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Do you want to heal your relationships and find more love and harmony in your life? Do you want to understand how your family history influences your present and future? Do you want to break free from the hidden dynamics that keep you stuck in patterns of pain, guilt, or fear? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this event is for you. Join us for our Relationships Mastery for Women and discover the therapeutic method that…

At the annual awards ceremony in London this week, Techniquest took the top spot in the category for Best Venue for STEM Learning.   Set up by School Travel Organiser magazine, the initiative is the only national awards programme of its kind and celebrates learning outside the classroom, raising the importance and profile of school visits. The ceremony was attended by nearly 300 people including professionals from across the school travel sector, teachers and school staff. With eighteen awards presented…

  The sun shone at Hay-on-Wye, during the 36th Hay Festival, outside the famous book town, and there was plenty to enjoy for everyone during the half-term break, right up until Sunday 4 June. The site was free to enter, with gardens to enjoy, food and drink stalls, exhibitors sold everything from on-trend utility clothing to homeware, jewellery, soywax candles and ceramics, plus of course the ever-popular Shepherds ice cream. Children had the chance to meet their favourite authors, including…

Channel 4’s Paralympic Production Training Scheme will give 19 disabled people the chance to launch their broadcast careers with 12-month placements at independent production companies across the UK – and some will go on to work on the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.   Successful applicants will spend a year working as trainee production co-ordinators or as researchers working on sport, entertainment, factual entertainment and factual productions at indies based throughout the UK – Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Chepstow, Glasgow, Leeds, London…

National Lottery millionaire hairdressers spent a productive morning in Cardiff helping re-launch the Haircuts4Homeless service into Wales after it was put on hold due to the pandemic. The volunteer hairdressers who, alongside being pros with a pair of scissors, have each had a big win on The National Lottery, were put to work at The Huggard Centre, Wales’ leading centre for people who are homeless and sleeping rough. Working alongside Haircuts4Homeless’ founder, Stewart Roberts MBE, and with support from the…

To celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, fourteen illustrated Coronation benches designed by schoolchildren across the UK have been installed at the Tower of London, where they will remain throughout the summer. The benches reflect the values and symbols that young people wish to define this new era. As part of a nationwide competition, schoolchildren across the country were tasked with designing their own illustrated benches, exploring their hopes for the future during the new reign. Over…

    A science education charity teaching children in South East Wales to protect marine life is among a host of the UK’s most progressive and impactful charitable projects that have been awarded a funding boost from the ScottishPower Foundation. Nineteen charities across England, Scotland and Wales have been awarded funding totalling almost £1.2 million for projects tackling a range of issues, from cost-of-living support, to promoting diversity and inclusion, raising awareness of the ongoing climate and biodiversity crises and…

A selfless volunteer from Cardiff has been recognised by The King and Queen Consort as part of the official Coronation celebrations in conjunction with the Royal Voluntary Service. For more than 14 years, Mo Alamgir, has been volunteering for the Muslim Council of Wales and Dar Ul Isra Mosque.  Mo is one of the 29 volunteers from Wales and 500 nationally to have been recognised for their contribution and crowned a Coronation Champion. This follows a call out to the…

Aldi has launched an Adult’s Breakfast Club to help millions of parents who are skipping breakfast to ensure their children have enough food to eat. It is often said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, providing essential nutrients and energy for the day ahead. However, the heart-breaking reality is that almost half (44%) of parents from lower income families are skipping meals to ensure their children have enough food to eat, with breakfast being the most…

Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Cabinet has approved plans to amend grass cutting regimes, with the aim of promoting biodiversity. Cabinet members approved adopting the approach used during 2021/22 as the future standard for grass cutting in the county borough.  This saw highway verges and bypass routes where mowing is kept to a minimum, in accordance with Traffic Wales guidance. They also gave a commitment to support the UK wide ‘No Mow May’ campaign.  This means formal grass cutting does not…