
The key factor in ending lockdown and other measures is the coronavirus reproductive number, commonly talked about as the “R” value. This is the number of people each individual case can be expected to transmit the virus to, effectively the rate of the virus spreading...