Enrich Cymru

14/05/2026

🌿 Event Spotlight: Heritage, Health and Wellbeing in Wales Conference 2026 🌿

We’re pleased to share this upcoming event hosted by Amgueddfa Cymru at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
📅 19–20 May 2026
🕚 11:00am – 3:30pm (both days)

This two-day conference is a great opportunity to celebrate, share and learn from cultural and heritage organisations across Wales that are making a real difference to health and wellbeing.

✨ Day 1 focuses on work supporting those affected by dementia
✨ Day 2 explores wider health and wellbeing initiatives

This event is open to heritage and culture professionals, organisations, groups and individuals with an interest in this important area.

📌 Booking is essential
📧 Email: [email protected]
📞 Phone: 029 2057 3418

Join the conversation and discover how heritage and culture can support healthier communities across Wales

08/05/2026

We’d like to share an upcoming free online event that may be of interest to our care home community, focusing on infection control through safe laundry practices.

🗓️ Thursday 14th May 10:00–11:00am

Hosted by the Care Homes Research Special Interest Group, this session will include a presentation and live Q&A.

What to expect:

✅ Insights from one of the largest infection-control studies on laundry processes in care homes

✅ Key findings from research led by De Montfort University

✅ Introduction to a new laundry audit tool and online learning modules currently being trialled in 50 UK care homes

👉 Register here to receive the Zoom link:
https://forms.office.com/e/qiisVagkEr

21/04/2026

A warm welcome to Bryn Marl Nursing Home, the latest care home to join the Enrich Cymru research network. For more information about the work of Enrich Cymru please email [email protected] or visit https://healthandcareresearchwales.org/enrich-cymru

Croeso cynnes i Bryn Marl, y cartref gofal diweddaraf i ymuno â rhwydwaith Ymchwil ENRICH Cymru. Am ragor o wybodaeth am waith ENRICH Cymru e-bostiwch [email protected]

Breadcrumb Home ENRICH Cymru ENRICH Cymru ENabling Research In Care Homes (ENRICH) Cymru is hosted by Health and Care Research Wales and is a pan-Wales research network of care homes supporting the delivery and facilitation of high-quality research tackling current issues in the care home sector.The...

16/03/2026

Do you receive care at home, or support a family member who does?
Share your experiences at the SAFE@HOME Study Discussion Event.

🗓 13 April 2026
📍 Awen Institute, Swansea University
🥗 Lunch provided

Researchers from Cardiff University are exploring how to make home‑based care safer for older people in Wales - and your voice is essential.

Find out more:
📧 [email protected]
☎️ 02922 515 572

12/03/2026

Thank you to Health and Care Research Wales for this article about our recent awards event: 'Showcasing the impact of ENRICH Cymru and care home research' at the Conwy Business Centre on 3rd March.
https://shorturl.at/edBGB

Congratulations to Meddygcare, winner of our 'Most Research Active Care Home Award 2025'; and our runners up Haulfryn Care Ltd, and ivolve Care & Support for their commitment to engaging with research.

We had speakers sharing about current research opportunities from: the Safe at Home team, the use of AI & robotics, Hospital at Home, and the DEEP project.

For more information about Enrich Cymru, please visit: https://healthandcareresearchwales.org/enrich-cymru

ENRICH Cymru, a network dedicated to connecting care homes and researchers, celebrated its ninth anniversary with a special event recognising the achievements of research-active care homes across Wales. The celebratory event, held at Conwy Business Centre in North Wales, highlighted the network’s ...

10/03/2026

Are you involved in planning, managing or delivering home‑based care for older adults?
Join the SAFE@HOME Stakeholder Event!

13 April 2026
Awen Institute, Swansea University
Lunch included

Help improve home‑based care safety across Wales.
📧 [email protected]
☎️ 02922 515 572

03/03/2026

The final presentation is from one of our research ready care homes. Clare Robert’s from Haulfryn care talking about the importance of research in care homes.

03/03/2026

Dr Gill Toms is talking about evidence-enriched practice. How important it is to get the environment right to have dialogue about evidence.

03/03/2026

Next up, Prof Stuart Allen from SCALE at Cardiff University. Stuart is talking about the role of AI in social care. Co-Developing technology to address real world problems in social care.

03/03/2026

Next up, Dr Mark Kingston is talking about the studies PRIME are involved in, giving a flavour of the research they are undertaking, including hospital, at home and end of life care.