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Tremorfa’s Bridgend Street Under 10’s will kick-off its football season in style after scoring a new kit from gas emergency and pipeline service, Wales & West Utilities. Until now the squad, which has been together for just two years, have played in same kit but thanks to the generous sponsorship will now go into the next season sporting a brand-new kit with Wales & West Utilities logo on it. Scott Johnson, who works in Wales & West Utilities…
A special sofa will be hitting the streets of Wales this month for a series of #TalkOrganDonation summer roadshows to get more people sharing their organ donation decisions with their friends and families. A new survey has revealed that 48% of us have our most important life-changing chats while sitting on the sofa. So, the Organ Donation Wales team is creating a pop-up mobile living room to encourage members of the public who are out and about…
It might not be the ‘tour de France’ but the ‘tour de Cymru’ has helped raise £33,000 for local charity 2 Wish Upon A Star. 18 staff from the Development Bank of Wales completed a mammoth 280-mile cycling challenge, which incorporated all 22 local authorities in Wales. Their fundraising brings the total raised to £33,440 for 2 Wish Upon A Star, named charity of the year 2017/18. Other highlights of the fundraising by staff during the year…
The cast of the West End production of Mamma Mia is performing to the Welsh crowds of Sophia Gardens on Saturday 15th September. This one-night outdoor spectacular concert will showcase the smash-hits of ABBA to two thousand excited fans. Ahead of the concert, we asked the questions the fans really want to know! Here’s what Niamh Perry thinks … No matter who you are, everyone has the ability to sing the lines from an ABBA song whether…
Join The Wildlife Trust’s marine team on their epic Living Seas Wales roadshow tour of the Wales Coastal Path this summer! The roadshow kicks off at Aberavon Beach, Port Talbot and will then visit various locations in Swansea, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion before heading to north Wales for the last two weeks of August. The roadshow comes at a perfect time as we celebrate National Marine Week from 28th July to 12th August. National Marine Week is about celebrating…
On 29th July Glamorgan County Cricket Club partnered with the Barrie Wells Trust to welcome seriously ill and disabled children to enjoy exclusive VIP treatment from executive boxes for the Glamorgan vs Kent T20 Blast. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen weather circumstances, the match was called off just half an hour after the scheduled start. However the children invited were still able to enjoy a day of hospitality including meeting cricket players Joe Burns, Aneurin Donald and Marchant de Lange….
Make sure you have the perfect footwear for any break away this summer. From day time exploring, to evening jaunts, Deichmann has a style for all this summer. What’s even better is that the whole range is a fraction of the price, compared to designer shoes. Get the perfect look for less and stroll across the Mediterranean in comfort and style with Deichmann To find the full range visit St Davids Grande Arcade Cardiff www.deichmann.com
MoRunning have announced they will host MoRuns at 22 different locations across the UK and Ireland throughout the month of ‘Movember’ including in Cardiff, to help raise awareness of men’s health issues and to raise vital funds for the Movember Foundation. The Cardiff MoRun will take place on 10th November and will see runners go through Bute Park. MoRunning events are suited to runners of all abilities and of all ages, with a 5k option for the fun…
A campaign to raise awareness of Hepatitis C testing and treatment is being run by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board in the run up to World Hepatitis Day (28th July). The Road to Elimination is a virtual challenge that has been devised to get people involved and help ‘take a step to eliminate Hep C in Wales’. The virtual challenge has mapped out the distance across Hep C treatment hospitals across Wales, which is 325 miles,…
Trowbridge’s Willow Jones-Cadette has scooped a top regional prize in a national safety competition beating off more than a thousand entrants from across the UK. Willow, 7 who attends St John Lloyd Roman Catholic Primary School, won the Key Stage 1 Welsh entry of the ‘Get Creative, Be Safe’ competition which invited school-age children to produce something creative to warn of the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. She picked up her prize of £150 cash for…
