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An initiative to encourage businesses in Cardiff to provide more employment opportunities to local people has won a prestigious national campaigning award.   Tonight (30 September), The Community Jobs Compact, run by Citizens Cymru Wales – Citizens UK, won Best Community Campaign at the Sheila McKechnie National Campaigner Awards. The Community Jobs Compact for Employers was set up in 2017 following a listening campaign in the Butetown area of the Cardiff area. The exercise found that many local residents, particularly those…

Five Barry residents chosen as Community Ambassadors for construction project The Ambassadors will play an important role in liaising with the local community and neighbourhoods surrounding the school, keeping them up to date on the different stages of the build, the project progress, as well as any issues or concerns arising during the build. The Community Ambassadors will have become a pivotal part of the project, contributing to newsletters, liaising with community groups and having special insight into the project…

  Two leading allergy charities are urging parents and teachers across Cardiff to ‘Check It, Don’t Chance It’ to ensure pupils and young adults with allergies are not overlooked amidst fears of safeguarding against Covid-19. Children in Cardiff have returned to the classroom after a six month break due to the Covid-19 pandemic. To reassure concerned parents, official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that only two (0.005%) of the 38,156 deaths from coronavirus during March and April…

Ken Picton has partnered with local plant boutique, Florist 64, to give his salon a green makeover. The salon, located in the luxurious Mermaid Quay development in Cardiff, is now a serene, plant-filled haven – packed full of feel-good, gorgeous greenery. “The salon experience as clients know it is understandably rather different now,” says Ken. “With some of the little luxuries that make an appointment special currently on hold owing to social distancing and safety. We wanted to ensure that…

Conor Elliott is a talented Photographer based in Cardiff.  During lockdown, he wanted to do something to capture the sense of community spirit and appreciation of NHS workers. Over the course of three months, from March to June 2020, Conor walked the streets of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan photographing the artworks that local residents proudly displayed in their windows in support of the NHS. Conor decided to bring the images together in the form of colourful mosaics.  The…

This National Eye Health Week (21st-27th September) a Cardiff doctor is highlighting the importance of looking after your eyes after he almost lost his sight. Dr Inderpal Singh, 46, a consultant physician, experienced a sudden deterioration in his sight while at work in May. “I suddenly had a very gritty feeling in my eyes, followed by pain, redness and blurred vision that got worse over the next four hours,” said Inderpal. By the time I got home I could hardly…

Theo Paphitis and Young Enterprise shine a light on young entrepreneurs October 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of Small Business Sunday (#SBS), TV Dragon Theo Paphitis’s small business initiative. To celebrate this milestone, Theo has partnered with national charity, Young Enterprise, to celebrate young entrepreneurs and give them a chance to grow their businesses as #SBS winners.  All the winners will be under 25 with startup businesses recognised in a special one-off celebration of young entrepreneurs. Inspired by the brilliant pitches…

The Welsh Government is spearheading a new drive to get people in Wales to recycle more in a bid to be the world leader in recycling. Launched during Recycling Week (21 – 27 September), the campaign fronted by chef, author and ultra-marathon runner Mathew Pritchard, asks everyone to ‘Be Mighty, Recycle’ by making small but important changes in how they recycle and push Wales towards the number one spot. Wales has come a long way since 1999, increasing recycling from 5%…

The Royal British Legion is encouraging people to lace up their trainers this October and November to take part in its free to enter Virtual My Poppy Run to help support service and ex-service personnel and their families.   The Legion’s Poppy Run events, which usually take place in ten Cities across the country, including Cardiff, are unable to go ahead in their usual format this year due to social distancing measures. Instead, people can show their support for the 2020…

With the new academic year underway, it isn’t just teachers and pupils who are having to get used to new ways of going to school. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board’s Children’s Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) team is changing how it provides services to schools across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Children’s SLT team works closely with education staff and parents to support them in meeting the needs of children with speech,…