Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) is pleased to announce it will be working in partnership with Wales Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) on a project that will not only help reduce waste but also save the NHS valuable money. For the past ten years, staff from the Physiotherapy Department at Cardiff and Vale UHB have been recycling and re-issuing walking aids in a bid to reduce waste and better invest NHS money. As the population ages and there are…

Artwork has been recently unveiled as part of celebrations to mark a century since the opening of the Rookwood Hospital in Cardiff and as part of the NHS at 70. Rookwood Hospital is a rehabilitation hospital in Llandaff, Cardiff. It is one of only twelve spinal rehab units in the UK. It is also a regional neuro-rehabilitation hospital as well as housing a geriatric day hospital, a geriatric intermediate care facility and a geriatric medicine rehabilitation ward. Rookwood was built…

Chapter in Cardiff is teaming up with writer, artist and comedian Shon Faye tonight to lead a discussion around transgender rights (Wednesday 21 March at 18:00). It will follow a screening of Oscar-winning film A Fantastic Woman – a groundbreaking story and an urgent call for compassion towards a community that faces bigotry and hostility on a daily basis. Directed by Chilean director Sebastián Lelio and anchored by a powerhouse central performance from rising star Daniela Vega, it is a…

Members of the student activist group Cardiff University People & Planet and other members of the student body went on a 1-day fast in solidarity with their hunger strikers yesterday. They sat outside the gates of their main building between 12pm and 2pm to highlight the urgency of full fossil fuel divestment. Two members of Cardiff University People & Planet have been on a hunger strike for eight days. Students from the University of Bristol organised a similar action on…

The annually anticipated floral spectacular, RHS Flower Show Cardiff – supported by wealth manager Brewin Dolphin – will return to the city this April embracing Visit Wales’ Year of the Sea and highlighting the sensational Welsh coastline with a host of themed gardens and related features and activities to spark the imagination. A fun day for all the family, The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) – the UK’s leading gardening charity – has revealed an exciting line-up for 2018, bringing vibrant…

Homeowners blighted by destructive Japanese knotweed may be hoping that the plant has died when it fails to emerge from its winter hibernation as normal around mid to late-March. But in fact the recent cold weather, with more low temperatures forecast, is delaying the start of the plant’s growing season by 2 to 4 weeks, as it will not awaken until the ground temperature reaches around 4°C. The ‘Beast from the East’ brought the coldest February week in five years…

LG Electronics, a global leader in home appliances, is helping children under 16 get back on the pitch and enjoy sports with the nationwide launch of the LG TWINWASH(tm) Football Challenge. Together with the National Schools Partnership (NSP), LG is challenging local schools and football teams to forget the mud and enjoy the game. Parents, teacher and coaches of teams are tasked with submitting a match report and photo of their ‘victory kits’ to NSP – with the team with…

A new analysis of data collected over ten years by a network of experts led by The Wildlife Trusts has revealed that water vole distribution has declined dramatically across the UK. There has been a 30% decline in the places where these river mammals once lived across England and Wales during this time.* While the new analysis reveals a slight expansion of range in certain areas – thanks to some successful conservation efforts by The Wildlife Trust of South and…

With spring in the air and the days getting longer, many will be taking the opportunity to tidy cupboards, scrub skirting boards and take old clothes to the charity shop. The concept of the spring clean is well and truly established in the British psyche but it’s more than just our homes that could probably do with a regular spruce up. According to Relate, 1 in 5 people in the UK are now living in what would be described in…

With Autism Awareness Week starting next week (26 March – 2 April), hundreds of people will soon be walking for autism for a charity which has services in Wales. Over 450 people have signed up to Autism Initiatives’ project to walk 10,000 steps a day for eight days, pledging to raise over £10,000 together for autism. Chief Executive Andrew Grainger, who is also one of the walkers, said, “We’re so grateful people are walking for autism. This is our first…