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Education, Training and Employment
Employers for Carers provide advice
and support for employers seeking to
develop Carer friendly policy and
practice and retain skilled workers.
Telephone: 020 7378 4956
www.employersforcarers.org
Family & Community Learning
Service offers a wide range of learning
opportunities for adults, young people
and families, within community settings,
to meet the needs and learning styles of
individuals throughout the County
Borough of Merthyr Tydfil.
Telephone: 01685 724910
Email:ryan.stokes@merthyr.gov.uk
Heritage and Volunteer Project offers
learning and volunteering opportunities
associated with heritage and horticulture
within Cyfarthfa Park, Merthyr.
Telephone: 07720 947672
Jobcentre Plus can support you to
find, start or return to paid work and
may include confidence building,
volunteering, better off calculations
and work focused training.
Telephone: 0845 604 3719 for an
appointment with a local adviser.
Learning Curve provides work
experience placements for people
with learning disabilities living in RCT.
Telephone:
Treforest: 01443 841235
Llwynypia: 01443 436937
Gadlys: 01685 873647
Email:socialservices@rctcbc.gov.uk
Library membership is free to
everyone who lives or works in
Merthyr and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Merthyr Tydfil's Homelink Library
Service and RCT's Housebound
Service - a free service for anyone
who is housebound offering free
online services, e.g. ebooks,
emagazines, etalking books and
online courses.
Merthyr Central Library
Telephone: 01685 353480
Email:library.services@merthyr.gov.uk
In RCT visit www.rctcbc.gov.uk/libraries
or for RCT's Housebound Service
Telephone: 01685 880061
Email:Erika.Neck@rctcbc.gov.uk
Moving and Handling training
courses for Carers are free and run
regularly.
In Merthyr contact the Carers Development
Officer: 01685 353907
In RCT telephone: 01443 668813