Blog

FoodCycle, the charity that aims to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past for every community, is in urgent need of volunteers as it opens its second Project in Cardiff. This marks FoodCycle’s forth Project opening in Wales in 18 months, reflecting the need for vital services to help those gripped by the cost-of-living crisis.  The new site opened on 27th March at Dusty Forge,  ACE – Action in Caerau & Ely on Cowbridge Road, the…

Schools across the UK have been on the edge of their seats waiting for the winners of the national Coronation Benches competition to be announced.  Historic Royal Palaces can reveal that fifteen winners have been selected from over 1,500 fantastic entries, to be developed with global public art producers Wild in Art and installed at the Tower of London during the Coronation celebrations. Children and young people from across the country have designed their own illustrated Coronation benches, exploring their…

Recycle Now and Love Food Hate Waste,  have come up with some egg-cellent tips this Easter to help ensure you waste as little as possible.   If you’re planning on indulging in your favourite treats, try to waste as little as possible by recycling as much as you can and avoiding food waste. Top tips include: Easter egg foil: The foil wrapped around most easter eggs CAN be recycled – Simply scrunch the foil into a loose ball along with any…

Residents in Wales can nominate a good cause to receive £1,000 as part of Benefact Group’s Movement for Good Awards. Now in its fifth year, the Movement for Good Awards will once again see more than £1 million gifted to charities up and down the UK and Ireland. Since the awards began, people in Wales have submitted over 69,800 nominations and 71 Wales based charities have benefited from valuable donations. While the pandemic and the current economic climate has had an…

School children across the UK will benefit from a new grant programme launching this summer which will provide £5 million in grants to help give them a healthier, more active, stronger start in life. In the first year 5,300 schools will be able to apply for support funding to get pupils the nutritious food they need throughout the school day and resources to keep them physically active with new sports and play equipment or outdoor activities. The scheme, supported by…

  A forthcoming scifi film is turning South Wales into a post-apocalyptic world. And producers are now offering fans the chance to get involved. Annalium 8 is set in a world where all animal life has been wiped out. But a scientist in full bio-hazard kit and with a life-support machine in tow, discovers a young girl in a forest, apparently fit and well. Created by Robert Lancey, a writer born and raised in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, the short film was…

The award-winning Bluestone Brewing Company was founded during 2013. Simon, Kerry and Amy (founders) have grown the business forward, to the thriving micro brewery it is today, with an increased workforce to produce alcoholic beverages to a high standard and also to accommodate increased order quantities. Tyriet is a working family farm and the team ensure that all of the bi-products from the brewing operations are utilised on the farm, including going to animal feeds, which contribute to the eco-friendly…

  After the success of the inaugural awards in March 2022, the Principality Building Society Child of Wales awards have returned bigger and better than before. The achievements of remarkable young people across Wales will be celebrated, whilst raising vital funds for Ty Hafan and Hope House charities in Wales. The event takes place on Friday 24th March 2023 at the Mercure Holland House Hotel in Cardiff.  The evening will undoubtedly be emotional, inspirational and unforgettable for everyone involved. Once…

A Cardiff mother and daughter fundraising duo have raised over £2,031 throughout the years and £460 so far this year for learning disability charity, Follow Your Dreams, who support children and young people with learning disabilities across Wales & England. Over the past 5 years the family have been involved in multiple fundraising efforts with mum Lauren planning her third Skydive following a previous two sponsored leaps. In their latest efforts, Chloe 13, and her mum Lauren are raising funds by selling handmade knitted socks…

To mark the third annual Food Waste Action Week, which launches today (6 March), new research from Love Food Hate Waste has revealed that time-strapped people could get back 2 ½ days a year by using up uneaten food[i]. This equates to treating ourselves to a weekend away with friends or family.   According to a poll of 2,000 adults, the nation dedicates an average of five hours a week to preparing and cooking food, but a quarter (24%)[1] often feel they…