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Children around Wales are being offered free coaching as part of the legacy of Great Britain’s victory in the Davis Cup. A total of 38 courses under the Tennis for Kids programme are taking place in North, South, and Mid Wales during the summer. Details vary from club to club, but generally involve six free, fun sessions with an expert coach; a free racket to keep, if you attend regularly; the chance for parents or guardians to get involved; and…
Thousands of thrill-seekers from across Wales slipped, slid and stumbled across ten tricky obstacles as the world’s biggest inflatable obstacle course came to Cardiff for the first time. A total of 5,000 people took on obstacles including Europe’s tallest inflatable slide and the world’s biggest bouncy inflatable at Gung-Ho! 5k, held at Bute Park on Saturday (21st May). Despite the rain, there were smiles all round from runners young and old who conquered the course, brainchild of Cbeebies presenter Alex…
BIC launches national creative writing competition Imagine waking up one day to find that everything is a little bit different. You get dressed, clean your teeth, eat a banana and leave the house, but as you do you realise that Mum’s usual morning note isn’t there. There’s a familiar white scrap of paper, but it’s blank. Then the phone vibrates. It’s a message from your friend saying they’ve received a load of birthday cards but none have been written in….
Campaigners in Wales are celebrating as legislation to phase out brightly coloured and slickly designed tobacco packaging in the UK takes effect tomorrow (Friday). All tobacco products must now be produced in plain, standardised packs with large picture health warnings. Shops and retailers have 12 months to sell existing packets. Cancer Research UK began campaigning for plain, standardised packaging in April 2012 and more than 90,000 people from across the UK took action to support the campaign. The Welsh Assembly…
On Tuesday 24 May, Alzheimer’s Society are holding a Dementia Friendly Communities event in Cardiff, supported by former Wales international footballer, Robbie Savage. The event organised by the charity and sponsored by Western Power Distribution will bring together people living with dementia, returning and newly elected AMs, businesses and organisations from across Wales. The meeting aims to build on and showcase some of the work already underway in Wales to build Dementia Friendly Communities. It will feature best practice case studies and presentations by local communities working…
Lyme Awareness Month Ellie Britton (21) student, Backwell, North Somerset: I remember having several tick bites as a child, but never noticed a bullseye rash. When I was 10 I became too ill to go to school, and was misdiagnosed with ME/CFS. We never linked the illness and the tick bites. I’ve missed out on most of my teenage life. My worst symptoms are severe fatigue (I often need a wheelchair when leaving the house), constant nausea, stomach ache, headache,…
New research marks the launch of first oral health workshops by Action for Children Recent research commissioned to mark the launch of oral health workshops from leading charity Action for Children – Gweithredu dros Blant and its partnership with The Wrigley Company Ltd, has revealed it’s still the simple pleasures in life that make our children smile. The survey of parents and children in Wales reveals that pulling silly faces (46 per cent), reading stories (31 per cent) and playing hide and…
Britain Has Spirit launched by TV favourite Gabby Logan will award two national winners with £25,000 Britain Has Spirit, a new initiative searching for Britain’s best volunteers has today announced Wales’ shortlist for group nominations now ready for the public vote. This crucial next stage in the campaign will rely on the public to choose their most deserving volunteer heroes and cast their vote across 10 British regions. Wales’ winner of ‘Regional Community Initiative of the Year’ will be awarded…
People of all ages and abilities across Wales are being invited to join Britain’s biggest summer of tennis. The first of two Great British Tennis Weekends (GBTW) of 2016 takes place on May 14-15 at a variety of locations across Wales. Organised by the Lawn Tennis Association and Tennis Wales, the free events are aimed at encouraging men, women and children of all backgrounds to enjoy playing one of the nation’s most loved sports with friends and family, no matter…
