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Both providers, Pedal Power and Moss Rose Cottage, have received funding from Welsh Government’s Amser Short Breaks Scheme |
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and via Cardiff and Vale Regional Partnership Board for unpaid carers to have a break from their caring role |
Do you care for a loved one with a disability?
Come join us for indoor cycling!
Free for unpaid carers to enjoy cycling on a wide range of specialised cycles with or without the person they care for.
Barry Leisure Centre, Greenwood St, Barry CF63 4JJ
Friday 13th of February, 12:00 – 15:00
For more information or to join contact Steve:
Email: cyclingofficer@cardiffpedalpower.org.uk
Telephone: 02920 390 713
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Unpaid Carers Overnight Respite at Moss Rose Cottage
We are delighted to announce that thanks to funding from Unpaid Carers Short Breaks Grants, we can offer more Free Overnight Respite Opportunities at MossRose Cottage!
These stays are available for Unpaid Carers from Cardiff and the Vale area. The weekend stays are available for the following weekends:
- Friday 13th Feb – Sunday 15th Feb
- Friday 13th Mar – Sunday 15th Mar
- Friday 20th Mar – Sunday 22nd Mar
These slots will be allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis. You can choose to stay at either the Annexe or the Cottage for up to two nights, or just one night if preferred.
Our flexible space include:
19th Century Cottage
- Games room
- Wellbeing lounge
- Kitchen diner area
- Downstairs bathroom with bath and shower
- 2 double bedrooms upstairs
Self-Contained Living Annexe
- 1 double sofa bed
- Open-plan kitchen and living area
- Bathroom and shower
This opportunity is designed for you to take a well-deserved break from caregiving duties and unwind. The space will be reserved exclusively for you during your stay.
Important Booking Information:
- Please do not share this booking link with anyone else.
- Each person may only make one booking to ensure we can accommodate as many individuals as possible.
- While a cost may be displayed during booking, an automated discount code will remove it at checkout, making your stay free.
- Once your booking is confirmed, you will receive a confirmation email. Please ensure your contact details are up to date so we can provide further information.
Please note: To support as many unpaid carers as possible, you cannot book this Overnight Respite if you have previously used it.
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Email: admin@mossrosecottage.co.uk
Information about Carer’s Allowance
Carer’s Allowance (CA) is a Department for Work and Pension benefit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for people who regularly spend at least 35 hours a week caring for a severely disabled person. You do not have to be related to, or live with, the disabled person. You can receive CA even if you have never worked.
CA is not means tested and does not depend on National Insurance (NI) contributions. It is taxable and counts as income for universal benefit.
CA is paid at a rate of £83.30 a week and, from April 2026, goes up £3.15 to £86.45.
Do you qualify?
A person could get Carer's Allowance if they:
- spend at least 35 hours a week caring for a person who receives one of the following qualifying benefits:
- Disability living allowance or child disability payment care component (at the middle or the highest rate only)
- Personal Independence Payment or adult disability payment daily living component (at either rate)
- Attendance allowance or pension age disability payment (at either rate)
- Constant attendance allowance paid with the Industrial Injuries/War Pensions Scheme or
- Armed forces independence payment
- are aged 16 or over
- Not be in full-time education
- If you work, your net earnings must not be more than £196 a week (£204 from April 2026)
- Not be subject to immigration control and must pass UK residence and presence tests
How to claim
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- phone The Carers Allowance Unit on 0800 731 0297
- if you have speech or hearing difficulties, you can claim using a video relay service
Carers Wales has more information, factsheets and a video entitled, “how to claim carer’s allowance” available online:
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If you currently receive carers’ information in the post, or if someone has forwarded this information on to you, we would be very grateful if you could provide an email address, so you do not miss out on opportunities to apply for funding or attend an appropriate training course, for example.
Note: If you have received this email from us, you do not need to provide your email address.
