The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales along with The Wildlife Trusts are delighted to join forces with some of the UK’s well know TV stars in a new Wildlife Trust film trailer. Sir David Attenborough, Stephen Fry, Catherine Tate, Alison Steadman and Asim Chaudhry have backed a new campaign from The Wildlife Trusts that calls for nature’s recovery in Wales and the UK. The broadcaster and conservationist, and actors have starring roles in a new Wind…

A Welsh music festival that has seen significant growth in recent years will open its doors for an extra night this year following its biggest turnout in 2018. Organisers of Tafwyl have partnered up with Wales’ first music distribution and promotions company, PYST to present an evening of music, arts and street food in Cardiff Castle on Friday 21st June, 2019. With free entry, the evening promises to pull in crowds ahead of the weekend event with an impressive line-up…

On Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th March, hundreds of residents from Wales took part in the UK’s annual Learn to Play Day event. Organised by the charity Music for All, people of all ages visited music venues, schools, and stores across the county, to try their hand at a new skill and take advantage of the free music lessons available. In Wales, participating venues included PMT Cardiff, Spider Music Ltd in Swansea and Pencerdd Music in Penarth, who partnered with…

 National Youth Arts Wales – Making a difference in the lives of young gifted musicians and performers in Wales Since its creation in 2017, National Youth Arts Wales (NYAW) has proved its success as the lead organisation now responsible for delivering Wales’ six national youth ensembles, whilst also delivering a year-round programme of exceptional creative experiences and opportunities for young people in Wales, regardless of their background. The newly reformed NYAW is leading the way in providing exceptional opportunities in…

The Open University in Wales is calling on former students and staff from the past 50 years to get in touch and share their memories. This year marks half a century since the OU was founded by Harold Wilson’s government. It was the Labour Prime Minister’s vision to create ‘A University of the air’, where students could earn a degree from their own homes, in their own time. This flexible form of learning was seen as a way to open…

FIVE WELSH CHARITIES TO RECEIVE SHARE OF £1.25 MILLION DONATION The ScottishPower Foundation has announced this year’s recipients of its annual award fund. Five charities in Wales will share a part of the £1.25 million pot to help them make a positive difference to people’s lives in many diverse communities in the country. The five charities in Wales who have been chosen by the ScottishPower Foundation include a United-Nations style climate change awareness and action initiative for young people, a…

You are coming home to Cardiff, playing at the St David’s Hall on March the 3rd, what can we expect? Well, I’ll be putting some more hits that I did the last time because of the title of the tour, Greatest Hits and more. There’ll be other songs in there as well. There will be some songs from Echoes Of Our Time and also tracks that I haven’t done or included in the sets for quite a while. Some of…

The big On Your Bike for Barnardo’s charity cycle ride returns this spring and this time there will be an extra event just for families. In addition to the usual 35 mile route through the Vale of Glamorgan there will be a six mile family ride around Cardiff Bay for the first time so that everyone can join in the fun. Both rides take place on Sunday May 12 and money raised will go towards helping some of the most…

Revo, the organisation that represents the retail community, has launched a new competition to find budding entrepreneurs in retail Winners will be given free space at St David’s Dewi Sant; business support and help marketing their concept No restrictions on entering, welcoming pop-ups and online-only stores wanting to experiment with physical retail Landsec is taking part in a major campaign to find the next generation of retail talent by offering free space and marketing support to stand-out retail concepts at…

    Carl Marsh talks with the musical legend that is Peter Hook. He is touring with his band Peter Hook & The Light at the Tramshed in Cardiff on the 23rd February. You will know that he was in Joy Division and New Order, and he will be playing tracks from two New Order albums called Technique and Republic, while he may get to do a few Joy Division ones also. Your new tour will be having you perform…