Carshare2Cardiff

Voluntary Action Cardiff (VAC)

Voluntary Action Cardiff (VAC) is the County Voluntary Council (CVC) for Cardiff. It is a membership organisation which is open to all voluntary and community organisations (known as the third sector) in Cardiff. VAC is a registered charity, a company limited by guarantee with an elected Board of Trustees.

VAC's mission is to promote social justice by supporting the development of a vibrant and flourishing Third Sector in Cardiff.

VAC offers services to help voluntary and community organisations in Cardiff to:

 • Be In the Know, with
- Help desk support; Information Sheets; quarterly and monthly newsletters and e-briefings regarding services and funding, regularly updated website; Resources Room; use of Grantnet and Funderfinder.

 • Be in the Loop, with
- VAC's Networks; strategic partnerships; representation on joint working groups; Consultation responses coordinated by VAC; Partnerships Picture and Compact Briefing newsletters which provide an essential overview of partnership working in Cardiff.

 • Build for Success, with
- Development support; Training Programme with relevant; low cost courses; Grant schemes run by VAC; Practical services including photocopying, printing, administrative and meeting facilities; equipment hire including display boards; overhead and digital projectors.

WJEC

WJEC was established in 1948 as a joint committee of local education authorities in Wales. It is now a registered charity, and a company limited by guarantee. A subsidiary company, WJEC CBAC Services Limited, provides specialist printing and publication services.

WJEC is primarily known as an Awarding Body providing examinations and assessment services in Wales and England. Qualifications offered include a comprehensive range of GCE A/AS levels, GCSEs, Entry Level, the Welsh Baccalaureate and Project and Extended Project, qualifications involving personal investigation, which can be standalone or incorporated into the Welsh Bac.

In addition to examinations and assessment, WJEC runs professional development courses for teachers throughout England and Wales, including courses for teachers of Welsh and those teaching other subjects through the medium of Welsh. WJEC supports teachers and learners by producing bilingual educational resources, including free online materials provided by NGfL Cymru, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government and managed by WJEC.

WJEC plays a significant role in widening young people's access to youth arts activities through its management of three groups which are part of National Youth Arts Wales: National Youth Orchestra of Wales, National Youth Theatre of Wales and National Youth Dance Wales.

As an organisation, WJEC is committed to encouraging a concern for the environment among its workforce. Priorities include reducing and recycling waste, conserving energy and encouraging staff to travel to work using the most environmentally friendly methods possible. It is hoped that joining Cardiff County Council's Carshare Scheme will contribute significantly to this last aim.

The National Assembly For Wales

The National Assembly is made up of the 60 Assembly Members (AMs) elected by the people of Wales.

Around 350 staff work for the National Assembly Commission in order to deliver the services required to allow elected members to undertake their primary role of scrutinising the work of the Welsh Assembly Government.

Our landmark debating chamber, The Senedd in Cardiff Bay, has a BREEAM excellence rating and is at the heart of democracy and devolution in Wales.

With a statutory duty to take account of sustainability we have put the Green agenda at the heart of our work.

The whole Assembly estate in Cardiff Bay including our administrative office, Ty Hywel and the Grade 1 Listed Pierhead Building, has achieved Green Dragon Level 5 accreditation and we are continually striving to improve our environmental performance to further cut our carbon emissions.

Joining Carshare2Cardiff is an integral part of our travel plan encouraging staff to adopt more environmentally friendly methods of traveling to work thereby reducing the cost of their commuting and their impact on the environment.

The Assembly also has a Green Team dedicated to improving the way we approach our environmental reponsibilites with innovative ideas and suggestions about more sustainable ways of working.

Velindre NHS Trust

Velindre NHS Trust, with its headquarters at Charnwood Court, Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff, was established on 1st April 1994 and has steadily grown to manage a budget of over £150M in 2006/07 and to provide a range of specialist services at local, regional and all Wales levels. The Trust comprises of a variety of Divisions who specialise in services as diverse as caring for cancer patients in Velindre Hospital to managing the Digital All Wales Network for NHS Wales from Health Solutions Wales in Brunel House. Velindre Cancer Centre is a Division of Velindre NHS Trust, which was established in April 1994. The Cancer Centre, formerly known as Velindre Hospital, was opened in Whitchurch in 1956.

Velindre Cancer Centre provides specialist cancer services to 1.5 million people living in South East Wales. One of the 10 largest cancer centres in the UK, activity has increased significantly over the years. We now see over 5,000 new cancer referrals and around 50,000 outpatient appointments each year. The Division employs 600 staff and has a budget of around £22 million.

When a patient is referred to Velindre Cancer Centre, they come under the care of Clinical and Medical Oncologists who specialise in the non-surgical treatment of cancer. The Centre offers treatments including radiotherapy and chemotherapy, much of which is now done on a day-case basis. Although Velindre Hospital remains the main focus for services, there are also a large number of peripheral outpatient clinics held at other hospitals through South East Wales, as well as out-based chemotherapy services.

Wherever possible, new day-case based treatments have been introduced to prevent patients having to stay in hospital. Recent years have seen an increase in activity at the centre, and an increase in the complexity of the care and treatments provided.

