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  One in five (19%) people caring for stroke survivors have not accessed any form of help after their lives were turned upside down overnight, according to new figures published today by the Stroke Association.    The charity has also found that 40% of stroke carers who had been caring for more than three years report feeling exhausted and around 1 in 3 stressed or anxious .  Despite this, more than a third of people caring for stroke survivors (35%)…

  Numerous recent sightings of a moth that became extinct in the UK in the 1960s, suggest that it has recolonised and is now breeding across southern Britain.   The Clifden Nonpareil, whose name means ‘beyond compare’, is one of the largest and most spectacular moths native to our shores.   With a wingspan that can reach almost 12cm and a bright blue stripe across its black hindwings (which gives rise to an alternative name of the Blue Underwing), this…

Exclusively produced and shot in Cardiff, ‘Duty’s Veil’ is the story of Rebecca, a determined detective on the hunt for a vicious psychopathic killer in her new UK hometown. The deeper she delves into the case, the more at risk she is of unearthing the secrets of her own dark past; the reason she left America, her true identity and her past affiliation with a notorious crime sisterhood. ‘Duty’s Veil’ is screening at Earl’s Court Film Festival in London at…

Welsh Ministers and Assembly Members are to be told that if they are serious about tackling climate change, they must get serious about active travel.  On Wednesday October 2nd, people from across Wales will Cycle on the Senedd to lobby Welsh Government for a doubling in investment in walking and cycling to £20 per head. Transport is the second biggest contributor to climate changing emissions in Wales.    The most sustainable way to reduce those emissions is by enabling more…

  Natasha Hemmings cannot remember a life without music. A long-time fan of writing lyrics and melodies, some of her earliest memories are from the music and performance groups that she was part of as a child. As she grew up her infatuation with music continued to grow with her, and it was when she joined an adult choir at the age of 12 that she was introduced to the world of classical music.   Now in her 20’s, and…

Solar PV remains one of the best ways we can tackle the effects of climate change and air pollution. It has become the cheapest form of energy for small scale generators and nearly every building has potential for solar. It is a guaranteed way to save on your bills, using your own clean solar generated power. This displaces the need for grid energy, so as well as savings, you are reducing the need for fossil fuel generation. That means less…

  An advanced cell therapy clinical trial called “Salamander” has been launched at University Hospital of Wales to help prevent limb amputations and reduce severe pain for diabetic patients by stimulating blood vessel growth. It is a European study aiming to recruit hundreds of patients and lasting two years. The Welsh Blood Service, along with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board are part of the consortium, running the study. (Midlands-Wales Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre (MW-ATTC, comprising Birmingham, Wales and Nottingham)…

Mike Perry, 53 from Cardiff is running the Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday 6 October 2019 to raise funds for Bowel Cancer UK, as he has been diagnosed with the disease three times.   Mike says: “I was first diagnosed with bowel cancer at 28 years old. I spotted blood when I went to the toilet, was obviously worried and visited my GP. At that point my mum worked in healthcare and pushed for my treatment. I quickly had surgery to…

Following a meeting with the Head Teacher at Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Morgannwg towards the end of last year, Cardiff & Vale Health Charity were approached by Sian James, the Head of the Welsh Bac about volunteering opportunities for pupils starting their Community Challenge in September 2019.   Never one to turn down an offer of volunteering, the Health Charity jumped at the chance to work with pupils from Year 11 on a project to improve one of the courtyard gardens…

  Wales’ largest careers fair, SkillsCymru, is to host the Million Minds tour for its first visit to Wales.   The tour, which aims to help young people cope with the challenges that life presents, will bring together up and coming artists and speakers to deliver a lesson to young people about mental health.   One in eight young people aged 5-19 experience mental ill health, of whom 65% get no professional help; 75% of adult mental health problems are…