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Peer Forward is an exciting, new, three year Big Lottery funded project which has been developed by St Giles Trust. We utilise a peer-led approach to benefit local communities and enhance community services in Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan and Gwent. Our project’s purpose is to train current/former service users, who have overcome significant disadvantages such as offending, mental health issues and substance misuse, to become Peer Advisors for clients receiving support from frontline services. Peer Forward promotes the benefits of…
Francesca James is the co-founder of the NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Hailed as the benchmark for entrepreneurial success, the NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards is more than simply an awards evening and is quickly becoming a vehicle on a mission to unite some incredible business minds and make valuable and purposeful connections. Fran takes 5 minutes with Cardiff Times to talk about her recent business move, the emerging Welsh entrepreneur scene and her expansive career. What motivated the business…
Al Dupres, 54, a stroke survivor from Cardiff is set to take part in the Step Out for Stroke fundraising walk in aid of the Stroke Association at Roath Lake Park at 2pm on 10 June. Al, BBC Wales’ continuity announcer, was on holiday in Texas last year when he suddenly couldn’t speak coherently. Al said: “I couldn’t speak properly for 24 hours which was very worrying as I speak for a living. But I ended up…
Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival returns to the capital city for the third year. Running from May 31st – June 16th, Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival (CFTF) will be home to some of the most talented artists from Wales and beyond, including Avant Cymru and Eddie Summers The community festival, created and run by a team of volunteers, brings together performance artists for a two-week showcase across six venues in and around the Welsh capital. Venues such as AJ’s coffee house,…
A new BBC TV series is going to re-create a traditional Welsh fishing community from 1906. The series’ producers are looking for families who would like to experience this unique way of life, on the incredible Welsh coast, for a month. If you and your family have a sense of adventure and a desire to time travel, then Wildflame Productions want to hear from you. They are producing a new documentary series for the BBC that will see families…
He will be in Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire, for the record attempt from Friday (11-13 May) He is available via phone or down the line throughout If required, he can pass through London on his return to Guernsey Superbike racer Zef Eisenberg will this weekend (12-13 May) attempt to break the land-speed record on sand at Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire. Eisenberg will attempt to break the 200mph barrier, something which has never been done on sand by a motorbike or car before….
Phoenix Productions are to present the Welsh premiere of In the Heights, at the Dolman Theatre, Newport during May. The first Broadway musical written by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, the original New York proesentation won four Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Directed and choreographed by Alice Urrutia with musical direction by Victoria Bryant, In The Heights transports the audience to Washington Heights, a run-down area of Manhattan, where everything rests on community. Hip-hop meets soul, salsa, pop…
Following their World Tour, Flawless are back in the UK performing even more dynamic and creative dance routines like you have never seen before! Stars of the smash-hit movies Street Dance 3D 1 & 2 and two-time winners of the World Dance Championships, Flawless came to the fore on TV’s Britain’s Got Talent a few years ago and their popularity has continued to rise ever since. This fantastically high energy, acrobat-fused, FEEL GOOD, family show follows the journey…
In a 15,000 mile sporting odyssey to Kenya they not only competed stoutly in their matches but went on safari to the world-famous Masai Mara high altitude plains and descended to sea level for deep sea fishing in the Indian Ocean. Thirty one players, family members and friends made the 11-day trip to the former British colony which has now emerged as one of the major economic forces in East Africa. It was the third tour of the country in…
9 & 10 June 2018 Plus Limited £55 Family Daytime Tickets now on sale – ends 29 May. Beyond the Border’s 25th Birthday Barnstormer is a month away and some special guest performers have been added to the packed weekend celebrations at St Donats Castle on 9 and 10 June including Chocolat and Rune books author Joanne Harris and family entertainers The Flying Seagulls. Beyond the Border’s Birthday Barnstormer will be a feast of entertainment across 5 venues featuring fables…
