Channel 4’s new 6-part online series, Letters in Lockdown tells six incredible stories from across the UK, as four young people and two well-known faces are inspired to hand-write a letter of love, pride or re-connection to someone who means a lot to them. How will the recipients respond to this old-fashioned and unexpected gesture? Episode 2 features Mathew from Cardiff –  Dear Harvey Matthew is writing a letter to his best friend Harvey, who he has never met. Despite…

Calzaghe Mini Dragon Founders below : L-R Rob Oyston, Alex Lock, Joe Calzaghe MBE, CBE, Connor Calzaghe, Joseph Calzaghe Joe Calzaghe MBE, CBE has created an online non- contact boxing programme called Calzaghe Mini Dragons designed for all children between the ages of 4 and 14 years old. Joe Calzaghe and his two sons Joseph and Connor have joined forces with two physical activity experts Rob Oyston and Alex Lock of Sports Xtra. Together they have created a unique fun…

British sustainable period brand, DAME has used the current global crisis to not only rethink their business model but taken the opportunity to do even more good in the world. When the team realised that the limits in place during lockdown exposed a fragile supply chain, they needed to think fast and come up with an alternative. Unable to source the travel wallets from its usual women’s empowerment charity in India due to strict COVID-19 restrictions or its zips from…

Wales & West Utilities gas engineer Neil Parnell at the launch of the fund   Wales & West Utilities has launched a £50,000 community fund and is encouraging south east Wales charities and bodies affected by the coronavirus pandemic to apply for support. The Safe and Warm Fund has been established in response to the crisis and will help communities affected by the outbreak with essential funding. The gas emergency and pipeline service has been working hard throughout the pandemic…

At this time of the year BH Events would normally be at the busiest, organising major sporting events.  Due to the coronavirus this has meant their usual events have not been possible. Over the past five weeks, they have been running events via Zoom with rugby stars such as Dan Biggar, Richard Hibbard, Ken Owens and Francois Louw. The events have been free to attend but they have been asking for donations to Noah’s Ark Charity. https://www.gofundme.com/f/raising-funds-for-noah039s-ark?teamInvite=6f13dl1Bzs2aCfs281a1YCmwsdDg6x5WvWMTWITrz7wL5hNaE8dyQNiG45xMFQCm So far they…

Wales Millennium Centre has announced that the venue will remain closed until at least January 2021, due to the devastating impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the theatre industry. Productions that have been cancelled or postponed include The Lion King, Welsh National Opera’s autumn season, The Book of Mormon and The Phantom of the Opera, which were all due to take place in the Centre’s 1,850 seat Donald  Gordon Theatre. Wales Millennium Centre’s annual international festival, Festival of Voice, will…

Organisers of the Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival have announced that the 14th edition of the Cardiff based festival will go online this October, and will be available for free. They also confirmed that the £30,000 Iris Prize, supported by The Michael Bishop Foundation, will be presented to a filmmaker to produce another short film on Saturday 10th October. The festival will open on Tuesday 6th October and close on Sunday 11th October, with all screenings, talks and events available…

Wherever you look, whether it be in skincare shopping aisles, in magazines or online you will see the term ‘anti-ageing’. We have always had an interest in looking good for our age, perhaps now more than ever with the evolution of social media.  The term itself has been debated in more recent times, ‘anti-ageing’, what exactly does that mean to you? For me personally I have no issue with the term as it is a helpful marketing term when used…

A free online booking and appointment app launched by Cardiff-based digital company Zipporah is helping the Vale of Glamorgan Council reopen its recycling centres and reduce waiting times for the public. First Minister Mark Drakeford announced last month that recycling centres could reopen as part of the easing of coronavirus restrictions. More than 3,000 bookings were made on the first day when they reopened in the Vale of Glamorgan – 10 bookings were made every minute. The Zipporah app called…

  Midlands-based Vaughtons, makers of the iconic Aston Martin badge that adorn every model of the British sports car maker, is today launching an NHS Rainbow Badge priced at £9.99 with profits going to NHS Charities Together.   Every badge is hand-crafted in the UK using traditional methods by Vaughtons’ expert team of badge makers. Each badge is stamped and polished using tooling which has been in operation since 1819. Bright rainbow-coloured enamel is then also applied by hand.  …