Malta has demonstrated “significant progress” in fighting money-laundering and terrorism financing, an assessment by Moneyval has found.
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TEN communities across Powys are celebrating as they are among more than 100 in Wales sharing over £4 million of lottery grant money. Projects and organisations in Rhayader, Llanyre and Dolau are among the Powys recipients of money from the National Lottery Community Fund – they will each receive around £10,000. Meanwhile, a community shop project in Llangors, near Brecon, is to get almost £100,000, while nearly £40,000 will go to Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations (PAVO) for their pilot programme to reduce homelessness in the county. Llangors Community Shop Ltd will use their £99,200 grant to establish a shop in the rural village nestled in the Brecon Beacons, which will help residents reduce the need to travel, decreasing isolation and improving the wellbeing of the older population and single parents.
Recruitment drive announced after acute loss of adult volunteers and members during lockdowns
The Scouts lost 15,000 adult volunteers over the last year. Photograph: Scouts/PA
The Scouts lost 15,000 adult volunteers over the last year. Photograph: Scouts/PA
Thu 27 May 2021 01.00 EDT
The Scouts movement lost more volunteers and youth members in the last year than at any time since the outbreak of the second world war, as Covid lockdowns ended weekly meetings and forced helpers to step back.
Active membership slumped by a quarter over the past year, with 117,000 fewer beavers, cubs, scouts and explorers taking part. One in 10 of its adult volunteers, many of whom were key workers, have also slipped away, with the ranks of its volunteers reducing from 156,000 to 141,000 in the last year. Many adults who lost jobs or had to change jobs during the pandemic were no longer able to help.