Challenging hate: Mike Haines, brother of a British aid worker killed by Daesh, has shared his story with the children of Gabalfa Community Centre in Cardiff Defying the terrorists’ aims Mike has brought a message of unity, tolerance and understanding to Cardiff as part of his Global Acts of Unity campaign Mike Haines OBE, founder of Global Acts of Unity has given a talk to the children of Gabalfa Community Centre as part of a national tour. Mike’s brother was…

  Over the last 30 years the Juboraj has become part of the fabric of Rhiwbina. From the start, back in 1989, owner, Ana Miah, knew that to succeed in a location like Rhiwbina Village that’s what he would have to aim for. Facing the initial concerns of the people of Rhiwbina, worried about the late night noise and the type of people that may visit a “curry house”, was the first obstacle. With carefully chosen opening hours and a…

Mad Dog Brewing Co. are embarking on a series of challenges to increase awareness of mental health problems and raise vital funds for Welsh mental health charity Hafal. Mad Dog Brewing Co. founder Alexis Jones (left) and head brewer Stuart Watkins (right) will be taking on some extraordinary challenges over the next year to increase awareness of mental health and raise money for Hafal, Wales’ principal charity for people with a serious mental illness and their carers.   On 20th…

A Review by Melissa Compton. Guys and Dolls Jr was performed at the YMCA, Cardiff, directed and produced by Osian Rhys and presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe). The only thing small about this performance is the ticket price. This group of extremely talented young people put on an incredible performance. The crowd was friendly and excited as they filled the seats closest to the stage, the lights dimmed and the red curtains were drawn to reveal a…

It was tea and cake all round as tea parties took place on wards and departments across Cardiff and Vale University Health Board as staff and patients came together to celebrate the NHS Big Tea. Hospital staff joined patients, visitors and NHS supporters to raise a cuppa and recognize the wonderful work of our health service.   Teams across a range of different specialties laid on a spread of cakes, scones, fruit and sandwiches for their guests, and dished out…

Local colleagues at Tesco in Cardiff will be inviting customers to don their dancing shoes and show off their moves as part of a UK-wide fundraiser on 18th, 19th and 20th of July for the supermarket’s three national health charity partners – Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK. Visitors to the store will be treated to some epic dance performances or they can show everyone their own moves on a specially created dance floor, providing plenty…

It is the first Tesco store in Wales, and one of 12 Tesco stores across the UK, to have donated 100,000 meals-worth of food through the supermarket’s Community Food Connection Scheme, run in conjunction with leading food charity FareShare. Tesco recently marked the fourth anniversary of the scheme, which has now provided more than 38 million meals-worth of food that would otherwise have gone to waste to charities and community groups across the UK. Food from the Culverhouse Cross store…

  The ‘Donate a Day’ campaign has been inspired by the increased need for palliative care that the charity has experienced over the last few years. In 2018/2019 alone, City Hospice catered for 90 new patients every month and around 3,100 people visited the hospice and utilised services throughout the year.   City Hospice is Cardiff’s local hospice, looking after people with incurable and life limiting conditions, such as Cancer, Dementia, Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease…

Tour de Troops The Castles 2019, raised £8,264 for the Felix Fund, the charity which helps bomb disposal and search personnel and their families. Cyclists took on a mammoth 570-mile (900 km) bike ride from Edinburgh to Cardiff in June 2019. The ride took in three of the UK’s most significant castles. For the second year running, defence and cyber security company, L3 TRL Technology, based in Tewkesbury, were the lead sponsor of the grueling fund-raising charity challenge for cyclists….

A Review by Melissa Compton. The latest production to grace the stage at New Theatre Cardiff is The Lady Vanishes, the adaptation of the classic Sir Alfred Hitchcock 1938 film of the same name takes us on a journey with Iris played brilliantly by Lorna Fitzgerald who is travelling home to England from German occupied Austria, when she encounters Miss Froy played by Juliet Mills who helps her after she is knocked on head on the station platform. Miss Froy…