Cardiff’s biggest night in music will take place on 29 March 2018 The date for the third Cardiff Music Awards has been announced as 29 March 2018. Nominations will open on the 8th of November and close on the 31st of January. The Cardiff Music Awards returns for 2018! The Cardiff Music Awards recognises the achievements, success and talents of organisations and individuals who have helped enhance Cardiff’s unique and diverse music scene. A panel of independent judges (to be…

NOVEMBER 2017: The hunt is on for Cardiff’s next, young literary superstar with the launch of a competition by children’s footwear retailer, Chipmunks and Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity. The two have joined forces to encourage children to get creative and celebrate the art of storytelling by coming up with their own tale about the charity’s mascot, Marvin the Marvellous Crocodile. Children under 12 across Wales are being asked to put their thinking caps on and create an extra special adventure…

Cardiff Deaf Centre have scooped £9,750 funding from the M&S Energy Community Energy Fund, beating six projects in the region to win the top prize. Cardiff Deaf Centre won the funding with 2591 public votes. This follows a six-week long campaign by the organisation calling on the local community to show its support after it was shortlisted for the national renewable community energy competition in July. Cardiff Deaf Centre will use their winnings to embark on a refurbishment program of…

College praised for providing a viable alternative to those at risk of becoming NEET Cardiff and Vale College has won an AoC Beacon Award for their Junior Apprenticeship programme which helped young people transition into post-16 education and training. A key aspect of the success of the project has been the bespoke nature of the teaching and learning processes. The tutors have been chosen carefully as those who can most effectively engage and motivate learners, while understanding their personal needs….

Remploy Cymru, the leading employment and skills specialist for people with disabilities and health conditions, has been awarded the contract to deliver the UK Government’s new Work and Health Programme in Wales. The programme is set to launch in Wales on 1 December. The Work and Health Programme is an employment support programme providing specialised support for people who have been unemployed for more than two years and, on a voluntary basis, to those with health conditions or disabilities. It…

The word-famous referee and TV presenter Nigel Owens is calling on people to grab the opportunity to tell their favourite stories to the whole nation in a series of short films for S4C. The short films will be a huge part of a colourful season of programmes entitled Chwedlau (translation: Legends) on S4C during November which will include a magical variety of programmes to coincide with the Welsh Government’s ‘Year of Legends 2017’. Nigel Owens says, “Everyone has an interesting…

RADYR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL WIN A SPECIAL BBC CHILDREN IN NEED MEDIA WORKSHOP TO CELEBRATE SCHOOLS FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN  Media teams have visited schools across the UK delivering BBC Children in Need media workshops to celebrate secondary schools participating in the ‘Big Spotacular’ fundraising campaign, in partnership with Lloyds Bank. BBC journalist, Nadira Tudor and independent producer/director Michael Wray, have visited Radyr Comprehensive School in Cardiff to celebrate schools across the country participating in the Big Spotacular, the schools fundraising campaign by…

South Wales artist Kimberly Chard who was born with the genetic condition cystic fibrosis, has been highly commended by a panel of art experts and been selected for a leading art exhibition. Kimberly has been convalescing from a life-saving double lung transplant, and was inspired by her illness to continue creating art. The 34 year old who is from Cardiff but now lives in Bargoed, will be exhibiting her illustrative artwork at the UK’s largest artist art fair later this…

The Sony UK Technology Centre near Bridgend has acquired some help from some pretty knowledgeable and enthusiastic teens. A group of four from Cynffig Comprehensive School are working with the electronics manufacturer to develop a low cost ‘smart sensor’ to capture data from across the production line using Raspberry Pi – a tiny computer that you can use to learn to programme – as a platform. The idea caught the eye of judges for a national science and engineering competition,…

The Italian Film Festival Cardiff  (IFFC) is back for a third year at Cardiff’s brilliant Chapter Arts Centre, where all screenings will take place between 22 and 26 November 2017. This year’s IFFC programme offers a thought-provoking and entertaining glimpse of life in contemporary Italy with its selection of thirteen independent films exploring the universal themes of belonging and identity in a rapidly changing world, from the perspective of established directors and the new generation alike. From comedy and drama to…