A school girl from Cardiff has raised money for a charity that funds research into a life-limiting condition. Rowan Bailey-Lear, aged 10 from Morganstown has raised £130 for Harrison’s Fund which is based in Surrey. To raise money Rowan held a brunch at her house for her friends, selling tea, coffee, fruit juice, smoothies, and lots of food including banana bread, Mexican scrambled egg, bagels with cream cheese and salmon, apple muffins, croissants with homemade jam, strawberries, and melon and…

This September, as part of its annual Time to Read Campaign, BookTrust, Emma Kenny and leading children’s illustrators including Chris Riddell, Sarah McIntyre of the Pictures Mean Business campaign and Waterstones Children’s Laureate, Lauren Child, are asking families to recognise the importance of illustrated books. They are also encouraging parents to take time to read and share stories together to help children to understand the world around them, enabling them to figure out fact from fiction and allowing them to…

BBC Children in Need has announced that it has awarded this to a project aimed at working with disadvantaged children   The new funding will enable projects to provide services to young people in the area and the news means that the charity now has more than £1.2m invested in Cardiff. This is the first funding round of the year, with additional funding to be allocated to projects across the UK throughout 2018.  Pentrebane Zone will use a grant of…

The bikers, Rogue Riders Riding Group South Wales, have donated a generous assortment of Easter eggs to the families of sick children staying at Ronald McDonald House Cardiff. On Saturday 24 March, ten riders from the group made their way from the Red Lion Pub at the Bonvilston car park to the House, next to Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital. As well as Easter eggs, the Rogue Riders also donated toys and over £200 which they have raised through a variety…

  Times Tables Gloves is the unique way to help children learn their timetables. Available in all timetables from 1 to 10, each pair of gloves includes a timetable number on each finger and helps children actively count their timetables on their hands. The gloves also come in a range of four colours including blue, pink, red, and grey. The gloves were first created by a Primary Teacher and Tutor, to help school children learn their timetables through another method…

Mother’s Day is traditionally an opportunity to spend time with your family, feel appreciated and of course put your feet up.  But what about if you’re a single mum? Perhaps this is your first Mother’s Day without a partner around to make plans on your behalf and you’re not sure how to approach the day. With this in mind, relationship support charity, Relate Cymru has compiled tips on how to enjoy Mother’s Day as a single mum. Relate Cymru’s National…

“So the holidays have arrived, the children are exhausted, and excited to the point they may just pop. The poor parents are filled with dread; 6 weeks of children. Eeeek … what to do! My name is Kate Wheeler or Nanny Kate, I am a Norland Nanny with over 30 years experience with children of all ages, from newborn to teenagers. I want to take this opportunity to share my experience and knowledge on how to entertain the children and…

The charity thanks the public for helping to change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. Today (Thursday 6 July 2017) BBC Children in Need announced its final fundraising total for the 2016 Appeal, a record-breaking £60 million. The charity said that the incredible total would not have been possible without the public once again coming together to help raise money to change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people.  The 2016 total grew to…

On Friday 9 June, almost 100 students from local Cardiff schools took part in a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes of Land Rover BAR, the British America’s Cup challenger. Currently in Bermuda, Land Rover BAR, the team led by Sir Ben Ainslie – the most successful Olympic sailor of all time – and joined by Welsh sailor Bleddyn Mon, have been competing in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup. Six teams were on the water in Bermuda, to battle…

BookTrust Cymru launches National Bookstart Week and celebrates 25 years of giving books to children through Bookstart ​ ​Nursery children in Wales are read to by Anni Llŷn This week BookTrust, the UK’s largest children’s reading charity, is celebrating its annual National Bookstart Week. The theme this year is ‘Let’s Explore Outdoors’. The Welsh launch event was held on 5 June in Aberdare and organised in partnership with RCT Libraries. Over 50 children from the local Cymraeg i Blant playgroup…