Heol Don Bupa Care Home in Cardiff has put out a festive plea to the local community to send in messages of yuletide cheer to residents and staff this Christmas. Receiving a Christmas card is a great way to boost morale, wellbeing and a sense of belonging, which is why the team at Heol Don Bupa Care Home is calling on its local community to help spread some joy and rally a sense of togetherness during the festive period. Hoping…
Save Soil is a global ecological movement to educate the public about the vital role that soil plays in the planet’s sustainable future, and push for meaningful policy change across the world. The movement is backed by: – World Food Programme – United Nations – World Economic Forum – Political and cultural leaders, including the Dalai Lama Starting in Edinburgh and making its way through the capital cities of Belfast, Dublin and Cardiff, the UK-Ireland leg of Cycle for Soil…
Professor Green is launching the second phase of British Gas Post Office Pop-Ups in Cardiff on 24th and 25th November between 12pm-3pm at the District Shopping Centre, Excalibur Drive, Thornhill, Cardiff, CF14 9BB Independent advice is available through British Gas Energy Trust and the organisations they fund, including how to access grants of £1,500. With nearly half (46%) of Brits feeling confused about the support available for their energy bills and over a third (37%) not knowing where to find accurate advice there is a real…
Small firms from across South Wales will be put on the map by the Small Business Saturday campaign, as it unveils a nationwide roadshow to support and celebrate the nation’s small businesses as they face mounting challenges over the winter. Marking ten years of the campaign in the UK, Small Business Saturday’s Tour will arrive in Cardiff today, 18 November and will go on to visit independent businesses across the city, spotlighting local business owners and community leaders. Once again supported by BT…
For the first time ever, to mark this year’s fundraising efforts and celebrated symbol, the moustache, the global leading men’s health charity, Movember, is encouraging as many people as possible to get involved in spreading awareness and driving conversation around the importance of supporting men’s health, suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer by sporting a temporary tattoo. To launch the annual fundraising campaign, BAFTA-winning actor Will Poulter has joined forces with Movember to help change the face of men’s health. Will opted…
Children’s TV Mega Star Andy Day, along with his band The Odd Socks, is patron and long term supporter of the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA). Now Andy is setting out on a three-week mini tour of schools up and down the country to promote this year’s Anti-Bullying Week on behalf of ABA and its theme for 2022 ‘Reach Out’. Andy started the tour in Enniskillen in Northern Ireland and is now en-route to surprise children by visiting primary schools during assemblies…
Children at Gabalfa Primary School were treated to an Assembly going behind the scenes of film, games and TV and a special presenting masterclass, hosted by Ben Shires and Kia Pegg, which aimed to boost students’ confidence and creativity. The Roadshow exists to champion children’s creativity and teach important life skills through film, games, and television. The activities on offer provide access to talent to raise awareness and provide positive, inspiring role models within the industry as well as signposting…
Ahead of Christmas, Deliveroo is launching ‘Collecteroo’, a mobile food collection service in partnership with the Trussell Trust and backed by Olympic boxing champion, Nicola Adams, who is acting as an ambassador for this campaign. The initiative comes after research commissioned by Deliveroo reveals that over 7 in 10 (74%) Brits have unopened food items in their cupboards that they would happily donate to food banks. The Collecteroo service will help the Trussell Trust get closer to providing the 1.3 million…
I grew up in Cardiff in the 80s when there was not much diversity. The Black community then was quite small. At school I was used to being the only black girl in the class and with there being so few Jamaican families in the area we would all know of each other. I remember having to trek to Bristol or London just to find an Afro-Caribbean hair shop that catered for my hair type. This lack of choice…
Sunday 23rd October, the Tramshed welcomed Ella Henderson as a stop on her first UK tour in years, and she did not disappoint! Heaps of people crowded to watch the pop singer perform all her classics, such as Ghosts which first sprung her to fame and got everyone screaming along, and a few new songs from her recent album Everything I Didn’t Say. Ella bounced around the stage dancing to her songs and made cheery jokes with the audience….
