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A Cardiff teenager who lives with type 1 diabetes has been chosen to represent Wales at an international dance competition. Ballerina Olivia Bant, 13, has made the Wales team for the finals at the Dance World Cup in Spain, where she will take part in three solos, three groups and a quartet. Olivia was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 10 and now uses a sensor (Libre) to monitor her blood sugar levels. Her mother, Helen Brown…

Public libraries in Wales are celebrating the Winter of Wellbeing campaign with three days of online national events this March (15-17). Schools and colleges across the country are being invited to tune in to join a fantastic line-up of authors and ambassadors who’ll be shining a light on the power of reading to help us cope in tough times and to connect us to others, through music, poetry, chat and debate. The Winter of Wellbeing is the Welsh Government’s cross-sector…

  The Waterproof and Wellies Project, part of The Outdoor Guide Foundation, is raising £5m to provide State Primary Schools with outdoor clothing & welly boots to enable children to learn about and enjoy the outdoors.   The pupils of Lansdowne Primary School were delighted to benefit from the Waterproof & Wellies Project, devised by founder Gina Bradbury Fox. The project was launched by TV presenter Gemma Hunt from CBeebies in Bristol last year. So far, 140 schools across the UK…

Resident Advisor, Secretsundaze and fabric are coming together to host a fundraising stream in support of humanitarian charities and organisations working in Ukraine. From 2pm until 10pm on Thursday March 3rd, Streaming For Ukraine will broadcast sets from Craig Richards, Fabio & Grooverider, Daniel Avery, Jane Fitz b2b Carl H, Gilles Peterson b2b Jamz Supernova, Shannen SP b2b Ikonika, Danielle b2b Parris and partners Secretsundaze. You can tune in from 2PM via RA’s website, on Facebook Live and also on Mixcloud Live.   The tragic invasion of Ukraine is creating…

  Intrepid and sprightly accountant Ian Mitchell is tackling the round Wales coastal path to mark his 75th birthday. Ian and his accountancy firm Mitchell Meredith nominated Alzheimer’s Society Cymru as their charity of the year for 2021/22 and have already raised over three thousand pounds to support people affected by dementia in Wales. Ian, originally from Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan, said: “I am really looking forward to complete even more of the round Wales coastal path…

An organisation providing funded training opportunities alongside one of the biggest challenges in the world, the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, will return this Spring to deliver further programmes on the West Coast of Scotland. Our Isles and Oceans launched in June and has already seen forty young people go through its training and development programme. The Our Isles and Oceans mission statement is ‘Youth Opportunity and Professional Development for Sustainable Livelihoods’. The initiative intends on, through the vehicle…

Two teenagers from Cardiff have beaten learners from across Wales to win a national debating competition and represent the UK at a global exhibition in Dubai. Marzooq Subhani, 16, and Crystal Tran, 15, both Seren learners at Willows High School in Splott, secured their places to attend and debate at this year’s World Expo in Dubai after winning the Welsh leg of the ‘Dubai Expo Factor’ – a UK competition which sees teams of two young people from across the…

There can’t be too many comedy touring shows this year revolving around the throwing of a bread roll. Nish Kumar’s Your Power, Your Control strongly features that time he was on the receiving end of a baked-product hurling at a charity gig. For a while he was an undisputed rising star of the British stand-up scene with one excellent Edinburgh Fringe show after another and media appearances ranging from hosting Newsjack on the radio and The Mash Report on TV,…

WOW Wales One World Film Festival, the UK’s longest running world cinema festival, celebrates its 21st birthday. Presenting 21 festival favourites from across the world online between Friday 25 February and Sunday 13 March. 21 years, 21 films, 21 tickets to travel to far flung places to enjoy stories to share with family and friends. With strands like ‘Reasons to Be Cheerful’, ‘Weird & Wonderful’, ‘Female Voices’, ‘Ecosinema’, & ‘Teenage Kicks’, there’s something for everyone to savour. Our partner festivals…

Building Heroes, an award-winning military charity, has opened a brand new centre in Wales, expanding its construction skills and training courses across the UK at thirteen training locations. Established in 2014, Building Heroes is a charity that provides free construction skills training to the military community and supports employment. They aim to tackle unemployment among those that have kept us safe by offering them a seamless career in construction. Brendan Williams, CEO of Building Heroes, said: “When we first started…