The National Emergencies Trust is calling for charities and groups in Wales to apply for its new Local Action Fund with Crowdfunder UK, which aims to support community and voluntary organisations to counter the financial impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Organisations that apply for the Fund have the opportunity to receive up to £10,000 each in match-funding from the National Emergencies Trust’s Coronavirus Appeal. Since it launched in March 2020, the Coronavirus Appeal has raised more than £98m and distributed …
Invisible Cities Invisible Cities is a social enterprise that trains people who have previously experienced homelessness, to become walking tour guides of their own city. They offer a number of themed family friendly tours across the UK in cities including Edinburgh, Manchester, Glasgow, York and Cardiff. Their impact is three-fold. Tours focus on distinct neighbourhoods within iconic cityscapes Invisible Cities, the alternative tour guide company that introduces locals and visitors to some of our greatest urban heartlands, is launching a new nationwide project. The…
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp and the world’s largest express transportation company, has announced the launch of the Small Business Grant Competition in Europe. The competition offers a total grant pool of nearly £250,000 to European small businesses to help them grow and achieve their ambitions. For the first time, the competition will be run as a single pan-European contest, open to small businesses based in 16 countries. The competition is open to for-profit small businesses with…
Alzheimer’s Society’s Cardiff Memory Walk 10th October 2021 Cardiff residents are being invited to don their walking gear, lace up their boots, and unite against dementia by signing up to Alzheimer’s Society’s Memory Walk this Autumn. Hundreds of Alzheimer’s Society supporters will put their best foot forward at Bute Park on 10th October 2021 alongside family, friends and colleagues to raise money for the charity. Over a year since the pandemic began, people with dementia are still bearing the brunt…
Are you beach clean ready? The Marine Conservation Society is holding its annual Great British Beach Clean between 17th – 26th September, 2021 and is calling for volunteers from across Wales to join in and help. The UK’s beaches and seas are a haven for an incredible variety of wildlife, which are put at risk by pollution. Animals can get tangled in plastic wrapping, become distressed, or mistake pollution such as plastic bags for food. This often proves fatal to them. Gill Bell, Head of…
Hope Rescue, alongside other animal welfare charities, were called to assist with a multi-agency operation to help over 200 breeding bitches, stud dogs and newly born puppies from an unlicensed breeder in Carmarthenshire this weekend. The Hope Rescue welfare team attended the site and rescued 47 dogs from the most heart-breaking and appalling conditions they had ever seen. In total they rescued five mums nursing with a total of 18 puppies, five pregnant mums and a further 20 adults. The…
Amgueddfa Cymru’s second Digital Food Festival will return on 6-12 September 2021. The digital event, taking place across the Museum’s website and social media channels, replaces the food festival usually held at St Fagans National Museum of History and will feature a host of exciting courses, talks, music events and cookery demos. Want to improve your skills in the kitchen? There will be a wide range of culinary courses to suit all ages including a patisserie course with Thibault Courtoisier,…
Emmeline’s parents, Clare and Mike, first realised something wasn’t right with their daughter in July last year. They noticed a small dip in her lower back and though they didn’t think anything of it at first, the area began to swell and they decided to get it checked. At the local hospital, Clare and Mike were told that their daughter probably had a cyst but were given a referral to the surgical department at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital just…
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is introducing walking tours in Cardiff to help people discover the World War heritage on their doorstep. The free guided tours will take place every two weeks from July- September at Cardiff Cathays Cemetery and will give people in Cardiff the chance to discover the stories of the men and women who are buried in their community. Opened in 1859, the cemetery is the final resting place of over 700 Commonwealth and allied servicemen…
CARDIFF’s Bute Park will be transformed into a Jurassic Park from 21 August until 5 September, as DINOSAURS roam free in the Welsh capital Cardiff will play host to prehistoric playgrounds, featuring more than 50 animatronic dinosaur scenes, including a fearsome, 18m tall T-Rex that breathes and sways its tail as it hunts for prey; an Iguanodon’s furious battle against a Deinonychus; Pterosaurs that screech as they soar through the trees; a 15m tall Brachiosaurus, guarding her eggs and a…