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High-tech approach to social care

Visitors to the National Eisteddfod (31 July – 7 August) will get the opportunity to portray what social care means to them on a high-tech graffiti wall which is making only its second public appearance in Wales.

The interactive wall, which allows you to draw on it without any kind of paint, will be available at the Care Council for Wales stand. It will also be one of the featured items on the ‘Dragon’s Den’ programme on BBC2 on Monday 2 August at 9pm.

Visitors to the stand will be invited to use their artistic skills and write or draw what care means to them. All the creations will be saved and judged, with the winner being announced on the Care Council’s website (www.ccwales.org.uk) at the end of August. The winner will get an iPod and a t-shirt featuring their winning design. Two runners-up will also get t-shirts with their designs printed on them.

The graffiti wall allows you to create digital graffiti on a large screen using a modified spray paint can. Instead of paint, when the cap is pressed, the can ‘sprays’ infra red light, which is tracked by a computer vision system as it moves across the screen. The digital paint appears wherever the can is sprayed, just like spraying paint on a real wall.

Rhian Huws Williams, Chief Executive of the Care Council, said: “We felt this would be a good way to draw attention to the importance of social care and to get people to convey their impressions of care in a fresh and exciting way. We first used the digital graffiti wall at this year’s Urdd Eisteddfod, where it was extremely popular, with hundreds of different designs being created during the week.

“The wall is a way of encouraging younger people in particular to take an interest in social care and to perhaps consider it as a career. They will be able to find out more about the opportunities to work in this rewarding profession from new films and publications on our stand,” she added. 

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If you have any queries, please contact Malcolm Williams on 029 2078 0634 / 07811 253260 (malcolm.williams@ccwales.org.uk) or Charmine Smikle on 029 2078 0626 (charmine.smikle@ccwales.org.uk)