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      Community groups in Wales are being invited to enter an award scheme which last year gave out £1,500 to the region’s good causes. Three Wales based community groups were amongst those celebrating at the end of last year after local supporters helped them secure £1,500 of funding from Skipton Building Society’s Grassroots Giving Scheme. The winners were chosen by public vote after being shortlisted from almost 1,000 community organisations across the country. Now in its fifth year,…

Alzheimer’s Society in Cardiff is uniting against dementia with Cardiff Libraries this Dementia Awareness Week (14 -20 May), with activities planned across the city throughout the week to support people affected by dementia. During this year’s Dementia Awareness Week, Alzheimer’s Society is asking people to come together to unite against dementia, forgetting their differences to help urgently find a cure, improve care, and offer help and understanding. Cardiff Libraries have taken up the challenge of raising awareness to help those…

Goodgym combines getting fit with doing good in Cardiff Launch run will see runners lay a disabled access path for Canton Community Hall Gardens and run 4k First group outside of England launches at Cardiff’s Old Library, The Hayes, and will take place every Tuesday 18:15 CARDIFF, MAY 23rd 2017 – GOODGYM – the community of runners who combine getting fit with doing good – is launching in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan this month (May 23). Members of…

  ~Backed by Cardiff Met University and BHF Cymru, May Measurement Month highlights significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease~ The Cardiff City Football Team have been the very first to undertake blood pressure checks for the May Measurement Month campaign, a month-long global initiative supported in Wales by academics at Cardiff Metropolitan University and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Cymru to encourage people in Wales to check their blood pressure (BP) levels. High blood pressure is the single biggest treatable…

Independent Age, the older people’s charity, is launching a brand new nationwide fundraising challenge – called 100in10 – which invites participants to cover a total of 100km in 10 weeks in any way they choose. All donations will go towards the charity’s work towards helping older people stay independent for as long as possible. Participants can take part in the challenge either as an individual or a team, and will help raise funds to support older people to live more…

Business communications specialist Onecom is aiming for a hat-trick of awards after being shortlisted for three major industry accolades. The company, which has headquarters in Hampshire and offices around the UK, Wales and Northern Ireland, has been recognised for its outstanding customer service, the significance of a major acquisition and the industry influence of Onecom CEO Darren Ridge (pictured) Onecom is shortlisted in the Best Unified Comms Dealer category of the Mobile Industry Awards (MIAs). The awards, run by Mobile…

  GUARANTEED to be exciting and innovative, Grand Band New York perform classics from Reich, Lang and Glass at St David’s Hall on Tuesday 23 May at 8pm. Featuring six grand pianos and six virtuoso pianists, Grand Band champion new music from today’s composers, ranging through classical and pop-crossover to post-minimal. In addition to the World Premiere of Philip Glass’ Closing, David Lang’s Face So Pale and Steve Reich’s frenetic Six Pianos, there’s also a Chopin World Premiere from Ben…

by Aaliyah Buchanan To honour Mental Health Awareness Week 2017 I thought I would write about the amazing experience I had when visiting NewLink Wales, a well-being charity located in Cardiff that helps people from a variety of backgrounds and walks of life move on from problems that were previously holding them back, including: substance misuse, confidence issues, anxiety, psychological trauma, mental health issues, offending behaviour and a range of other social problems. Last year they expanded the organisation from…

The annual YCN Student Awards name students from University of South Wales as one of commended entries for Quorn brief Young students from University of South Wales were highly commended in this year’s YCN Student Awards for creative ideas developed for Quorn™, a brand that produces a wide range of sustainable, protein-rich products. The YCN Student Awards shine a light on creative excellence of students and recent graduates from countries across the globe. Quorn, whose mission is to encourage the…

Cardiff University has moved up nine places to 36th in Europe’s Top 100 Most Innovative Universities. And the University has maintained its spot as 8th in the UK, according to Reuters’ second annual list. The Reuters rankings identify the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies, and help drive the global economy. The league table is based on data including academic papers, patent filings, industry citations and industry collaborations. Cardiff University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Colin Riordan, said: “Innovation…