Blood cancer charity Bloodwise has joined forces with UK auction house Classic Car Auctions to launch this year’s Big Welsh Car Show, taking place in Margam Country Park on Sunday 18 September.   The specialist auction house, which is the official sponsor of the classic car show, wants to raise funds for the charity and is appealing to generous vintage car dealers to donate a car. This would be auctioned in December, with all of the money raised from it…

Legendary Cardiff promoters Harvest present an exciting Super Furry Animals charity benefit show entitled ‘Outspaced – A Celebration of 21 Years of Super Furry Animals Logic’. Taking place in aid of Shelter Cymru at Cardiff’s legendary Clwb Ifor Bach on Saturday, 21st May 2016. With doors opening from 8pm, Clwb’s top floor will play host to an array of the cream of Welsh musical talent gathered to pay tribute to the Super Furry Animals in their own unique ways in celebration…

On Easter weekend, Easter bunnies were out in force to raise vital funds for Tenovus Cancer Care. Over 50 volunteers dressed up as Easter bunnies and descended more than 200ft down the 15 storey, Mercure Holland House Hotel and Spa Cardiff.   The fun yet daunting charity initiative organised by the Challenge Events Team at Tenovus Cancer Care is set to raise over £10,000 and took place over two days on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.   Mhairi Jones, Challenge…

Cardiff Business Men’ are getting together to brew up for the Wales Biggest  Tea Party month this March along with Celebrities including former Welsh Rugby International  Ian Gough and Weather lass Sue Charles. All money raised will support the charity’s Every second Counts Defibrillator Appeal to get 1,000’s of Defibrillators placed throughout Wales www.welshhearts.org/events The special month kicks off with a Nigel John of 73 Cathedral Road fame and Spiro Borg of Spiros Fine Dining Caterers hosting a Champagne Afternoon Tea…

Shane Filan announces Right Here Tour 2016 IRISH POP SUPERSTAR ANNOUNCES 2016 UK TOUR AND ITS COMING TO CARDIFF ST DAVIDS HALL WEDNESDAY 09 MARCH 2016 In the wake of releasing his hit album “Right Here” in September 2015, Shane Filan has announced a major indoor UK Tour taking in some of the UK’s best loved venues and the tour is coming to Cardiff St David’s Hall on Wednesday 09 March 2016. Shane says,“I am thrilled to be getting out…

The founder of a charity that is addressing loneliness through songs and smiles has responded to a report by senior doctors calling for urgent attention to, ‘the rising phenomenon of loneliness amongst older people’. West Country music man Grenville Jones started his daytime fun singing sessions for older isolated people at four community rooms 9 years ago. The Golden-Oldies Charity, more fondly referred to as ‘Goldies’ and with Sir Cliff Richard as patron, now runs over 140 sessions across England…

A concert of Welsh and English music will be held at St John’s Church, Canton, CF5 1NX, on Friday 4th March at 7pm. The concert will celebrate the week of St David’s Day and all monies raised will be donated to local charity, Pedal Power. Brigyn, with their stunning songs and harmonies, will headline. Legendary Welsh folk singer, Heather Jones, and the hugely talented, Aled Rheon, are the supporting acts. The concert is in aid of Pedal Power, based in Pontcanna…

  Bio:  Dawn Evans (pictured above) is the owner of training services company Ajuda based in Cardiff Bay. In early December, Dawn gave gifts worth £1,000 to the Noah’s Ark Charity which supports sick and injured children in and around the city. This is the second year she’s been a ‘secret Santa’. Dawn was born and brought up in Cardiff and had a successful career in the fitness industry. However it an incident with her daughter Bethan which led her to…

Welsh adults are the least aware in Britain that physical inactivity (44% aware), drinking alcohol (52% aware), eating a poor diet (59% aware) and being overweight (51% aware) increase the risk of cancer, when comparing England, Scotland and Wales, a poll for World Cancer Research Fund has found. The YouGov poll found that over half of Welsh adults (56%) are not aware that physical inactivity increases the risk of cancer, nearly half are not aware of the cancer risk attached…

Director of Calonau Cymru/Welsh Hearts Sharon Owen asked local artist Christopher Langley if he would provide a work for auction the Snowflake Charity Ball on December 4th 2015.  Langley, 53, now living in Cardiff has shown work in New York in addition to selling to collectors worldwide. Langley donated ‘The Red Umbrella’, seen here with none other than himself: Father Christmas!  The event was held at the Marriott Hotel, Cardiff. Langley, who accepts commissions including pet portraits, says: ‘It is…