02/10/2018

  Disney-themed World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event at M&S Cafés across Cardiff sees community come together to support those living with cancer Proceeds from limited edition Macmillan ‘Colin the Caterpillar’ cake, mugs and Café sales all contribute to total amount raised   M&S stores across Cardiff have raised £4,660 for Macmillan Cancer Support following a Disney-themed World’s Biggest Coffee Morning as well as lots of different fundraising activities throughout September.   Cardiff M&S customers joined millions across the country to…

17/11/2017

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…

08/03/2017

DO YOU KNOW ANYONE STRUGGLING WITH SPEECH AND COMMUNICATION? UniTalk, a small UK company have launched CHABBLE, a unique Communication and Translation Licence for Tablets and iPads. Chabble will revolutionise the way many people communicate who either have a condition that affects their speech and movement or who simply want to break down language barriers and be understood quickly without the requirement of costly interpreters. Chabble will enable thousands of people with neurological conditions such Stroke, Brain Injury, Aphasia, MS,…

08/02/2017

It was earlier this year and the Met. Office was debating what season it was. We’d had torrential rain more or less solidly from November through February. The leaves had fallen from their branches later than usual so there was a case for this being an extended Autumn. Or was it an early Spring? In his Canterbury Tales, Chaucer wrote “Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote, The droghte of March hath perced to the roote“(1). That may have been…