Each year three in ten blood cancer patients will not find the potentially life-saving bone marrow match they need, which is why Julie Penketh from Ystrad Mynach and the Welsh Blood Service are encouraging more people to join the Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry. Since donating her stem cells three decades ago, Julie has continued to urge others to ask to join at their blood donor sessions or by returning a home-delivered, needle-free swab-kit, which can be ordered in minutes…
Hope Rescue, alongside other animal welfare charities, were called to assist with a multi-agency operation to help over 200 breeding bitches, stud dogs and newly born puppies from an unlicensed breeder in Carmarthenshire this weekend. The Hope Rescue welfare team attended the site and rescued 47 dogs from the most heart-breaking and appalling conditions they had ever seen. In total they rescued five mums nursing with a total of 18 puppies, five pregnant mums and a further 20 adults. The…
The British Red Cross has opened their doors again in the hope of a busy summer trading period. The charity’s shops, which have been closed since Wales’ lockdown before Christmas, and the start of England’s third lockdown on 5th January, are a major source of income for the Red Cross, as well as being the charity’s most visible presence in many of our towns and villages. South Wales Retail Manager Patrick Jackson says they’re a vital community resource and is…
Leading sustainable transport charity, Sustrans Cymru launches second online travel challenge to get workplaces encouraging their employees to walk, cycle or use public transport for their daily commute. The ‘Cymru Travel Challenge’ runs from 10th to 31st October with 77 workplaces and 877 individuals signed up so far to leave their cars at home and choose greener modes of transport. Each year physical inactivity costs the NHS in Wales £51 million and this challenge is aimed to address this, demonstrating how…
A new GoFundMe campaign for a cat sanctuary that was broken into and had its cats stolen has raised £12,500 in just one day The GoFundMe page was set up by Owen Williams from Ty Nant Cat Sanctuary, based in Cymmer, Port Talbot, after the sanctuary was broken into on Saturday evening (30 July), leaving many of its cats missing and stolen. One of the sanctuary’s rescue cats was later found dead nearby. Mr Williams wrote on the GoFundMe page: “All…
Former world record holder Colin Jackson was joined last night by many friends including Jamie Baulch, Sian Lloyd and Ian Gough at the 2016 launch of his Cardiff ‘Go Dad Run’ The annual event for men and boys to raise awareness of and funds for Prostate Cancer UK will take place in Bute Park on the morning of Father’s Day, June 19th and this year there will be a 10k as well as a 5k. Colin said “It was…
Butetown History & Arts Centre is in deep need of our help as it risks closing down very soon unless we all contribute to its sustainment this summer. The centre has been invaluable not only for the many communities who live around Butetown itself, but it was there to help and support the Italian Cultural Centre Wales both when we opened nearly a year ago and again for many of our events. It is a magnificent space to organise cultural…