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Mae’r ddau darparwr, Pedal Power a Moss Rose Cottage, wedi derbyn cyllid o’r Llywodraeth Cymru Amser Short Break Scheme |
trwy Bwrdd Partneriaeth Rhan Barthol Caerdydd a’r Fro am gofalwr di-dal i gael egwyl o eu rôl fel gofalwyr. |
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Ydych chi’n gofalu am anwyliaid ag anabledd?
Dewch i ymuno â ni ar gyfer beicio dan do!
Am ddim i ofalwyr di-dâl fwynhau seiclo ar ystod eang o feiciau arbenigol, gyda neu heb y person maent yn gofalu amdano.
yn Barry Leisure Centre, Greenwood St, Barry CF63 4JJ
Dydd Gwener 13 Chwefror, 12:00 – 15:00
Am ragor o wybodaeth neu i ymuno, cysylltwch â Steve:
E-bost: cyclingofficer@cardiffpedalpower.org.uk
Ffon: 02920 390 713
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Gwybodaeth am Lwfans Gofalwr
Mae Lwfans Gofalwr (LG) yn fudd-dal gan yr Adran Gwaith a Phensiwn yng Nghymru, Lloegr a Gogledd Iwerddon ar gyfer pobl sy'n treulio o leiaf 35 awr yr wythnos yn rheolaidd yn gofalu am berson ag anabledd difrifol. Nid oes rhaid i chi fod yn perthyn i’r unigolyn anabl, nac yn cyd-fyw. Gallwch chi dderbyn LG hyd yn oed os nad ydych erioed wedi gweithio.
Nid yw LG yn cynnwys prawf modd ac nid yw'n dibynnu ar gyfraniadau Yswiriant Gwladol (YG). Mae'n drethadwy ac yn cyfrif fel incwm ar gyfer budd-daliadau cynhwysol.
Talir LG ar gyfradd o £83.30 yr wythnos ac, o fis Ebrill 2026, mae hyn yn codi £3.15 i £86.45.
Ydych chi'n gymwys?
Gallai person gael Lwfans Gofalwr os yw’n:
- treulio o leiaf 35 awr yr wythnos yn gofalu am berson sy'n derbyn un o'r budd-daliadau cymwys canlynol:
- Lwfans Byw I'r Anabl neu elfen ofal taliad anabledd plant (ar y gyfradd ganolig neu uchaf yn unig)
- Taliad Annibyniaeth Personol neu elfen byw bob dydd y taliad anabledd oedolion (ar y naill gyfradd neu’r llall)
- Lwfans gweini neu daliad anabledd oedran pensiwn (ar y naill gyfradd neu'r llall)
- Lwfans gweini cyson a delir gyda'r Cynllun Anafiadau Diwydiannol/ Pensiynau Rhyfel neu
- Taliad Annibyniaeth y Lluoedd Arf
- 16 oed neu hŷn
- Nid ydych mewn addysg amser llawn
- Os ydych chi'n gweithio, ni ddylai eich enillion net fod yn fwy na £196 yr wythnos (£204 o fis Ebrill 2026)
- Nid ydych yn destun rheolaeth mewnfudo a rhaid pasio profion preswylio a phresenoldeb yn y DU
Sut mae hawlio:
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- Ffoniwch yr Uned Lwfans Gofalwr ar 0800 731 0297
- Os oes gennych anawsterau lleferydd neu glyw, gallwch hawlio drwy ddefnyddio gwasanaeth cyfnewid fideo
Mae rhagor o wybodaeth, taflenni ffeithiau a fideo o'r enw "sut i hawlio lwfans gofalwr" ar gael ar-lein gan Carers Wales
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Os ydych chi'n derbyn gwybodaeth gofalwyr drwy’r post ar hyn o bryd, neu os oes rhywun wedi anfon y wybodaeth hon ymlaen atoch, byddem yn ddiolchgar iawn pe gallech ddarparu cyfeiriad e-bost, fel nad ydych yn colli cyfleoedd i wneud cais am gyllid neu fynychu cwrs hyfforddi priodol, er enghraifft.
Nodwch: Os ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn gennym ni, nid oes angen i chi ddarparu eich cyfeiriad e-bost.
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