A 17-year-old from Fairwater has won a gold medal in the fitness trainer final of a national skills competition. Part of Skills Competitions Wales, and backed by the Welsh Government, Inclusive Skills competitions are designed to help equip young people who have learning difficulties or disabilities with essential life learning and employability skills for the future. Anthony Cox, who is studying for a level two Vocational Access Entry Certificate, competed against five other students from across Wales in a series…
A group of 8 Welsh professionals are just one week away from partaking on an extraordinary adventure for a charity. On 25th May 2017 the walkers will set off on a 200 mile endurance hike from Cardiff to St Davids to raise money for The SAFE Foundation (SAFE). The 10 day event ‘BIG CITY little city’ which has been organised by SAFE, a South Wales based international development charity, aims to raise funds for their projects helping marginalised communities overseas. Participants…
Why not come along to St Edward’s Music & Arts Centre (Westville Road) in Cardiff on Friday, June 2nd at 7.30pm? Entry is free but must be reserved on: [email protected] (retiring collection for Christian Aid). This original one-man show entitled “PRÉVERT, PIANO AND POETRY”, was created and interpreted by the 20 year old French concert pianist, Alexandre PRÉVERT. It is a concert-show, played in French or in English in Great-Britain, that combines major works for classical piano with poetry, staged…
Join the #WalkersWave for the chance to win tickets to the UEFA Champions League Final Reading, 19th May 2017 – In a bid to unite fans and celebrate the world’s most watched annual sporting occasion that is the UEFA Champions League Final, Walkers as Official Sponsor of the UEFA Champions League is creating the world’s most inclusive and immersive #WalkersWave. Rendering of the #WalkersWave dug out on Queen Street Screen shots of Walkers ambassador Gary Lineker leading fans in…
Wales Air Ambulance landed at Mount Stuart School in Cardiff Bay to provide an educational workshop about how to call 999. Mount Stuart School is the first of several primary schools across Wales to receive the special assembly from Wales Air Ambulance, the only air ambulance dedicated to serving the people of Wales. Having helped some of Wales’ youngest patients through its specialist division, the Children’s Wales Air Ambulance, the charity wanted to make sure that young people know…
Alzheimer’s Society Cymru staff, supporters, volunteers and people affected by dementia marked this year’s Dementia Awareness Week by uniting against dementia with Glamorgan County Cricket Club. The squad met on Thursday 18 May, before the start of training for their match against Nottingham, to mark the Club’s commitment to become Dementia Friendly. The team at The SSE SWALEC, including Glamorgan players, Stadium staff, security and other partners, have committed to make as many Dementia Friends as possible over the next six months…
Teachers, Student Midwives, Activists, Scientists, Theatre Directors, Entrepreneurs and Employers from across Wales have all be shortlisted as finalists for this year’s Womenspire Awards ahead of the celebration on 21 June at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff. Chwarae Teg received over 300 nominations across the 12 categories recognising the extraordinary achievements many individuals and organisations have made in leading equality in their industry such as business, arts, sports, STEM, rural and education. The finalists were announced on social media through Chwarae…
Here is a video of Bettsy playing tennis at Penarth Windsor Tennis Club Action on Hearing Loss Cymru reports that there are 575,500 people in Wales who are deaf or who have hearing loss. Feedback from deaf tennis players across Wales suggests that due to the format of the game, tennis can be a lot easier to participate in compared to other sports. Talking about the benefits of hearing the ball on court, Wimbledon champion Andy Murray said: “It helps…
Welsh competitors selected to represent the UK in the world’s largest international skills competition have been recognised for their achievements at a celebratory event in the Senedd. Four members of Team UK, who will travel to the WorldSkills final in Abu Dhabi this October, along with one of last year’s EuroSkills Squad members, were presented with gold and platinum medals of recognition at the event, which was also attended by Dr Neil Bentley, Chief Executive of WorldSkills UK. Joseph Massey,…
Almost two thirds of people (61%) with no direct experience of epilepsy are not confident of helping someone during a seizure More than a quarter of people (26%) with a family member with epilepsy would not feel confident of looking after them during a seizure Household names including actors Kerry Howard and Jennie Jacques and footballer Leon Legge, talk about their experiences of epilepsy A new poll has revealed that there is a worrying lack of public confidence…
