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18/11/2022

Small firms from across South Wales will be put on the map by the Small Business Saturday campaign, as it unveils a nationwide roadshow to support and celebrate the nation’s small businesses as they face mounting challenges over the winter. Marking ten years of the campaign in the UK, Small Business Saturday’s Tour will arrive in Cardiff today, 18 November and will go on to visit independent businesses across the city, spotlighting local business owners and community leaders. Once again supported by BT…

18/11/2022

For the first time ever, to mark this year’s fundraising efforts and celebrated symbol, the moustache, the global leading men’s health charity, Movember, is encouraging as many people as possible to get involved in spreading awareness and driving conversation around the importance of supporting men’s health, suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer by sporting a temporary tattoo.   To launch the annual fundraising campaign, BAFTA-winning actor Will Poulter has joined forces with Movember to help change the face of men’s health. Will opted…

11/11/2022

Children’s TV Mega Star Andy Day, along with his band The Odd Socks, is patron and long term supporter of the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA). Now Andy is setting out on a three-week mini tour of schools up and down the country to promote this year’s Anti-Bullying Week on behalf of ABA and its theme for 2022 ‘Reach Out’. Andy started the tour in Enniskillen in Northern Ireland and is now en-route to surprise children by visiting  primary schools during assemblies…

11/11/2022

Children at Gabalfa Primary School were treated to an Assembly going behind the scenes of film, games and TV and a special presenting masterclass, hosted by Ben Shires and Kia Pegg,  which aimed to boost students’ confidence and creativity. The Roadshow exists to champion children’s creativity and teach important life skills through film, games, and television. The activities on offer provide access to talent to raise awareness and provide positive, inspiring role models within the industry as well as signposting…

11/11/2022

Ahead of Christmas, Deliveroo is launching ‘Collecteroo’, a mobile food collection service in partnership with the Trussell Trust and backed by Olympic boxing champion, Nicola Adams, who is acting as an ambassador for this campaign. The initiative comes after research commissioned by Deliveroo reveals that over 7 in 10 (74%) Brits have unopened food items in their cupboards that they would happily donate to food banks. The Collecteroo service will help the Trussell Trust get closer to providing the 1.3 million…

28/10/2022

  I grew up in Cardiff in the 80s when there was not much diversity. The Black community then was quite small. At school I was used to being the only black girl in the class and with there being so few Jamaican families in the area we would all know of each other. I remember having to trek to Bristol or London just to find an Afro-Caribbean hair shop that catered for my hair type. This lack of choice…

28/10/2022

  Sunday 23rd October, the Tramshed welcomed Ella Henderson as a stop on her first UK tour in years, and she did not disappoint! Heaps of people crowded to watch the pop singer perform all her classics, such as Ghosts which first sprung her to fame and got everyone screaming along, and a few new songs from her recent album Everything I Didn’t Say. Ella bounced around the stage dancing to her songs and made cheery jokes with the audience….

28/10/2022

The Sherman Theatre truly outdid themselves at the premiere of their modern-day take on the ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by Shakespeare. The comical, romantic play honours Hermia’s emotive declaration in Act One; ‘O hell, to choose love by another’s eyes!’ This set the tone for the entirety of the play; echoing Shakespeare’s sonnets, it was a heart-warming celebration of love in all forms. Whilst Shakespeare plays may sometimes present themselves as inaccessible to the modern day audience, thanks to the…

28/10/2022

On the 29th of October over 600 mummies will be marching across Cardiff to demand an urgent intervention from the Government for the shocking treatment of mothers and families. The protest, which is led by Pregnant Then Screwed, will march across 11 regions bringing over 14,000 mothers and families together nationwide for this united call to arms for urgent government reform of childcare, parental leave and flexible working. The ‘March of The Mummies’ protest is Halloween-themed to demonstrate the frightening…

27/10/2022

Comedian and writer Kiri Pritchard-McLean hosts a new stand-up comedy series, Live From Barry Island, featuring emerging talent and established comedians from across the UK.  In the 2nd series comedian Anna Thomas shares how since moving from Carmarthenshire to England, she has been confused for being Danish and even treats the audience to a song and a reading from her Ouija board.  Carenza Skilton grabbed some time with Anna.   How did you find it filming Live from Barry Island? I…