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    In recent years, an increasing number of young people have been gaining the interpersonal skills and confidence to make the transition into work, through a Prince’s Trust qualification delivered in Wales. Launched in 2016, The Prince’s Trust Achieve programme is a personal development course for 11 to 19-year-olds. Run in partnership with schools and further education colleges across Wales, including St Illtyd’s, Ysgol Y Deri, and Cantonian High, Achieve provides a practical approach to learning which supports young people…

        JOB TODAY, the UK’s number one mobile hiring app, is championing  the female workforce of Cardiff & Swansea by working with critically acclaimed British photographer, Lewis Khan, for an upcoming exhibition called ‘Saturday Girls’ in London. The exhibition will take place this October, and the search for the cities inspirational women has begun. The closing date for women to put themselves forward is 28th August 2018.      ‘Saturday Girls’, a term coined decades ago that…

      Sopranos, harpists, composers and record producers were amongst the musical glitterati celebrated for their commitment to enhancing Welsh culture at an illustrious awards ceremony. The Welsh Music Guild presented nine coveted prizes at its annual awards luncheon held at the Cardiff & County Club on the opening weekend of the National Eisteddfod. Before a packed audience of some of Wales’ most influential and notable musicians, singer and broadcaster Shan Cothi, composer Dr Lyn Davies and Universal Records…

      The dining room on Ward East 18 at University Hospital Llandough will soon be transformed into a dementia friendly area thanks to a kind donation from Asda Leckwith. Ward East 18 was lucky to be chosen to take part in Asda’s green token scheme and Cardiff & Vale Health Charity received £500 to be spent on the ward to make improvements.   Each year Asda invests over £1.4 million in over 4,000 good causes through their Green…

The Coronary Care Unit on C3 at the University Hospital of Wales recently received a very kind donation in memory of a patient. Cardiology patient, Mrs Elizabeth Price (nee Cassidy), died three years ago and in her memory, her husband decided he wanted to do something to give back for the kindness they received from the ward.   Mr Jim Price from St Mellons organised a horse and cart ride through Cardiff on 5 August 2018, with 35 carts and…

      Unemployed young people throughout Cardiff are being given the opportunity gain employment in the travel and tourism sector through a new traineeship programme launched by a leading youth charity. YHA (England and Wales) is offering 18 – 24-year-olds the opportunity to undertake a traineeship at YHA Cardiff Central, based on East Tyndall Street, which, it is hoped, will enable them to gain paid employment.   No qualifications are needed, just energy, enthusiasm and commitment. The youth hosteling…

    Between The Trees is a small, boutique, not-for-profit festival set in a 100 acre, woodland site in South Wales; the fabulous Candleston Castle Campsite adjacent to the picturesque Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, and UK’s biggest sand dunes. The festival has a unique theme of folk music, natural science, spoken word  and art. It aims to engage people of all ages with the natural world and to re-connect younger generations with the wonder and restorative qualities that woodland…

    People can now refill their water bottles for free at Youth Hostels throughout Wales – including YHA Cardiff Central. The leading youth charity, YHA (England and Wales), has joined Refill, a national free tap water initiative designed to reduce plastic pollution by making refilling water bottles as easy, convenient and cheap as possible. All YHA locations are now listed on the The Refill scheme website and app. The addition of more than 150 youth hostel sites in England…

  There was a buzz in the air when six members of staff from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) recently took part in an Introduction to Beekeeping course. Neil Jones, Paul Price, Sarah Dunne, Sharon Cornish, Jim Bax and Mike Lewis, who all work within the Mental Health Clinical Board, took part in the course to help them look after bees when they are sited at University Hospital of Llandough (UHL) when the hives are located in Our…

  SCROLL DOWN FOR LINE-UP Derrick Barry, Courtney Act, Sonique and Gabrielle are amongst this year’s acts who will be performing at Pride Cymru’s Big Weekend on 24 – 26 August 2018. Drag performer, Derrick Barry, is widely known for impersonating Britney Spears, competing in the third season of America’s Got Talent, and the eighth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Celebrity Big Brother 2018 winner Courtney Act is an Australian drag queen and pop singer, who first came to prominence…