Speak with Swansea Bay UHB staff at Eisteddfod yr Urdd

Image shows Mistar Urdd the mascot of Urdd Gobaith Cymru.

Swansea Bay UHB staff from various services will be at Eisteddfod yr Urdd from 26th - 31st May 2025 at Margam Country Park.

The table below displays which services will be attending on each day and what they are offering to attendees.

Date	Which services will be there?	What are they offering?
Monday 26th May 2025	School Nursing	Throughout the day, we will be providing an introduction to the School Nursing service and information on handwashing, nutrition, hydration and emotional wellbeing. Children will be able to play some games with us around these topics and parents/carers will have the opportunity to speak with the school nurse for public health and health promotion advice, and where to access more specific information from their area's school nursing team. If families can't attend on the day, they can access more information about Swansea Bay's school nursing service on our website (see below) or contact our Single Point of Access on 01639 862801 or email SBU.SchoolNursing@wales.nhs.uk. Go here for the School Nursing and Looked After Children Services webpage on the SBUHB website.
Tuesday 27th May 2025	Digital Services	Leaflets and other helpful information will be provided. The team will be discussing the benefits of signing up to Swansea Bay Patient Portal alongside providing demonstrations and support in signing up. Go here for the Swansea Bay Patient Portal webpage on the SBUHB website.
Wednesday 28th May 2025	Speech and Language Therapy & Vaccinations Team	There will be paediatric and adult SLT present throughout the day, with activities for parents and children to expand their knowledge and experience of different conditions that might be affecting their speech, language communication, eating, drinking and swallowing. This includes demonstrations of various Augmentative and Alternative Communication devices (eye gaze, core boards and electronic apps), information on swallowing difficulties and how to provide support, as well as activities to support vocabular/language development. The team will be showcasing an app that is being developed, primarily targeted at children who stammer, helping them to "wait well" while they are waiting for support from the service. There will also be a chance to speak to the team about communication within a memory/dementia forum.
Thursday 29th May 2025	Vaccinations Team & Burns Department	On Wednesday 28th and Thursday 30th the Vaccination team will be present to help with advice and queries around routine immunisation for children and adults. Follow this link for immunisation and vaccine information for all Wales on the Public Health Wales website. Follow this link for vaccines in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot on the SBUHB website. The Burns department are setting up a "burns hazard house" to demonstrate common causes of burn injuries in the home and garden. Members of the public will be able to speak to us about common causes of burn injury, who is most at risk, risk reduction, and burns first aid.
Friday 30th May 2025	Mental Health	The mental health team are providing information from tidyMinds/ Sorted Supported, CAMHS and Patient Feedback Team which signpost advice and service-related information.
Saturday 31st May 2025	Help Me Quit & SBU Welsh Language Services	The Help Me Quit team will be offering carbon monoxide (CO) monitoring, it provides a visible proof of the harm caused by smoking or vaping nicotine. There will be visual material showing the impact that smoking has on health. Alongside this there will be some literature for parents on conversations with young people on vaping. At 11:00am, Cornel Cymraeg will be hosting a special event to celebrate the achievements of our Welsh learners at Swansea Bay University Health Board. This will be a great opportunity for learners to come together, socialise, and recognise each other's successes on their Welsh language journey.
All week	Arts in Health	The SBUHB Arts & Heritage Team are inviting young people and their families to make their mark on a huge artwork that will tell the stories of Welsh people and how they are connected through their communities and across the world. In addition, there will be an exciting range of creative activities throughout the week of the Urdd Festival, open to all. On Monday 26^th, Wednesday 28^th and Saturday 31^st there will be morning and afternoon arts workshops including self-portrait animation, illustration and drawing, watercolour painting, storytelling with thread, together with on-going activities to create 2 large arts installations throughout the entire week. There will also be music during the lunchtimes to chill out to, with a performance by Mared on Friday 30th. Taking time to be creative and express yourself has been shown to improve all sorts of things – it makes you feel better and enables you to tell others about how you feel - about what’s important to you and what’s important to everyone’s future. Come and visit the SBUHB arts stand and join in a week of creativity and sharing thoughts.