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Christmas, for all its fun and festivities, can be a particularly challenging time of year – especially when you have children to take into account!

Today, on International Volunteer Day, the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip, Jane Hutt, has said “Thank you” to the many volunteers who have made a difference in Wales this year, and announced a new £4m grant fund for third sector organisations, working in partnership with the public sector.

A £450,000 project will explore whether water from disused mines has the potential to play a vital role in supplying Wales’ energy needs for years to come.

The First Minister Mark Drakeford has today announced a £40m funding package from the Welsh Government to allow the refurbishment of the Holyhead Breakwater and help safeguard Holyhead Port’s long-term future.

Carl Sargeant today highlighted the Welsh Government’s work with partners to reduce the number of hate crimes and incidents across Wales.

Mark Drakeford AM, Cabinet Secretary for Finance

The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs and Wales’ Chief Veterinary Officer have advised livestock keepers to be fully prepared for the implementation of Quarantine Units next week.

Jayne Bryant, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

Julie James MS, Minister for Climate Change

The First Minister's message to the people of Wales on St David's Day

Statement from Mark Drakeford, First Minister of Wales.

Julie James, Minister for Housing and Local Government

Lee Waters MS, Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport

The first ever Welsh public sector Corporate Award practitioner programme has now concluded, with outstanding pass rates across both cohorts for their final assignments (for those who have submitted).

Julie James, Minister for Climate Change

Lee Waters MS, Deputy Minister for Climate Change

On 1 June, the National GO Awards took place at the voco St John’s Solihull – celebrating excellence in public procurement and the supply chain.

Transforming a disused department store in the Rhondda Valley into an enterprise hub, identifying local construction suppliers in Neath Port Talbot that could deliver packages of work under £25k, and developing an app that links businesses that need each other’s skills are just three of the 27 Valleys based projects that will share more than £2.2 million from the Welsh Government to test new ways of growing the everyday parts of the economy.

Julie James, Minister for Housing and Local Government

Following a number of detections of avian influenza (bird flu) in wild birds across Great Britain, the Chief Veterinary Officers from Wales, England and Scotland have declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) across the whole of Great Britain to mitigate the risk of the disease spreading amongst poultry and captive birds.