“Rights Here Right Now”, a two-day international conference on the rights of children and young people, was hosted by the Observatory on Human Rights, which is based at Swansea University, and promotes and studies the implementation of the UNCRC, which was adopted by wales National Assembly and also now by Swansea City and County. With […]
Cheering fans were in Cardiff to celebrate the launch of the Doctor Who World Tour to mark the imminent start of the eighth season. Most fans were excited by Peter Capaldi’s being the new doctor And the fact that it’s a welsh production made many proud After nearly ten years since the relaunch of the […]
As Israel’s latest bombing of Gaza in operation “Protective Edge” reached its fifth day, other communities gathered together to protest, including in Swansea, South Wales.
A demonstration in support of White Pride turned into a fiasco in Swansea on Saturday when it became clear that none of the parties present were singing from the same hymn sheet. The confusion began this week after Councillor David Phillips had stated his objection to the far right demo taking place in the city […]
Following a phone call with Arwyn Thomas, Head of Education at Swansea Council yesterday evening, I can now report that he has agreed to look at extending the deadline for this consultation until two weeks beyond receipt of the information requested in the FOI. The 20 working days of the FOI end on 31st March […]
For the last month and a half I’ve been learning some interesting things about Swansea Council, by a rather circuitous route. It all began when my friend talked to me about her concerns about plans to cut the Home Tuition Service, run for kids who are either too sick or too disabled to physically attend […]
As you’d expect Swansea city council regularly cleans its beaches, but the recent storms have washed up more waste than usual and a special volunteer’s day was organised to give the main beach a good once over. Over 100 people took part and collected an impressive 1,020kg of rubbish.
Citizens met outside Atos Offices in Grove Place in Swansea on Wednesday, as they did in cities and towns all over the UK to protest at the manner in which Atos, a French multinational contracted by the Coalition Government to oversea disability assessments and cuts has conducted itself. David Cameron reassured Britain recently that no […]
Dame Julie Mellor has extended an invitation to pressure group @phsothefacts, to meet and discuss the issues, on the 6th of Feb 2014. Della Reynolds explains, “The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is corrupt by design. With only 2% of cases investigated each year, thousands of people are turned away without justice or remedy. PHSO […]
While Tories in England lobby to repeal the Human Rights Act, the City and County of Swansea relaunched itself as the Human Rights capital of the UK on Friday, by becoming the first local authority to adopt wholesale the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Recent Comments: – “Brilliant report, must watch” […]