The centre also plays an important role in Wales in training health professionals in cancer care and treatment. As well as managing the programme for training specialist registrars in Clinical Oncology and Palliative Medicine across Wales, the hospital is the base for the University Of Wales College Of Medicine's section of Clinical Oncology, led by Professor Malcolm Mason, and the section of Palliative Medicine, led by Professor Ilora Finlay. The centre also plays an important role in the specialist training of cancer nurses, pharmacists, medical physicists and provides clinical placements for Therapeutic Radiography students from the University Of Wales College Of Medicine.

Wales Millennium Centre

The award-winning Wales Millennium Centre is an international centre for the arts and a cultural icon. It is the flagship home for nine creative organisations, who connect and collaborate daily. In total by the end of 2008 up to 750 people will be employed here.

Staff travel from as far afield as Swansea in the west and Bristol in the east, and from Brecon and several of the major towns in the South Wales valleys.

Recently recognised by publishers Dorling Kindersley as one of the top 20 landmark buildings in the UK, the Centre also aims to be a leader in terms of its green credentials. Its environmental policies encourage staff to be energy efficient and to reduce carbon emissions by using alternative means of transport to the car to get to and from the workplace.

By participating in carshare2cardiff.com Wales Millennium Centre aims to make it easy for staff, helping to reduce their environmental impact and cut their transport costs, in terms of petrol and parking.

UWIC

The University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) is a constituent institution of the Federal University of Wales.

With around 10,000 students and an annual budget in excess of £50million, UWIC is, in terms of size, in the middle range of the UK university sector.

Taught degree-awarding powers were attained in 1996, but under the terms of UWIC's membership of the University of Wales, these powers are held in abeyance and students receive University of Wales awards.

UWIC was granted the Government's Charter Mark - the national standard of customer service excellence - in 1995, 1998, 2001 and again in May 2005, making UWIC the first UK university to be awarded the Charter Mark for a fourth time.

UWIC's range of programmes identifies it as sharply focused upon professionally and vocationally-relevant higher education and on research which is predominantly applied in nature.

UWIC's partnership with Carshare2Cardiff is the latest initiative to make UWIC a "greener" place, with a number of projects already underway to ensure that the UWIC community are doing all they can to help the environment.

UWIC have a Bicycle Users Group (BUG), encourage staff and students to use the UWIC Rider bus service and have introduced recycling schemes at all four of their campuses, to name just a few of their green schemes.

Neil Woollacott, (Deputy Accommodation Services Manager) at UWIC said: "CarShare2UWIC will be a huge benefit to all staff and will enable members to be more environmentally conscious and reduce the cost of their travel."

Hyder Consulting

Hyder Consulting is building a 21st century consulting business on the foundations of over 150 years of engineering excellence.

We are a management consultancy and engineering design business that helps countries and companies to develop the increasingly complex buildings and infrastructure needed to raise living standards, to support commercial activity and to protect the environment.

Our core services consist of technical and organisational consultancy and the planning, design and management of infrastructure projects. The primary sectors in which we work are:

In addition to technical specialists in the sectors listed above, we offer expertise in disciplines that cut across many areas of infrastructure development such as civil and structural engineering, environmental assessment and engineering, geotechnics, mechanical and electrical engineering, and project management.

Environment Agency

As the Environment Agency, it's our job to look after the environment and make it a better place - for you, and for future generations.

Your environment is the air you breathe, the water you drink and the ground you walk on. Working with business, Government and society as a whole, we are making your environment cleaner and healthier.

With 11,500 members of staff and a budget of around £850 million, we are the biggest organisation protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales.

We deal with individual members of the public, community groups, industry, farmers, businesses of all sizes and the Government. Our aim is to live up to the highest possible standards in our dealings with all our customers.

BBC Cymru Wales

BBC Cymru Wales is the national broadcaster for Wales, producing television, radio and online services in English and Welsh.

The BBC Wales headquarters are in Llandaff in Cardiff and there are studios and offices in Bangor, Wrexham, Aberystwyth, Swansea, and Carmarthen.

BBC Wales produces over 16 hours of English language television programmes a week tailored to a Welsh audience, shown on BBC ONE Wales and BBC TWO Wales, plus 10 hours a week of Welsh language television programmes shown on S4C. BBC Wales also runs comprehensive online services in both English and Welsh.

On radio, listeners can hear 19 hours of output in English on BBC Radio Wales every day and also 20 hours each day in Welsh on BBC Radio Cymru. BBC Wales also contributes significantly to the BBC's network television and radio output, through production like Doctor Who and Torchwood.

Coleg Glan Hafren

We are Cardiff's largest further education college, spread over four sites, with 800 courses and 13000 students, from all learning abilities and backgrounds, ranging from 16 to 80 in age.

Wales Council for Voluntary Action

WCVA is the voice of the voluntary sector. It represents and campaigns for voluntary organisations, volunteers and communities in Wales. WCVA represents the sector at a European, UK and national level, and together with a range of specialist agencies, County Voluntary Councils, volunteer bureaux and other development agencies, it provides a support structure for the sector in Wales.