Cogan Nursery School has become the first nursery school in the Vale of Glamorgan to receive the prestigious National Quality Award of the Welsh Network of Healthy Schools Scheme. Bringing together 14 years of work by staff, children and parents, to reach the high standards of health promotion that the nursery now demonstrates, the nursery was assessed for the award in the Summer of 2017.  Welsh Government assessors spent almost 2 days at the nursery, talking to staff, pupils and…

A primary school in Botswana will receive a new school bus this week to save pupils walking miles to school in searing heat, thanks to Pentwyn business CD Gray & Associates. Cardiff civil engineering consultants CD Gray is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and decided to raise £10,000 towards the cost of providing a new mini bus for Mabele Primary School in Botswana. Glyn Coed Primary School has helped fundraising for the project and filled the bus with gifts…

The Welsh Capital has everything you need to get into the spirit of Christmas, so whether you stay for the weekend or just pay us a visit for the day, here is a round-up of what’s on in Cardiff this festive season… With only 12 weeks until Christmas, plans are well underway in the Welsh Capital as the city prepares to embark on a festive season full of magic and merriment. Award winning events, entertainment, attractions and a first-class shopping…

Do you have spare time on your hands and a desire to help others? Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is currently looking for volunteers to support their expanding Meet and Greet Service at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales. Support is needed at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales’s main reception and on Gwdihw Ward where meet and greet volunteers provide a warm, welcoming service to our youngest patients, visitors and Health Board staff.  Volunteers help by:…

Year two pupils from Cardiff’s Marlborough Primary School have played a starring role in the launch of a national competition as children’s TV presenter Rebecca Keatley descended on their classroom. Rebecca, who is famous for her role in CBeebies Let’s Play, teamed up with gas emergency and pipeline service, Wales & West Utilities, to launch Get Creative, Be Safe – a competition to raise awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO). As part of the launch activities she visited…

A pensioner from Cardiff who devoted the past 18 years to supporting local people affected by brain injury has been shortlisted for a national award. Pauline Watson, 77, is one of just three people from across the UK who will be named a national finalist by Headway – the brain injury association, for the Stephen McAleese Outstanding Contribution to Headway Award. The nomination recognises Pauline’s dedication to assisting brain injury survivors in their recovery for nearly two decades for the…

A Head chef who cooks for a variety of cultures is in the running for a top award after transforming the cuisine at a care home with restaurant-style a la carte menus. Anthony Dyer may have only been at Penylan House Community Nursing in Cardiff for just over a year but he has impressed both staff and residents with the restaurant quality food he serves up on a daily basis. In what is his first head chef role, the 42-year-old…

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in Cardiff last month (2/10/17) by the First Minister Carwyn Jones and the Indian High Commissioner Mr Y.K. Sinha in presence of large number of dignitaries and Hon Consul General of India Raj Aggarwal OBE Nearly 1,000 people from all sectors , were present for the ceremony near the Wales Millennium centre which revealed the bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the 148th anniversary of his birth – which is also now the International…

To celebrate World Kindness Day on November 13th, Lionsgate UK will join in the spirit of the day by welcoming audiences across the country to free preview screenings of Lionsgate’s WONDER more than two weeks ahead of its December 1st UK release. Members of the public will have the opportunity to be amongst the first to see the inspiring, heart-warming film in over 300 cinemas nationwide for one day only. Starring Academy Award® winner Julia Roberts, Oscar® nominee Owen Wilson…

A unique video project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Wales’s most famous Great War poet, Ellis Humphrey Evans was last Thursday (November 10th) beamed onto the front of the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth after receiving backing from the ScottishPower Foundation. Snowdonia shepherd Evans – better known by his bardic name of Hedd Wyn (Welsh for ‘Blessed Peace’) – was killed on the opening day of the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, days after being sent…