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Charities in Cardiff have a chance to win a share of a £25,000 prize pot offered by specialist charity insurer Ansvar’s Community Campaign.   Many good causes in the region have been struggling to raise funds during the pandemic and Ansvar, which has insured charities, churches and voluntary groups for more than 60 years, is offering help.   The money will be split three ways: £15,000 for the overall winner with £5,000 each going to two additional charities.   The…

  Wales’ biggest sporting charity has announced that its annual Ian Spratling Memorial Golf Day will return in the Autumn.   The hugely anticipated event organised by Lord’s Taverners Wales, returns on Thursday 16th September after a year’s hiatus, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and will see teams of varying handicaps from across South Wales compete for the charity trophy at the Royal Porthcawl Golf Club.   The event is held annually in memory of ex-Chairman of the Lord’s Taverners…

A group of Cardiff based volunteers have come together in a fundraising effort to support the British Red Cross through an online auction launching on the 8th May.   The charity, which is now in its second year of responding to coronavirus, has reached more than 1.5 million people in the UK since the start of the pandemic, supporting those hardest hit by providing practical and emotional support through their national support line, getting cash grants, food and other essential…

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ITV Wales has aired some remarkable stories and wonderful scenery along Wales and England’s breathtaking borderlands. Presenter Sean Fletcher has been exploring the 177-mile Offa’s Dyke Path National Trail, celebrating the landscape and the people who live there. Wonders of the Border has three episodes remaining.  The next episode is being aired this evening on ITV Cymru Wales from 7:30pm. The series provides travel inspiration for those planning a domestic adventure as we begin to emerge from lockdown. It will…

Charity Hestia’s UK SAYS NO MORE campaign is to dramatically expand its Safe Spaces scheme for victims of domestic abuse across the UK, in response to rising levels of abuse during the pandemic. The Safe Spaces scheme offers access points, through high street partners, where victims can discreetly use consultation rooms to access specialist domestic abuse services. Thanks to an award of £655,000 raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, more than 200,000 victims of domestic abuse will be helped….

Voters in Wales will have the opportunity to go to the polls today, Thursday 6 May to vote in the Senedd and Police and Crime Commissioner elections. For those who have chosen to vote in person at a Covid-secure polling station, their experience of voting will be different to previous elections. The Electoral Commission is encouraging voters to make sure they’re ready to vote on 6 May. Voters should remember to: Take a face covering and a pen or pencil…

Osian John, Operations Manager at Acorn Recruitment has raised more than £5,000 by rowing and skiing one million metres in just 31 days, in aid of Cancer Research UK.   In memory of his father Owen, who died in July 2020 from a very aggressive form of bile duct cancer, 37-year-old Osian was determined to raise money for Cancer Research UK but in a different way, so by using a rowing machine and a Ski Erg (gym equipment which mimics…

Restaurant owners and operators across Wales are being urged to join the Restaurant Collective, a new not-for-profit small business community spearheaded by TV chef Brian Turner with a mission to save the UK’s independent restaurants. The restaurant sector has been one of the very hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Industry data shows that there are around 3,000 fewer restaurants in Britain than there were in March 2020 – which is the equivalent of eight closures every day. Since the start of…

Activists like Greta Thunberg joined this year’s 48 hours of global action. And as former primary school teacher Abby Milnes of education resource experts PlanBee shows, even the youngest children can get into the spirit of earth day with simple activities near to home   A whopping 70 percent of teachers said say they don’t feel they have been properly trained to teach about climate change, with 40 percent saying it was rarely even mentioned in their school, according to…