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Hungarians from all walks of life have come together to send a powerful ‘love letter’ to Wales, the country they all feel attached to. The trilingual video, produced by Welsh-Hungarian cultural initiative Magyar Cymru, features residents from Hungary’s ‘Welshest village’, opera and folk singers, educators, as well as Hungarians from Cardiff to Caernarfon who embrace the Welsh language and culture with pride. The heartfelt message kicked off Magyar Cymru’s ‘Let’s build bridges’ campaign, which also invites Welsh and Hungarian people…
Recently, many charity shops have been forced to turn away donations due to the huge influx of contributions following lockdown clear-outs. The Sunday Times reported that the British Heart Foundation in St Ives saw a 197% rise in donations and The Guardian noted there are 67 million items of clothing waiting to be donated. GivingAssistant.org also found that searches for ‘charity shops near me open today’ have increased by 450% in the past 30 days! Keen to give a helping hand,GivingAssistant.org provided insight on some…
This September the Marine Conservation Society will run its annual Great British Beach Clean for a week of citizen science from 18 – 25th September 2020, supported by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. The charity is calling for more organisers than ever to adopt a 100 metre stretch of beach to clean and carry out a litter survey. The Great British Beach Clean is more than just litter picking – people become citizen scientists and carry out a litter survey, recording what they find on…
Gareth Hutchings from Cardiff has made the national top 10 shortlist for the Lockdown Glow-Up competition launched by heating and bathroom experts BestHeating and Big Bathroom Shop. Residents from the UK were asked to submit before and after photos of a home DIY project they’ve undertaken during lockdown to be in with the chance of winning £1000 worth of heating and bathroom goodies. After research from BestHeating and Big Bathroom Shop revealed a third of Brits had been putting off their project due to not…
This summer, local bicycle enthusiasts in Cardiff are being encouraged to take part in the House-to-House Challenge, a new virtual fundraising event from Ronald McDonald House Charities UK (RMHC UK). The charity offers free accommodation to families with children in hospital and is in need of vital funds after losing a huge amount of income through the COVID-19 crisis, and cancelling major fundraising events- its main source of revenue. Held throughout August and September, the House-to-House Challenge invites participants to…
The Week Junior is launching its Summer of Reading Challenge, a six week long initiative to get the UK’s children reading. The campaign will challenge children to read, review and rate three books over the course of the summer break. Readers can take inspiration from a list curated by the editorial team or choose their own. All children that complete their review forms and send them into The Week Junior will be entered into a prize draw to win a…
People with cancer, and family and friends, who are making the first steps outside after staying at home can feel nervous and fearful, but thanks to ongoing generosity of players of People’s Postcode Lottery Maggie’s is here to help. Samantha Holliday, Maggie’s Cardiff Centre Head, said: “If you are someone living with cancer and who has been staying at home for the last couple of months, stepping outside of your home and back into the world can seem like a…
Brain Injury is something we are all becoming more aware of. Especially now that it has been identified as one of the potential serious long term consequences of Coronavirus. 9 year old Mason and his Mum, Naomi Rees, from Rhondda Cynon Taff, were made very aware of its distressing consequences when a close friend suffered serious brain injury as a result of an accident. Mason was determined that he wanted to do something positive to support his friend and others…
Cardiff based International Mountain Leader Alan Ward is out of lockdown now and visited Cardiff Airport (CWL) yesterday with his grandchildren to look at British Airways BoEing 747-400 aircraft which are parked there following news that BA will no longer operate these aircraft. Alan returns to work as a Mountain Training on September 7 with a Mountain Skills Course in Snowdonia. With planned retirement on March 31, his diary is increasingly filling up as people require mountain training before he retires….
The Welsh Government has announced that driver and rider instruction and CBTs will restart from Monday 27 July 2020 in Wales. Theory tests will restart in Wales on Monday 3 August. The tests will take place with physical distancing measures in place to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Vocational, motorcycle, car and trailer tests and tractor driving tests will also resume on Monday 3 August. Driving tests will start again in Wales on Monday 17 August 2020 which will…
