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IN THIS MONTH’S ISSUE: WELSH CULTURE Many varied events taking place in this August. Due to • Focus on ESDGC • Welsh Culture Covid-19, many events have been postponed to 2021. • Cymraeg Gwaith • Welsh Word of the Month 1st and 9th August: The Hundred - 100 ball cricket competition coming this • H & S - Keep Wales Safe! • Multi Faith summer. • Notable Dates • CADcentre Updates 3rd- 9th August: FForest Gather– Wales smallest festival in Cilgerran. 8th August– Pen Y Fan Horseshoe Sunrise Hike– Starting in the dark and • Last Year you said …. • Half Marathon walking into the light, this guided 14km circular hike will take you to the highest point in The Brecon Beacons National Park. 7th-9th August: Brecon Jazz festival 2020 goes ahead online, go to ESDGC - breconjazz.org 23rd August- Fossil Cookies at Tenby Summer Spectacular. 23rd August– Snowdonia Half Marathon– A scenic but tough Half Marathon Coronavirus – The biggest collapse in air set in the beautiful Snowdonia National Park, . pollution levels ever recorded. 28-30th August– Pride Cymru– Wales biggest celebration of equality and diversity returns to City Hall Lawns in Cardiff. 6th September– Parkland Challenge 2020 at Pembrey Country Park. Three round stroke play event open to everyone from midday. As countries begin to emerge from lockdowns, the full impact of Coronavirus containment measures on the environment is becoming clear – including 11,000 fewer deaths from air CYMRAEG GWAITH pollution in Europe alone. With more than half of the world’s Do you want to improve your Welsh language skills? population under lockdown in late April, emissions from road Find out about the courses available on Cymraeg and air traffic plummeted. Reduced energy demand more generally also saw a drop in output from fossil fuel power The course will enable you to meet and greet colleagues and customers using stations. Welsh phrases. Visit the website: https://learnwelsh.cymru/ If you want to try and complete some of your learning programme in Welsh, Recent data from multiple environmental organisations has just speak to your assessor. revealed a massive drop in CO2 emissions in 2020, showing that the Coronavirus pandemic has caused the biggest carbon LAST YEAR, YOU SAID ….. crash on record. 1. There was too much paperwork! …. The CADcentre is committed to reducing paperwork and have gone digital. Learners are already using our e-portfolio system and during the coming year all paperwork will be moved to a digital system of recording your information. We will keep you informed about the Data from Carbon Brief and the International Energy developments. Agency (IEA) reveal the unprecedented scale of the emissions 2. You would like The CADcentre to increase the courses offered …. ..We are decline, which is six-times larger than the previous record currently developing additional courses and we hope to send out information reduction that followed the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis. on these later in the year.

Projected figures for 2020 forecast the biggest ever WELSH WORD OF THE MONTH percentage drop in CO2 emissions - more than any previous war or global economic crisis. Haf

If you would like more information on “Climate change and “h-aa-v” Coronavirus”, visit the BBC website - Summer https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52485712

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NOTABLE DATES 30th July-International Friendship Day 31st Aug-National Zoo awareness Day

Covid-19 12th Aug—International Youth Day 8th Sep—International Literacy Day Always observe social distancing. 15th Aug—Assumption Day 10th Sep—World Suicide Prevention Day Wash your hands regularly. 21st-27th Aug– World Water week 13th Sep—Roald Dahl Day

If you meet another household, outside your extended household, stay outdoors. 12th Aug: International Youth Day Work from home if you can. It is an opportunity for Governments and others to draw attention to youth issues worldwide. Around the World people organise concerts, workshops, Stay at home if you or anyone in your extended household has cultural events, fund-raisers, rallies and meetings that involve national and symptoms. local government officials, youth organisations and young people. 21st-27th Aug: World Water Week Returning to Work after the lockdown. Experts from a 100 countries are assembled this week in a global effort to Employers are being asked to follow the guidance issued by the Welsh improve human welfare and planet earth. Government. 23rd Aug: Snowdonia Half Marathon The Welsh Government want workplaces and workers in Wales to be A scenic but tough Half Marathon set in the beautiful Snowdonia National safe, and are asking all employers and employees to: Park, North Wales. Starting and finishing in the village of Llanrwst which played host to the World trail running Championships in 2013. The Park is a region of haunting beauty and grandeur, of wild rocky mountains, hidden show care by acting with compassion and understanding valleys, cascading rivers, still glacial lakes and deep forests. comply with laws designed to keep us all safe 2020 sees the 9th running of this very scenic race, there were a record 870 runners who entered the 2019 race, feedback suggests everyone enjoyed involve everyone because safety is a shared endeavour the race with lots of comments about the tough hills, but they said that it made the course a challenge and gave them a sense of achievement. adapt work places and behaviours

and to communicate with clarity and consistency CADcentre UPDATES The CADcentre is a company committed to improving the quality of our All employers have been asked to complete a Covid-19 Risk Assessment service and we like to keep in regular touch with your needs and your views which should be published. of the learning programmes we offer. In order to improve and maintain our Guidance is available for employers to follow from Gov.Wales https:// high standard of service, we would be very grateful if you could complete gov.wales/coronavirus website or the HSE website https://www.hse.gov.uk the Lifelong Learning Wales privacy notice and our Covid-19 survey on Smart Assessor. If you have not received a copy of the forms mentioned above Speak to your employer if you have concerns with returning to work. then please speak to your trainer/assessor who will be happy to forward you a copy, or you can download the forms from your Smart Assessor account. If you have any further concerns then please speak to your assessor who has maintained contact with you throughout this lockdown and they will be The CADcentre has recently received testimonials from past and present able help you. learners describing their positive experiences on their courses. These have Our assessors will be speaking with any learner who is due to complete been uploaded onto our company website for all to see. their apprenticeship and may need to be seen at their workplace, or are We support the right of all to be protected from harm and recognise that able to come in to our centre to finish off their course, to arrange suitable safety and welfare are paramount. If any learner has any concerns appointments for this to be done safely. whatsoever regarding Safeguarding, then please contact either:

A risk assessment has been completed on our centres and learners will be - Karen Smith, Director, Designated Safeguarding Person given rules to follow when coming in to the centre. 01633 252502 - [email protected] - Linda Thomas, General Manager 01792 644178 - [email protected] - Emma Leighton, Manager MULTI FAITH 01792 475522 - [email protected] Raksha Bandhan-Hindu holiday 3rd August - Colin Davis, Manager North Wales 01248 671850 - [email protected] This is a popular, traditionally Hindu, annual rite, or ceremony, which is central to a festival of the same name, celebrated in India, Nepal and other parts of the Indian subcontinent, and among people around the world influenced by KEEP WALES TIDY Hindu culture. Advice for people thinking of travelling farther afield to spend time outdoors at beaches, in parks and green spaces. Assumption of Mary—Christian 15th August Please be aware that use is likely to increase so check that facilities such as car parks are open It marks the day that God assumed the Virgin Mary into heaven following her before you go and stay alert at entrances or other pinch points. death, according to popular Christian belief .Some Christians fast or abstain If you take part in outdoor sports and other activities, remember to adhere to social distancing rules. from certain types of foods during the first fifteen days of August . To stay safe, you must take hygiene precautions when you are outside, and wash your hands Muharram—Islamic New Year 20th August as soon as you are back indoors, and keep at least two metres apart from anyone outside your household at all times. Please look out for, and follow, any instructions on signage given. It marks the beginning of the holiest month of the year and a period of Please help #KeepBritainTidy and take your litter home with you - remembrance or mourning that culminates on Ashura nine days later. where you can dispose of it responsibly.

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