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  The British Red Cross is kicking off its 150th year with a campaign called #ItStartsWithHer to show how women in the UK can change the lives of women in one of the most disaster-prone places on the planet, simply by donating unwanted clothes. Almost half of women in the UK have admitted to owning too many clothes according to a recent survey for the charity. The research revealed that most, woman claim to wear less than half of their wardrobe,…

Global Acts of Unity has launched an inaugural poetry competition and is asking young people (aged 11-18) to enter by expressing what ‘unity’ means to them for a chance to win £100 vouchers and £500 worth of supplies for their school. The contest aims to encourage children to use the power of poetry as a form of expression to capture how they feel about ‘unity’ in their school and their wider community. The goal is to encourage students to explore its meaning, strengthen their barriers…

In October 2019, Coleg Gwent’s Learn Welsh Gwent department was routinely inspected by Estyn, the inspectors of quality and standards in education and training in Wales, and are now celebrating the findings of the report published last week by the independent body.   The main findings were that “Wellbeing and attitudes to learning” and “Care, support and guidance” are ‘Excellent’. Standards, Care, support and guidance and Leadership and management were judged to be ‘Good’.   The Inspection team noted that…

  Free cancer information and support, as well as help with financial worries, is coming to Cardiff next week. Macmillan Cancer Support’s information bus Bronwen will be visiting the area with cancer information specialists on hand to answer questions and provide information. The bus will start off the week on Monday 27 January at Tesco on Crickhowell Road in St Mellons from 9am to 3pm, and then at Waitrose in Pontprennau, 9am to 3pm, on Tuesday 28 January. On Wednesday…

Vodafone and famous mum, solo artist, radio presenter and Spice Girl Emma Bunton have joined forces to launch the Vodafone Digital Family Pledge – a fun online tool that helps families create tech ground rules together and then turns them into their very own family pledge. The free, personalised and interactive activity helps families to set their digital ‘house rules’ together in an easy, fun way with the pledge covering everything from rules about devices at the dinner table to…

  A dozen young heroes will shortly discover they will be recognised for their courage, fortitude and hard work at the National Children of Wales Awards this spring after a panel of judges including Carol Vorderman MBE met to deliberate and assess the entries last week.   The National Children of Wales Awards, which will become the Child of Wales Awards from the awards evening, will take place at the Celtic Manor on April 3, 2020. It will recognise the…

TEDxCardiff (@TEDxCardiff), the event focused on the mission of ‘ideas worth spreading’, is returning to Cardiff on Sunday 1st March and the first 200 tickets are up for grabs now from www.tedxcardiff.co.uk/tickets. But act fast if you want to be there – previous years have sold out in a matter of minutes! Taking place at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture, the event, partnered with The Waterloo Foundation, Cardiff University, creative partner Orchard Media, Propeller and Working Word, will see a number of…

  The KIDZ BOP World Tour comes to Cardiff St David’s Hall on Thursday, April 16 – and one lucky dance group will see their own performance premiered at the live show, as well as being in with a chance of performing at the world famous The London Palladium. KIDZ BOP – the #1 music brand for kids – is searching for new dance talent to join them as part of the UK leg of the KIDZ BOP World Tour in April 2020.   The KIDZ BOP…

Cure Leukaemia visited the Clinical Research Facility in December 2019, ahead of the three-year funding period getting underway. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Cardiff University has secured specialist research nurse funding to support the delivery of blood cancer trials at the Clinical Research Facility at the University Hospital of Wales.   The Clinical Research Facility (CRF) is one of 12 centres across the UK to receive the funding from Cure Leukaemia across a three-year period as part of…

The Tuckers is a brand new sit-com series (6×30) for BBC One Wales. Set in the Welsh valleys, it’s written and stars Steve Speirs. The series follows the fortunes of the Tucker family, a close-knit, extended family of ‘loveable rogues’ who earn their living in a number of ways – and sometimes on the wrong side of the law. The Tuckers was originally commissioned as a 30-minute pilot as part of BBC Cymru Wales’ first ever comedy season, the ‘Festival…