17/07/2019

  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…

17/07/2019

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….

17/07/2019

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…

17/07/2019

    8th July 2019 – Joie Baby, in partnership with Variety, the Children’s Charity presented Pantysgallog Primary School with a Variety Sunshine Coach, at a ceremony today. The coach is part of a fleet of ten donated by Joie Baby to be delivered to Special Educational Needs schools across the nation.   Pantysgallog Primary School caters for 252 pupils from Nursery to Year 6; the children`s individual needs include ASD tendencies, sensory and physical disabilities. The school has no…

17/07/2019

Part-time Courses for Adults We offer a varied range of part-time courses for adults, whether you’re interested in business and management, computer studies, creative writing, literature and media, history, music, philosophy, languages, politics and law, science and the environment, or social studies. Take a look at our prospectus or visit our website for our full course listings. Pathways to a Degree Our range of pathways are designed to support adults who may have been away from formal education a long…

17/07/2019

BBC One today announces the commission of feature-length drama – Sitting in Limbo from award-winning production company, Left Bank Pictures (The Crown). Stephen S. Thompson has based this – his first screenplay for TV – on the true story of his brother Anthony Bryan and his personal struggle to be accepted as a British Citizen during the Windrush immigration scandal. Commissioned by Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, and Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content, the drama is set in…

11/07/2019

  THE Family Prom is back at St David’s Hall on Sunday 21 July at 3pm, and this time we are celebrating the wonders of weather! Come rain or shine, Conductor Michael Bell MBE and Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra are forecast to be on cloud nine as they take this year’s event by storm. And who better to present a concert all about the weather than BBC Wales duo Derek Brockway and Behnaz Akhgar. Joining them are a vibrant cast of…

09/07/2019

  With less than 100 days to go until the high-octane 2019 Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) returns to Cardiff for its 19th year, new event details have been revealed. The biggest event of the speedway calendar will take place on Saturday 21st September at the Principality Stadium with ticket prices starting at only £20. The electrifying event for the whole family will see the world’s best speedway riders race against each other at speeds that can…

09/07/2019

Welsh MP’s joined others from across the political spectrum to back the charity’s work supporting thousands of refugees forced to flee their homes They included Anna McMorrin (Cardiff North), Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central), Tonia Antoniazzi (Gower) and Ruth Jones (Newport West) Refugee Week takes place every year across the world in the week around World Refugee Day (20 June) – celebrating the contribution and creativity of refugees and encouraging their successful integration in their new countries There are thought to…

09/07/2019

500 players from close to 50 nations to compete in a free festival about much more than just football The 17th edition of the Homeless World Cup will take place in Cardiff’s iconic Bute Park, right at the heart of the Welsh capital, from Saturday July 27th to Saturday August 3rd 2019. More than 500 players representing close to 50 countries will travel to Cardiff to play in the week-long festival of football.  Created to harness the power of sport in…