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Another chance to have a “moment to shine”

Another chance to have a “moment to shine”

August 15, 2011 No Comments

Cardiff Council is supporting the ‘Moment to Shine’ campaign which gives people the opportunity to be an Olympic Torchbearer for London 2012. Over the last few months local people have been encouraged to nominate outstanding and inspirational individuals from the community to be one of 8,000 bearers of the Olympic flame in the lead up ...

City council checks cabbies to ensure wheelchair users get a fair fare

City council checks cabbies to ensure wheelchair users get a fair fare

July 14, 2011 No Comments

Cardiff Council’s Licensing Section has undertaken an exercise to ensure drivers of wheelchair accessible vehicles, are treating passengers in wheelchairs fairly and transporting them safely. The exercise saw a Council employee in a wheelchair mystery shop a number of taxis to establish whether they had vehicle ramps and that they were used properly, how they ...

Assembly report wants to abolish retirement age

Assembly report wants to abolish retirement age

November 26, 2009 No Comments

More tailor-made programs are needed to get older people back into the workforce according to a new report from the Equality of Opportunity Committee for the National Assembly for Wales. An inquiry by the committee found previous periods of economic downturns have had a greater impact on older workers and initial figures suggested the current ...