nextbike, Cardiff’s bike share scheme, will support three local charities throughout December after they won a public vote to be part of its festive cash giveaway in the city. The chosen organisations are bereavement charity 2 Wish Upon a Star, animal rescue centre ARC and cancer support charity Maggie’s Cardiff. nextbike is offering a half-price annual subscription to anyone who signs up to the scheme in the month of December, meaning a year’s cycling will cost just £30 instead of…

School children across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan have been holding sessions for older people in the local community to raise awareness of and reduce the risk of falling. Staying Steady Schools was launched by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board with the help of Cardiff University students who hosted a number of sessions in local primary schools where children teach older people about the risk of falls and how to reduce them. Following a successful pilot earlier this…

The seventh Cardiff Children’s Literature festival gets off to mischievous start this December as David Baddiel comes to Cardiff. Comedian and author David Baddiel has written five wildly entertaining books for young readers that have sold over 1 million copies. David will be at City Hall on Thursday 13th December to talk about his latest laugh out-loud, wish fulfilment adventure story, Head Kid. Bracket Wood is about to be visited by the school inspectors. But there’s one big problem: Ryan…

Artist Zena Blackwell’s first solo show at Roath’s Cardiff M.A.D.E is a high contrast, intensely critical look at constructions of childhood and the domestic. I’m having a slothful Saturday. Late start, no bread for toast. No milk for coffee. I make my way, thankfully, to cardiff MADE’s beautiful Lochaber Street café. There’s a £5 minimum for card payments, so with little persuasion I order myself a latte and two slices of cake. The barista compliments my nails. I blushingly tell…

  With the launch of Iceland’s eye-opening advert which focuses on the use of palm oil in everyday products and the extremely severe and harmful impact that this is having on rainforests and the animals that live within them, particularly Orangutans, The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales is taking a look at the products and ingredients that we use and making an effort to source alternatives. Palm oil is a type of edible vegetable oil that can be…

Six in ten (61%) of adults in South Wales who feel lonely fear something will happen to them and no one will notice, and a third of adults there (34%) have no one to turn to about loneliness. That’s according to new research released by the British Red Cross.  The Red Cross polled over 4,000 UK adults and found that over half (53%) of people in South Wales – feel always, often or sometimes lonely. Rebecca Murphy, 47 from Llanelli, shares…

Leading HIV and sexual health charity, Terrence Higgins Trust is calling on local residents in Cardiff to join them in hitting zero HIV transmissions in the UK to mark 30 years of World AIDS Day. Terrence Higgins Trust Wales will be hosting its ‘Then, Now & Forever: 30 Years of World AIDS Day’ vigil outside Cardiff Museum on 1st December at 6pm. The event will conclude at the Terrence Higgins Trust Cardiff offices on Churchill Way at 7pm for hot…

Dr. Neil Kitchiner was recently presented with the Armed Forces Covenant Award at the Armed Forces in Wales Awards 2018 which recognise individuals or teams that have made outstanding contributions to the Armed Forces. The Armed forces in Wales Awards and the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Awards were hosted at a prestigious ceremony in St. Fagans National Museum of History.  Dr. Kitchiner was nominated for the award for his work across Wales to help Veterans with mental health needs. Neil…

St David’s Catholic Sixth Form College is celebrating a record-breaking turnout to its open evenings this November. The Cardiff-based sixth form college welcomed almost 1000 young people across the two evenings to its Penylan campus, all looking to take their next steps in their education. With an increased footfall of almost 20% and a 32% increase in completed applications since the previous academic year, St David’s is becoming increasingly oversubscribed. The College also recently celebrated its 30th anniversary of nurturing…

Cardiff Cycle City’s new Cardiff Cycling Awards have got off to a great start with nearly a hundred people nominating for what they love about cycling in Cardiff – and the things they want fixed. Now all the nominations are in, the final vote starts! These are the shortlists for each of the five categories: Award 1. Biggest Contribution to improving Cycling in Cardiff Cardiff Car Free Day Cardiff University Cllr Caro Wild Greener Grangetown NextBike Pedal Power Sustrans Award…