CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY
This page will show national and local information and support available to our communities. PCC’s office will be closed for the time being but you can contact us by email at clerk@pentyrch.cc or office@pentyrch.cc. You can also contact your local PCC Councillor – all contact details are on the Councillor tab of this site and in the Community Link.
Leaflets are being delivered to all households offering help to those who need it.
A supply of green recycling and food bags will be kept by the front door of the office for as long as we are able to do that. We wish all of you the very best over the coming difficult weeks and months.
HMG Press conferences and updates
Press conference slides 31.3.2020
Foreign Secretary’s Statement 30.3.2020
Press conference slides 30.3.2020
Prime Minister’s Statement 25.3.2020
Here is a summary of the new guidance issued by the Prime Minister on March 23 2020.
Legislation
What the Coronavirus Bill will do
HMG Guidance
Supporting disabled people during the Coronavirus emergency 31.3.2020
Closure of educational settings: guidance for parents and carers 31.3.2020
HMG Guidance on mental health and wellbeing 31.3.2020
Guidance on social distancing for all and for vulnerable people 30.3.2020
Temporary approval for home use for both stages of early medical abortion 30.3.2020
New rules on staying at home and away from others 29.3.2020
Voucher scheme for schools providing free school meals 31.3.20
HMG Guidance: How to help safely
Employers and Business Guidance poster
Guidance on business closures 27.3.2020
Guidance for schools on temporary closures 27.3.2020
Guidance for Employees, Business and Employers 26.3.2020
Here is more detail on the restrictions introduced on March 23 2020.
HM Government WhatsApp alert system.
Get email alerts from HM Government on the Coronavirus
Welsh Government guidance
Welsh Government Statement 19.3.2020
Welsh Government Education Statement 19.3.2020
Cardiff Council guidance and information
Cardiff Council COVID-19 update 31.3.2020
Cardiff Council COVID-19 Update 30.3.2020
Together For Cardiff. This is a place to register for volunteering in Cardiff.
Cardiff Council: Public Rights of Way
Cardiff changes to their services including recycling and garden waste collections can be seen here. All garden waste collections have been suspended. Green bags will be collected very two weeks from March 30.
Changes to Cardiff’s waste collections: 26.3.2020
Cardiff Waste collection poster: 
Cardiff parks update 23.3.2020. Cardiff is closing its play areas immediately. PCC has closed Memorial Park play area.
Cardiff Council website for the virus.
Other local advice and information
Welsh Blood Service appeal for blood donations
New Blood Service appeal dates:
Rhonda Valley Satellite clinics for April are 2nd,3rd 14th,15th,16th,and 17TH all in Coleg Y Cymoed Nantgarw. And 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th in Ferndale Leisure Centre Ferndale.
Your help last time was invaluable to us. We had 332 clicks on our web page with 50 bookings This is incredible. If I may ask you to reach out to those websites again and tell them about forthcoming donations, that would be amazing.
Play Wales/Chwarae Cymru have issued this: Playing actively in and around the home
Bus services: new timetables were issued on March 25:
There seems to be only 1 bus/day on the G1 route from Gwaelod leaving at 11:50am. We will add more information when we have it.
Creigiau: there are bus stops for routes 124 and 122 at Robin Hill and Tynant Road on the A4119 (Llantrisant Road).
Trading Standards Scam Team : Here is information on scams with a page on specific scams happening around Coronavirus.
Information from Age Cymru.
Here is a link to Public Health Wales.
PCC will to the best of its ability in this emergency follow the guidelines on working in partnership and with volunteers as set out in the following documents:
Cym – Guidance for WLGA_final 23 March 2020
Guidance for WLGA_final 23 March 2020
WLGA_WCVA-OVW protocol finalCym
