Here’s a rundown of 10 major service changes that everyone needs to know about:
Collection days for your area will remain the same, but the way waste is handled is changing to help manage the impact of COVID-19 and ensure the wellbeing of both residents and the workforce.
More information here: https://www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk/releases/c25/23490.html
To reduce the chances of COVID-19 spreading through the school community, and enable the council to concentrate on its cleaning, safe practice and social distancing protocols, 12 schools are being kept open as childcare hubs, the rest are closed.
School provision is only to be used once all other forms of child support have been exhausted. If it is at all possible for children to be safely cared for at home, then they should be.
For more detail, visit: https://www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk/releases/c25/23505.html
This new accommodation will enable any individuals with underlying health conditions, or who are showing symptoms of Coronavirus COVID-19, to be able to self-isolate.
The OYO Hotel also provides three meals a day for residents, and has support staff available around the clock to ensure the provision is safe and appropriate advice and help is always available.
To find out more about our provision for the homeless at this time, visit: https://www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk/releases/c25/23460.html
Central Library Hub
Monday
- Wednesday, 9am - 6pm
Thursday, 10am - 7pm
Friday, 9am - 6pm
Saturday, 9am - 5.30pm
St Mellons Hub
Monday
– Tuesday, 9am - 6pm
Wednesday, 10am - 7pm
Thursday – Friday, 9am - 6pm
Ely and Caerau Hub
Monday
- Wednesday, 9am - 6pm
Thursday, 10am - 7pm
Friday, 9am - 6pm
The Powerhouse Hub
Monday
– Wednesday, 9am - 6pm
Thursday, 10am – 7pm
Friday, 9am – 6pm
Access
to these Hubs is now by appointment only, unless you are collecting Foodbank
parcels or picking up green recycling bags.
5.
Food and recycling bags are still available,
however, there are now only four core Hubs open, and a number of our local stockists
have also been asked to close. We have identified a number of local food
outlets that remain open and our keeping these stocked up.
You
can find your nearest stockist online, by entering your house number and
postcode, at: https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/resident/Rubbish-and-recycling/Food-and-recycling-bags/Pages/default.aspx
or via the Cardiff Gov App.
If you
cannot get hold of any, put a call out in your community to see if anyone has
any spare. Maintain social distancing if they do - perhaps collect from outside
their property.
Local
councillors may also have a supply. Again, please make sure you maintain social
distancing if collecting bags.
6. To ensure a service to council tenants with the greatest need, only emergency repairs will be carried out and tenants should only contact us about a repair if it is an emergency.
Existing appointments for non-urgent repairs are suspended
until after 15 June.
Tenants experiencing problems with rent payments at this
difficult time should get in touch to discuss.
7. Cardiff
residents are being urged to contact the council via the website – www.cardiff.gov.uk
– if they are struggling to pay their council tax because the Coronavirus
outbreak has affected their work arrangements.
8.
A volunteer helpline has been set up for people
experiencing difficulties with food and other essential provisions as part of
the city’s response to the pandemic.
A range of help is available from shopping for food for those
who cannot leave home themselves, to the provision of emergency parcels of food
and other essentials for people struggling financially.
If you need assistance and have no-one else who can help,
please call 029 2087 1071.
A maximum of ten immediate family members are able to attend burials and
cremations.
All wedding ceremonies are now cancelled and due to a spring backlog
caused by COVID-19, new bookings for weddings will not be taken for dates
before September. No new notices of marriage are currently being taken.
Further information is available here:https://www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk/releases/c25/23462.html
10. The
Welsh Government has recently announced a £1.4 billion support package for
businesses in Wales to help combat the economic impact of Coronavirus.
All
retail, leisure and hospitality businesses with a rateable value of £500,000 or
less will receive 100% non-domestic rates relief for 2020-21. This will be
administered automatically through the Council's Rate Scheme and will apply
automatically.
In
addition to the business rate relief scheme, the Welsh Government has announced
that an additional £850m will be made available through a new grant scheme for
businesses.
This
will mean that all businesses, which are currently eligible for Small Business
Rates relief, that is those with a rateable value up to £12,000, will receive a
grant of £10,000.
If you
believe you are an eligible business click here
for the application form and follow the processes outlined.
Retail,
leisure and hospitality businesses with a rateable value between £12,001 and
£50,000 will receive a grant of £25,000.
If you
believe you are an eligible business click here
for the application form and follow the processes outlined.