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Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival Director Berwyn Rowlands has been selected in the Top 10 at the British LGBT Awards in the category “Outstanding Contribution to LGBT Life.”  The British LGBT Awards have been running since 2015 and aim to highlight and celebrate role models and organisations who work to better the lives of LGBT+ people in the UK. The Outstanding Contribution to LGBT Life award celebrates individuals whose work has made a significant impact to the LGBT+ community, and…

Fire and Rescue Service staff across Wales have shown exceptional professionalism and dedication to assist their communities following two successive storms in just over a week, resources have been extremely stretched with staff being recalled to duty for hours on end to assist their colleagues. These storms have seen an exceptional increase in the number of emergency calls to our fire controls across Wales, with control staff providing critical life saving advice, support and resilience during this busy time. The…

Red Cross team leader Claire with Gwyneth   Recently, the Welsh Government published their strategy on loneliness and isolation. Kate Griffiths, British Red Cross Director for Wales said: “We welcome the Welsh Government’s strategy on loneliness and social isolation as a good first step, but we continue to call for lasting measures to help tackle the issue. We hope that the initial three-year grant funding announced today will lead to longer term commitments strengthened by firm and ambitious funding in…

  When I was young, I was a huge Agatha Christie fan and had read virtually all of her books.  I would imagine that ‘A Murder Is Announced’ was one of them, but fortunately, after all this time, I had completely forgotten the plot and ending!  Without giving any spoilers, Agatha Christie provides her usual twist at the end that you would not have seen coming.  I certainly didn’t guess ‘whodunnit’! This production of ‘A Murder is Announced ‘ is…

Foster Carers Sarah & Martin   Young people in Foster Care are in need of homes and families that will make them feel safe, nurtured and respected. The number of Foster Carers need in Wales has increased from 500 last year to 550 this year. Welsh Fostering Agency Calon Cymru Fostering is campaigning to find Foster Carers that can provide healthy homes for the rising number of young people coming into care. Young people are placed into care for numerous…

People across Wales are being asked to sign up to their local Walk for Parkinson’s event and stride towards a Parkinson’s cure by funding groundbreaking research. This month, charity Parkinson’s UK has launched its annual Walk for Parkinson’s fundraiser. All the money raised from the walks will go towards the charity’s vital work to change the lives of everyone affected by the condition. Walks taking place in Wales include Snowdon, Gwynedd (09 May), Cardiff (16 May), Swansea, West Glamorgan (27…

A choir of remarkable children and young people who look after sick or disabled relatives will take centre stage next month when Barnardo’s Cymru hold a fundraising concert. The Merthyr Young Carers’ Choir, whose members are aged between nine and 15, often have heavy responsibilities at home helping to look after parents or siblings. But every week they have a night off to sing their hearts out with the choir which meets in Dowlais. On Monday, March 2 they will…

  This week over twenty-two thousand Welsh children will be singing, rhyming and smiling as part of The Big Welsh Rhyme Time, BookTrust’s (the UK’s largest reading charity) Wales-wide celebration of sharing rhymes and songs, together in the early years with a little help from Welsh Rugby icon James Hook. Each year The Big Welsh Rhyme Time encourages fun and enjoyable rhyme sharing activity for children in Wales aged 0-5, in Welsh and English, because rhymes and songs help children develop speaking, listening, communication…

  Taking place over the late May bank holiday weekend, Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th May, the most talented athletes in action sports will head to Cardiff’s Principality Stadium to compete in the 2020 Nitro World Games. Hyped as the must-see action sports event of the year, Nitro World Games brings the very best in FMX, BMX, Skate, and Scooter together under one roof for a mind-blowing sporting competition. Nitro World Games Wales kicks off Saturday May 23rd at 1:00PM with Semifinals for all…

  Learn to Play Day – a free national event to encourage everyone in the UK to start making music – is coming to Wales this March.   Supported by Jools Holland OBE, and run by charity Music for All, the 2020 Learn to Play Day will take place on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th March, and will see music shops, teachers, venues and schools throughout the county partner with leading musical instrument brands to offer thousands of FREE music lessons.   So far, participating venues include:   Pencerdd Music in Penarth PMT Cardiff in Cardiff   Further venues are…