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Cardiff’s International Arts Festival looks back on an exceptional 11 days of live music, brand new Wales Millennium Centre theatre co-productions, PROCESSIONS Cardiff, community projects, free events and much more • Over 26,000 people attended Festival of Voice gigs, theatre productions, community projects and more over 11 days between 7-17 June, with sold-out shows from Gruff Rhys, Patti Smith, Laura Veirs, Tank and the Bangas and more. • Headline music artists included Patti Smith, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Billy…

The University of South Wales Music & Sound Vinyl Sampler “Create” is a compilation album showcasing a selection of the school’s artists. The featured tracks have been chosen by a panel of tutors and industry guests who spent a music filled few weeks hotly debating the high standard of entries. The end result is a fantastic collection of 11 tracks written, performed and engineered by USW students, wrapped in a gatefold cover designed by MA Graphic student Kim Appleby and…

Leading car supermarket group, CarShop, celebrated coming together as individuals at the Birmingham Pride Parade. It was the perfect opportunity for CarShop to live true to their purpose of “leading the evolution of the used car marketplace.” Colleagues from the Cardiff store of the award-winning car retailer quickly offered up their spare time to take part in Birmingham Pride. 20 people across the business signed up almost immediately, and with their guests invited too, they made up a cavalry of…

A Welsh charity is looking for 2,000 children, parents, aunts, uncles, and teachers to help them beat a world record – and raise vital funds. Hybu, based at the Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, aims to break the world record for the largest of people in the same place dressed as characters from an illustrated children’s storybook. It will stage the attempt at the Motorpoint Arena  Cardiff on July 7. There will be themed storybook rooms, fun games for youngsters, and the…

Following the success of their spring concert in Oxford, top young singers from all over the UK are coming together for a 30 minute ‘pop-up’ performance in the heart of Cardiff at 12pm on Friday 24th August 2018. The National Youth Training Choir (aged 13 – 18) will be livening up National Museum Cardiff and entertaining passers-by with a range of songs and melodies, learned on their Summer course, held in Royal Masonic School for Girls. The outdoors performance takes…

Recently at Wales’ National team open training session in Wrexham, The Football Association of Wales announced their partnership with Welsh Hearts/Calonnau Cymru with Ryan Giggs at the helm. The long-term aim of the partnership is to deliver lifesaving defibrillators, equipment and training to all football clubs in Wales. Football clubs and training facilities across Wales are often the hub of communities, used by many different teams and community groups. However, many of these integral community spaces currently do not have…

Family Fund Business Services, the trading subsidiary of the charity Family Fund has been chosen to deliver BBC Children in Need’s Emergency Essentials programme to support children and young people across the UK with grants worth over £3 million to meet their most basic needs. BBC Children in Need’s Emergency Essentials Programme supports families living with severe financial, health and social difficulties, and provides items that meet children’s most basic needs such as a bed to sleep in, a cooker…

Hundreds of people turned out to take part in the NHS at 70 bed push and 5k and 10k run at Cardiff Bay recently.   With blue skies overhead and a sea of smiling faces, 16 teams took on the bed push sprint at Cardiff Bay Barrage, with wonderfully decorated beds and team spirit a plenty.  Almost 300 people took part in the 5k and 10k run around the Bay in the glorious sunshine.   Bed push racers and runners…

Challenge yourself to help Wildlife Trust eradicate balsam!   The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales have been tackling Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera, a non-native invasive species. Introduced to Kew gardens London in 1839 as an exotic flower, balsam was then spread as a colourful garden species particularly for wet areas. It is also known as Indian balsam, Policeman’s Helmet, Bobby Tops, Nuns, Gnome’s Hatstand, Kiss-me-on-the-mountain and Jumping Jack.   Although an annual, this pretty yet ecologically damaging flower…

Whether a stroke survivor is new to golf or has stopped playing because of the disabilities stroke can cause, a new scheme is about to be launched across Wales offering the chance to get putting.   The 12 New to Golf sessions will tee-off at the Vale Resort, in the Vale of Glamorgan on 6 July. Further sessions will take place at Bryn Meadows in Caerphilly from 17 July and the Pyle and Kenfig Golf Course, Porthcawl, from 8 August….