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Today marks the eighth anniversary of Shwmae Su’mae Day, a national day held on 15th October to celebrate, encourage and promote the Welsh language. The initiative aims to give people the confidence to start every conversation in Welsh, and to show the world that the language belongs to us all – fluent speakers, learners or those shy about their Welsh. Shwmae Su’mae Day is co-ordinated by the Mudiadau Dathlu’r Gymraeg (Celebrating the Welsh Language) umbrella group – a network of…

Win a veg garden for your local area and sow some seeds of joy with Higgidy   A nationwide competition has launched with Higgidy and TV horticulturalist, Frances Tophill, for the chance to get local, unloved community spaces made over into glorious veg gardens. Open to everyone up and down the UK, the competition aims to get the nation enjoying veg more than ever before by growing their own vegetables, whilst adding a touch of positivity to the planet and bringing…

Be the Business, a not-for-profit movement helping every firm in the country improve their performance, is partnering with Facebook to host an event in Wales providing free advice, training and inspiration to micro and small businesses in the wake of COVID-19. Taking place on the 14th of October, the event will feature leading firms from the region, including telecoms firm Moneypenny. Attendees will also receive training from Be the Business and Facebook on using Instagram for business, business finances and innovating…

We asked Cardiff based International Mountain Leader Alan Ward about Aircraft Crash Sites in the Brecon Beacons. He’d recently visited three of these sites during a National Navigation Award Scheme – Gold Navigator Award Course. For the two-day course Alan trained and assessed four candidates who had previously passed their Bronze and Silver Navigator Awards. Several of these sites involve complex navigation processes to reach them across long sections of open mountain where there are few clearly defined paths. The…

Nine primary schools in Cardiff have taken huge steps towards reducing their energy, bills and carbon emissions by installing solar panels to generate their own electricity. As well as helping to save the planet, the schools have used free government finance to fund the projects and are collectively saving over £40,000 per year on their electricity bills.  Coryton, Coed Glas, Danescourt, Greenway, Meadowlane, Thornhill, Tongwynlais, Trowbridge and Whitchurch Primary Schools have all used Cardiff company, Ineco Energy Ltd, to design and install solar panels, which will generate free, clean energy for their schools. A further 20 Cardiff schools have benefitted from significant electricity bill…

During lockdown we were wracking our brains as to how we could raise funds to help continue funding our Feeding Project at the Good Samaritan Ministries School in Lusaka as we were no longer able to hold events due to Covid 19. We came up with the idea to create a recipe booklet called:  MAD4Kids Marvellous Menus. This contains the favourite starters, main courses and desserts from over 20 of our supporters and is full of tried and tested mouth watering…

A first-of-its-kind destination for shoppers looking to be more eco-friendly, ‘The Green Aisle’, launched on the 6th October  in 137 Homebase stores across the UK. In partnership with Smart Energy GB, ‘The Green Aisle’ showcases energy efficient and eco-friendly home improvement products which will help make homes greener and winter-ready in one place. The nation’s extended period spent indoors and the ongoing Welsh Government’s Warm Homes Nest Scheme has driven the trend for green home improvements, with recent research commissioned by Smart…

Former Only Men Aloud member Aled Powys Williams embarked on an epic challenge to celebrate the life of a man he calls his ‘hero’. The Welsh singer, who found fame with the choir in 2010, vowed to run for 100 consecutive days ending on his grandfather’s 100th birthday on October 2. Sadly, early into the challenge his grandfather passed away but this did not stop Aled from celebrating his wonderful life. “Tadcu lived with dementia for around 15 years so I…

Jimmy Williams, founder and CEO of Urban Jungle, has launched a free, online event to offer support and advice to students and young people rocked by Covid-19   YOUNG people are facing unprecedented challenges and urgently need guidance and support, says a prominent Welsh entrepreneur. Jimmy Williams, who grew up in Pontypridd and now runs insurtech company Urban Jungle, is increasingly concerned about the prospects of young adults whose education, work and training prospects have been blighted by the Covid-19 pandemic….

Imagine a world where an educational, animated children’s programme comes on every day, on mainstream TV, and promotes racial diversity with a black boy as the lead character. The name of this show: Jay Genius. Jay Genius is a lovable, highly intelligent, four-year-old black boy, who is fun and engaging, he believes that he is a superhero and that his superpower is to help other children become geniuses too, with the help of his pal Rucksy. His rucksack that comes to…