On St Dwynwen’s Day Hanfod Cymru will  ‘spread the love’ by opening its doors to applications from charities across Wales for small grants of up to £10,000. The applications can be for projects or activities taking place in the areas of culture and art, education or social welfare. The application for a grant can be for any activity within these areas, as long as it is beyond the statutory field. Speaking today, Hanfod Cymru Chief Executive, Siôn Brynach, said:…

  The Rheumatology Day Unit at University Hospital of Wales has received a £1000 donation from the fundraising efforts of a patient’s daughter. Charlotte Hill who lives in North Wales wanted to say thank you to the Rheumatology Day Unit for the support and care they have given to her mum Andrea since 2005 and decided to run the Snowdon trail half marathon to raise funds. Charlotte wanted to raise money for the Unit to provide comfort and enhance patient’s experience…

  CMAs are pleased to announce the full line up at the awards ceremony. The Cardiff Music Awards recognises the achievements, successes and talents of organisations and individuals who have helped enhance Cardiff’s unique and diverse music scene. Aside from the awards, the CMAs aim to showcase some of Cardiff’s outstanding talent by carefully selecting live acts for their appeal and live stature. Act one is GRL TLK. These two girls cut their teeth playing at Cardiff’s best independent clubs…

I’ll start by saying this: you need to go and see a Kinetic Arts Theatre performance.   I’m not exaggerating that throughout their performance of ‘Footloose’, I was either laughing or smiling for the full two hours straight. It felt like every single cast member was having a blast on the stage and they passed on the infectious sense of fun on to the audience too.   The show was held at the Royal Welsh College of Music and drama….

If you’re looking for something a little different to do with family & friends this Christmas, or something new to try in the New Year to beat those January blues, look no further than Breakout Cardiff. The premise is this: you’re locked in a room and have 60 minutes to escape. However, each room has a separate story line & scenario attached to breaking out. They also have different difficulty levels of the puzzles & riddles that need to be…

Stay safe Cardiff, and prepare for extreme weather conditions – experts in safety, Arco, is urging local businesses in Cardiff to prepare for the winter months now. With reports of an increased risk of bad weather this winter[1], Arco recommends businesses to plan ahead with its expert advice sheets for business winter weather needs, including advice against flooding, effective salting and how to be weather warning aware. The series of Arco expert advice sheets can be found on the Arco…

Cardiff charity to benefit from share of £50,000 funding from  Hanfod Cymru A charity in Cardiff has secured funding through the latest round of grants from Hanfod Cymru, the body responsible for distributing money raised by Loteri Cymru ticket sales. Touch Trust Ltd has been awarded the funding as part of Hanfod Cymru’s Small Grants Programme, which awards grants up to £10,000. Hanfod has also reported that applications for funding through its second round increased by 20%, in part due…

Helping those in need at Christmas Kind-hearted staff throughout Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) recently contributed to a festive foodbank collection to help those in need this Christmastime. The festive foodbank was organised by the Patient Experience Team across University Hospital of Wales (UHW) and University Hospital Llandough (UHL). Foodbanks help by providing emergency food and support to people experiencing crisis. Amazingly over 40 bags of groceries were donated to be shared between two foodbanks across the region….

Quiz Night raises £3,000 in aid of Brain Injury Charity LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a global provider of information solutions with offices based in Cardiff, this Tuesday hosted a charity quiz night in aid of Headway Cardiff & South East, a local charity which helps people affected by acquired brain injury (ABI) to rebuild their lives. The quiz night raised £3,000 and all proceeds will go towards supporting the wide range of charitable services that Headway Cardiff & South East provides,…

My Wild Garden Year 2017 saw the start of a new mission for wildlife in Cardiff as The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales launched their ‘My Wild Cardiff’ project. With the help of some lovely locals we have created 12 new bug hotels in Canton, built Cardiff’s first ever pop-up wildlife garden in Bute Park, gave 3 wildlife gardening talks, taught 15 learning providers about bringing nature into schools and had 3 schools visit to our nature reserves!…