THE excitement is building ahead of this year’s Western Telegraph Health and Care Awards, which take place tonight. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event, which has BMI Werndale Hospital and the Bluestone Foundation as co-headline sponsors, is broadcast online via the Western Telegraph’s Facebook page. Dr Hilary Jones hosts the ceremony, which starts at 7pm, while there will be messages of support from celebrities including rugby legend Shane Williams and Gavin & Stacey actress Joanna Page. The health and social care sector has been pivotal in the fight to keep Covid-19 at bay, and all of this year’s finalists know all too well just how testing a time it has been.
Pembroke Dock Town Council recently awarded Frame £2,500 to provide a community fridge for the town. There is currently a community fridge in Haverfordwest that since opening has saved more than 30 tonnes of surplus food waste from reaching landfill sites. It was originally funded by the Landfill Disposals Tax Communities Scheme administered by WCVA. Pembrokeshire Frame has recently been supported by the National Lottery Fund, Moondance Foundation and The Voluntary Services Emergency Fund to deliver its very popular Bags of Care project, which saw the team partnering with The Green Shed Café to deliver over 5,500 free hot meals and hundreds of free bags of community fridge surplus food to vulnerable individuals in Haverfordwest and Merlins Bridge to ensure that people were supported and not forgotten during the Covid pandemic.