The 2017 Epic Awards winners’ reception took place at the Sage Gateshead on Sunday evening (19 March) as part of BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking Festival. Goldies Cymru were the winners of the National Wales Award. The Charity runs weekly singing sessions across South Wales, providing the opportunity for people who may be otherwise isolated to enjoy Sing and Smile sessions and build confidence and friendships. An award-winning intergenerational schools programme encourages communication between age groups. The Epic Awards, now…

Students from three centres in Bridgend, Cardiff and Rhymney had the opportunity to showcase the skills learned at the free-to-attend specialist schools, which provide 14-16 year olds in Wales an insight into life within the Armed Forces and other Public Services such as the Fire Service. Around 280 guests attended the special ceremony on Friday 17th March, including family members, VIPs and Olympian Tom Haffield. A series of demonstrations, including physical training exercises, footdrills and log displays were performed for…

On Monday 20th March an area of the flagship store on the Hayes in Cardiff was transformed into the World’s Smallest Comedy Club*. The pop-up may have been small in size but it delivered big laughs, with Bristol comedian Mark Olver taking to the stage to give shoppers a bite-sized burst of comedy to liven up their lunchbreak. Mark Olver is a seasoned stand-up and television warm-up artist who has worked on comedy favourites such as 8 Out Of 10…

Award-winning housebuilder, Redrow Homes, is delighted to announce the launch of a brand new development near Radyr, which marks the very beginning of Plasdŵr, Cardiff’s much-anticipated, proposed £2 billion, 21st Century garden city. Parc Plymouth was officially launched at an event held on the 8th of March at Radyr Golf Club, and attended by members of the local community and interested buyers. Exhibitors from Michael Graham Young, Asset Mortgage Solutions and Peter Lynn Solicitors were on hand to offer advice,…

Innovative rehabilitation initiative The Clink Charity was presented with the Centre for Social Justice’s (CSJ) ‘Social Enterprise Award’ at the CSJ Awards, held at Central Hall in Westminster on Tuesday 21 March 2017. Celebrating the work of grassroots charities, the award recognises The Clink’s effective and innovative approach to reducing reoffending rates of ex-offenders through accredited hospitality training and education, with award sponsors Deutsche Bank’s enterprise programme for social good – Made for Good – donating a prize fund of £10,000 to support the charity’s ongoing commitment to…

Cardiff-based Huw Lewis MBE and Brian Edwards will be running grueling 156 mile race in April The pair are calling on local people to help them raise £10,000 for Welsh charity 1,500 miles run and 5 stone lost collectively by pair ahead of taking on huge sporting challenge Two military veterans from Cardiff are calling for the public’s support to achieve a vast charity fundraising target as they embark on their final few weeks of training for the Marathon des…

Award winning, Welsh choir, Only Men Aloud have chosen Alzheimer’s Society Cymru as their ‘Charity of the Year’ and have marked the occasion by becoming Dementia Friends. Members of Only Men Aloud joined Alzheimer’s Society Cymru staff and volunteers in Cardiff on Tuesday 21 March to take part in a Dementia Friends information session to learn more about the condition which affects over 45,000 people in Wales. They then performed a few of their songs to a crowd of volunteers…

More than 150 students and their parents were able to meet some of the biggest employers in Wales at St David’s College on 15 March 2017. As part of British Science Week 2017, our third annual STEM Careers Event continued to spark student interest in employment in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). On 15th March, students from St David’s Catholic College, their feeder schools and their parents had the opportunity to attend talks and have one-to-one…

BRISTOL, England, March 28, 2017 – The $1 Art Club  is bringing the world a new way to see and purchase high-quality art in every medium — and giving artists an economical way to connect with art buyers, no matter where they are. The website provides advertising space for as little as $1 for 12 months. Ultimately, the $1 Art Club envisions becoming a massive, one-of-a-kind platform in which a million-plus unique monthly visitors come to the site and explore the amazing…

Picture the scene. A wealthy married couple living a seemingly happy and carefree life in Victorian London, a large multi-storey house staffed by several servants. Yet all is not what it seems. This is the premise of ‘Gaslight’, written as long ago as 1938 by Patrick Hamilton, yet still being performed today, a testament to the strength and substance of the story. Directed by Anthony Banks the play retells some past truths of male dominance over women back some 80…