The Body Coach, Joe Wicks, is taking ‘P.E with Joe’ on the road with MINI for the second year running to bring people together for wellness wins – staged as the ultimate event to get families feeling energised, mentally and physically. Seven in 10 adults say that they used exercise to manage their mental health during the pandemic – highlighting its important link to wellbeing.  As part of MINI’s Big Love initiative, Joe is out to keep families healthy…

BBC Children in Need has announced that it has awarded a total of £215,628 to two local projects providing services to disadvantaged children and young people. The charity currently funds 22 projects across Cardiff, with over £1.3m invested locally. The newly awarded grants come as BBC Children in Need celebrates its fundraising total for the 2017 Appeal: £60.7 million.  Highlights from the 2017 Appeal include BBC Radio 2’s amazing fundraising efforts spearheaded by Chris Evans’ Breakfast Show which saw millions…

BBC Children in Need has allocated over £29,600 in new funding to a group working with disadvantaged children and young people across Cardiff. This is the third time that BBC Children in Need has awarded new funding to projects across Wales this year, with further funding to be allocated throughout 2017. This latest boost of funding, from the charity’s Small Grants programme, brings the total invested in Cardiff to more than £1.4m. Friends of Pentre Gardens has been allocated funding…

The charity kicks off its 2016 fundraising campaign, calling on the people of Cardiff to ‘Do Your Thing’   Alex Jones has helped launch BBC Children in Need’s Do Your Thing fundraising campaign, encouraging people in Cardiff to channel their passions, hobbies or dreams to do their thing and help change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people all across the UK. The television presenter is joined by a host of famous faces from British entertainment including Matt Baker,…

The Charity has announced that projects interested in applying for funding can attend a funding surgery to discuss their ideas.   Projects across Cardiff are being invited to attend the first ever funding surgery in the city, organised by BBC Children in Need and in collaboration with the Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC). The funding surgery will give projects across the city the opportunity to access the popular funding programme and will be held at the Cardiff Third Sector Council on Friday 18th March. BBC…

Get Creative at a Children’s Art Week Event This Summer   This June Children’s Art Week (Sat 13th – Sun 21st June 2015) will be back bigger and better than ever! Don’t miss the chance to get creative with your kids at one of the hundreds of events being held in venues around the UK. With everything from; ‘Weird & Wonderful Weaving’ to ‘Mosaic Making’ there’s bound to be something on near you to engage children of all ages. Find…

ST DAVID’S DAY CELEBRATIONS RAISE £8170 FOR BBC CHILDREN IN NEED Celebrating St David’s Day in style, and raising money for a great cause, Lloyds Bank colleagues from branches across Wales raised £8170, for the Group’s charity of the year¹ BBC Children in Need.   From Friday 27th February to Monday 2nd March, colleagues from around Wales celebrated St David’s day by adding a dash of the Welsh colours into their usually plain green uniform and decorated branches with traditional…

Lloyds Bank branches across Wales will tomorrow begin a weekend of celebrations to commemorate St David’s Day.  From Friday 27th February to Monday 2nd March, colleagues in 104 branches across Wales will be putting on a full programme of activities to welcome in St David’s day, whilst raising money for BBC Children in Need. Over the weekend, branches will be fitted with the traditional St David’s day decorations of daffodils and flags, whilst colleagues will also add red to their…