The Royal Mint has announced that it will begin manufacturing medical visors for the NHS after developing a successful prototype to help protect frontline care workers. The first batch of visors are already in use at The Royal Glamorgan Hospital in South Wales. The Royal Mint, usually known for making coins, bullion and gifts, has a state of the art manufacturing facility in Llantrisant. Engineers at the site were keen to support NHS workers, and began searching for medical equipment…

Hope Rescue, a dog rescue charity based in Rhondda Cynon Taf, was only just starting to recover from the impact of the February flooding when the River Taff burst its banks and flooded their Pontypridd charity shop. However, the financial fall-out from the current Covid-19 crisis is now putting their charity at risk. Vanessa Waddon, founder and Transformation Manager explains: “Our services have never been more needed as they are now. We’ve always been here to support the most vulnerable…

●  German Doner Kebab is partnering with food-delivery company Deliveroo to make 30,000 meals available to frontline NHS workers and vulnerable people who are unable to leave their homes – for free ●  Deliveroo, the UK’s leading food delivery company, is set to make 500,000 meals available for free to NHS workers.   Popular gourmet kebab restaurant chain, German Doner Kebab, has stepped-up to announce its generous commitment to contribute 30,000 free meals to frontline NHS workers and vulnerable people…

LighterLife partners with FareShare to help local charities fight hunger and reduce food waste Weight management company, LighterLife is proud to help food charity FareShare. FareShare is the UK’s largest food redistribution charity, taking surplus food from the food industry and redistributing  it to charities supporting vulnerable people. Thanks to LighterLife’s donation, FareShare will receive high in protein meal pots which are packed with vitamins and minerals – providing 50% of people’s daily nutritional requirements in one handy pot. This…

Local charity Age Connects Cardiff and the Vale has spoken about its commitment to deliver the services it provides for older people living in Cardiff and the Vale in light of the Coronavirus outbreak. Jeff Hawkins, the charity’s CEO states: “We will take all reasonable precaution to ensure that illness and infection do not spread in the workplace between employees or from employees to the clients that we work with and to the general public. We have put practical, simple…

Review By Hazel Thayre   Oscar nominated Stephen Daldry’s dynamic take on An Inspector Calls surpassed all of my expectations. Sitting in Cardiff’s New Theatre, my mind casted me unwillingly back to my high school days. I saw my 15 year old self gnawing frantically at my biro, desperately trying to unpick J. B. Priestley’s play in preparation for my GCSE English exam. As the theatre’s lights dwindled and a cloud of darkness enclosed the all-suspecting audience, the unpleasant memory…

Pat Grant, 72, from Cardiff, has received a top award from HRH The Prince of Wales for volunteering with The Prince’s Trust Cymru for almost four years, which she started after finishing a career in social work. Pat scooped the prestigious Volunteer of the Year Award at the ceremony held at The Palladium in London yesterday. The event was hosted by Ant and Dec and attended by celebrities including Pierce Brosnan OBE, Harry Kane MBE, Ashley Walters, Micheal Ward and Richard E….

Yasmin John, a committed teacher from Cardiff, is in the running to scoop the ‘Best Teacher’ prize at the upcoming Into Film Awards – dubbed the ‘Oscars’ for young British filmmakers – in London on 18 March. Yasmin teaches in The Hollies, a primary school for children aged three to 11 years, with a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. The school is well known to organisers – leading education charity Into Film – as they were presented with the ‘Best Into Film…

#IdeasMeanBusiness  Millions of budding ‘innovators’ think they have a great idea – but nearly half don’t think they could actually make it a reality. Nearly ½ of young people think their age is a barrier to business success, while less than a third of people over 45 feel the same.   Research polling 2,000 UK adults found more than one in 10 have had a great idea they think they could make a fortune from, with 40% of young people claiming to have an innovative idea to make…

Three nations. Three days. Three triathlons. It’s Game On! Today Jo Whiley and her BBC Radio 2 team of Rev Kate Bottley and Richie Anderson officially begin their epic Sport Relief challenge! The trio take on their first triathlon in Cardiff, starting nearby at Barry Community Water Sports Centre for the freezing cold open water swim section, before cycling a gruelling 30km into the Welsh capital through hilly terrain, finishing at Cardiff Sailing Club. The final leg of the first…