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Llantrisant RFC was chosen from more than 2,700 entries to win a once in a lifetime training day at the home of Welsh rugby, thanks to Principality Building Society.  The Llantrisant club took on the ultimate ‘rugby reunion’ training experience at Principality Stadium on Sunday 20th March as part of a competition run by Wales’ largest building society.  The exclusive training day, attended by 50 of the club’s members, saw the players put through their paces trained by five WRU…

Members of Llanishen High School’s team. Left to right – Teaching assistant Kaytee Purbrick, PE teacher Kieran McGuire, Head of Wellbeing Julie Purbrick, Head of PE Harry Trelawny, teaching assistant Emma Gould, PE teacher Gareth Emanuel, Headteacher Sarah Parry, rugby hub officer George Ivins. A team of staff and alumni from Llanishen High School will be running the Cardiff Half Marathon in aid of City Hospice, Cardiff’s local hospice, on March 27. Eight staff and 12 alumni will be taking…

Photo courtesy of: Eleanor Benthall   To say thank you for the £30m raised for Good Causes every week by players, The National Lottery is offering free entry and special offers at a range of National Lottery funded venues across the UK as part of The National Lottery Open Week. From Saturday 19th – Sunday 27th March, anyone with a valid online or retail National Lottery ticket, Scratchcard or Instant Win Game can enjoy exclusive offers at Lottery-funded venues and attractions. There…

  On Saturday 12 March, a group of children who have cerebral palsy and their families visited Dyffryn Gardens to mark the launch of a new partnership between National Trust Cymru and Cerebral Palsy Cymru. Together, the two charities aim to work beyond their boundaries to benefit people and nature by creating new green spaces and increasing access to the outdoors.  To launch the partnership and to celebrate the Trust’s annual #BlossomWatch campaign, children from Cerebral Palsy Cymru planted two…

An ambitious restoration project working to help restore healthy, resilient coastal waters around the UK, is aiming to educate over 12,000 students about the ocean through a new education programme. The Wild Oysters Project education packs – created by conservationists and education specialists at ZSL (Zoological Society of London) and Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE) – support the national science curriculum and encourage children (aged 8-14 years old) to care for the marine environment and spread the word about the importance of a native…

Image: Flick.digital / The Kennel Club Luca, a working sheepdog, and his owner Carolyn Heath from Wenvoe, Wales, took home one of the top obedience prizes at Crufts on Saturday 12 March after winning the Obedience Championship (dog) final. The judge was Mrs Pat Watson. Eight-year-old Luca (Jezzady It’s Time To Play), came first in the final held at the world’s greatest dog show, Crufts, after competing against some of Britain’s best dogs for the coveted title. All competitors at…

One of Wales’ most famous rock bands, Manic Street Preachers, will be performing classic tracks from across their career at this gig. Seventy five pairs of free tickets to attend the gig will be available for fans and allocated at random via a BBC Studio Audience Services ballot. Audiences can register for the chance to get tickets here. Registration is now open and closes at midnight on Sunday 20th March. The 6 Music Festival takes place from Friday 1 – Sunday 3…

A new UK Samaritans survey has discovered that men in rural areas (43%) are less likely than men in urban areas (51%) to reach out for support or talk to someone if they are struggling with their mental health.  Women living in rural areas are much more likely than men to seek help with 60%, saying they would talk to someone if they were struggling.[1] The findings come as Samaritans Cymru launches a new phase of its Real People, Real…

People living in and around Cardiff will be able to collect a tree to plant at home this weekend as part of an ambitious Welsh Government project to fight climate change. On Saturday 5th March, Cardiff’s Bute Park will host a pop-up hub which is part of a pilot scheme that will see the release of the first 5,000 trees to households in Wales. It follows a promise made by Deputy Climate Change Minister Lee Waters in December that every…

  Ling know that Ukraine has strong citizens determined to overcome all adversities. For that reason, as a language learning app, Ling want to add their “little grain of sand” for them to have an easier life and better possibilities in foreign countries. Therefore, they have unlocked their app for Ukrainian-speaking people, with the firm hope of easing their situation, by providing the necessary resources to effectively learn a new language. With Ling, users can increase language skills with interactive…