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Older people’s charity, Age Connects Cardiff & the Vale, continues its long-standing commitment to supporting vulnerable and isolated older people living in our local communities amidst the Coronavirus outbreak. As the crisis continues to hit, the number of people requiring its support has risen immensely and additional requests for assistance continue to be received daily.   Jeff Hawkins, Chief Executive Officer explains: ‘As a small, local charity with limited funds, our resources are under huge strain and our infrastructure at…

Having a child can be a wonderful experience, one that is guaranteed to change your life. For both women and men, starting a family is akin to stepping into the great unknown. With a new arrival comes the promise of adventure, excitement and challenges, the likes of which you’ve never faced before. As well as the love and joy that can come with having a baby, many parents undergo negative and overwhelming emotions too on this rollercoaster.  Some even fall…

The National Lottery is searching for your ‘hometown hero’ or ‘lockdown legend’ as part of the 2020 National Lottery Awards. This year the annual search for the UK’s most popular National Lottery funded projects will, for the first time, honour individuals who have made an extraordinary impact in their community, especially those who have adapted during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. New figures reveal more than £24 million of National Lottery funding has been invested in good causes in the Cardiff…

Cruse Bereavement Care Cymru, part of the UK’s largest bereavement charity Cruse Bereavement Care, are launching a new dementia support project Supporting loss along the journey with dementia, in partnership with Alzheimer’s Society Cymru. Following on from the success of the first project of the partnership, Bereaved by Dementia, which supported people with dementia and their families following a bereavement, this new project will focus on improving access to pre-bereavement support. The coronavirus pandemic will have made it an even…

A Cardiff University-led consortium has won a £43.7m bid to develop a Compound Semiconductor (CS) powerhouse in South Wales. Government funding provided through UK Research and Innovation’s flagship Strength in Places Fund will build a world-leading cluster of excellence in CS technologies – CSconnected – bringing economic investment and high quality jobs to the region. The winning consortium connects Cardiff University, Swansea University, a range of key regional industrial partners including IQE, SPTS, Newport Wafer Fab (NWF), Cardiff Capital Region…

BBC’s Rip Off Britain recently filmed Daniel Williams as he’d been  refused to  be picked up over a 100 times by Uber drivers because he has a guide dog. The programme is aired today and will also be available on i-player shortly after broadcast.Here’s the link to view online:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000krg6 Photo: Zodiac guide dog and owner Daniel Daniel has written the following poem – Zodiac and me!  I love you more than I could have ever imagined, We met, we…

  Welsh Food manufacturers Braces Bakery and Castle Dairies have joined many other brands in contributing to a recipe book called “The Little Rainbow Book of Recipes”, which was put together by the team at Visionary Food Solutions. This recipe book includes 71 recipes from 71 brands across the UK, representing the 71 years since the NHS started.   At a time where people are experimenting at home with new foods and recipes, this book gives people the tools to…

Image: Daniel Lipinski   FOOTBALL legends have given their backing to the Homeless World Cup Foundation’s first ever virtual World Cup Day. The star-studded line up of commentary includes Michail Antonio, Nuno Gomes, Steffen Freund, Karen Carney, John Collins, Terry Angus, and Jason Lee, who will all take part in the event on 5 July. The panel will join host David Tanner in re-living some of the best games in previous Homeless World Cup tournaments held in Glasgow, Mexico City…

Residents at a Cardiff care home have been able to keep in touch with their loved ones thanks to a rugby club who donated two Amazon fire tablets after members ‘virtually’ walked around Wales four times and raised over £11,000 Clwb Rygbi Cymry Caerdydd, based in Pontcanna, decided to get together and try and raise money for charity, including supporting the NHS and people in care homes. Members and players from the adult, ladies and junior teams, around 350 of…

Many people have re-discovered their love of walking in the great Welsh outdoors  in recent months – and now Diabetes UK Cymru are asking you to join them for the Diabetes UK One Million Step Challenge, to raise funds and help make a huge difference to the lives of people with diabetes across the UK. It’s simple – take one million steps over three months and get sponsored for every stride.   You don’t have to limit yourself to walking…