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Yesterday,  Tropic Founder & CEO, Susie Ma, presented Co-Owner Lord Sugar with a framed image of Tropic’s brand-new school in Cambodia, fully funded by their charity partnership with United World Schools. Tropic aim to be a force for good beyond beauty, with an Infinite Purpose to help create a healthier, greener, more empowered world. Their range of award-winning skincare, makeup and body care products promote confidence amongst their customers by harnessing the power of naturally active ingredients sustainably sourced from the tropics. Since September…

  Bloody Good Period has launched its new “Take What You Need” scheme: a new program that works to provide refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable groups with essential period supplies during the Coronavirus outbreak. At a time when stockpiling has resulted in a shortage of pads and tampons on some supermarket shelves[1], and with the nation facing prolonged home isolation in light of COVID-19,[2] the initiative is part of a nationwide effort by the charity to give vulnerable people vital access to…

With £1000s in lost catering jobs due to Coronavirus, Doing Good Catering’s Business Manager had to rethink the launch of their new social enterprise aimed at supporting vulnerable people to receive subsidised cooking lessons. “Suddenly thousands of people in lock down were ordering unhealthy fast food items online and having to wait 3 weeks for supermarket deliveries,” said Emily Williams, Business Manager for the new venture.  “We deliver homemade-style dishes each Monday, all frozen, to give you a healthy, nutritious…

The Royal Mint has announced that it will begin manufacturing medical visors for the NHS after developing a successful prototype to help protect frontline care workers. The first batch of visors are already in use at The Royal Glamorgan Hospital in South Wales. The Royal Mint, usually known for making coins, bullion and gifts, has a state of the art manufacturing facility in Llantrisant. Engineers at the site were keen to support NHS workers, and began searching for medical equipment…

Hope Rescue, a dog rescue charity based in Rhondda Cynon Taf, was only just starting to recover from the impact of the February flooding when the River Taff burst its banks and flooded their Pontypridd charity shop. However, the financial fall-out from the current Covid-19 crisis is now putting their charity at risk. Vanessa Waddon, founder and Transformation Manager explains: “Our services have never been more needed as they are now. We’ve always been here to support the most vulnerable…

●  German Doner Kebab is partnering with food-delivery company Deliveroo to make 30,000 meals available to frontline NHS workers and vulnerable people who are unable to leave their homes – for free ●  Deliveroo, the UK’s leading food delivery company, is set to make 500,000 meals available for free to NHS workers.   Popular gourmet kebab restaurant chain, German Doner Kebab, has stepped-up to announce its generous commitment to contribute 30,000 free meals to frontline NHS workers and vulnerable people…

LighterLife partners with FareShare to help local charities fight hunger and reduce food waste Weight management company, LighterLife is proud to help food charity FareShare. FareShare is the UK’s largest food redistribution charity, taking surplus food from the food industry and redistributing  it to charities supporting vulnerable people. Thanks to LighterLife’s donation, FareShare will receive high in protein meal pots which are packed with vitamins and minerals – providing 50% of people’s daily nutritional requirements in one handy pot. This…

Local charity Age Connects Cardiff and the Vale has spoken about its commitment to deliver the services it provides for older people living in Cardiff and the Vale in light of the Coronavirus outbreak. Jeff Hawkins, the charity’s CEO states: “We will take all reasonable precaution to ensure that illness and infection do not spread in the workplace between employees or from employees to the clients that we work with and to the general public. We have put practical, simple…

Review By Hazel Thayre   Oscar nominated Stephen Daldry’s dynamic take on An Inspector Calls surpassed all of my expectations. Sitting in Cardiff’s New Theatre, my mind casted me unwillingly back to my high school days. I saw my 15 year old self gnawing frantically at my biro, desperately trying to unpick J. B. Priestley’s play in preparation for my GCSE English exam. As the theatre’s lights dwindled and a cloud of darkness enclosed the all-suspecting audience, the unpleasant memory…

Pat Grant, 72, from Cardiff, has received a top award from HRH The Prince of Wales for volunteering with The Prince’s Trust Cymru for almost four years, which she started after finishing a career in social work. Pat scooped the prestigious Volunteer of the Year Award at the ceremony held at The Palladium in London yesterday. The event was hosted by Ant and Dec and attended by celebrities including Pierce Brosnan OBE, Harry Kane MBE, Ashley Walters, Micheal Ward and Richard E….