Wales based project to receive a £5,000 prize and National Lottery Awards trophy from actor Michael Sheen on BBC One TV programme The team behind a Welsh project which commemorates the centenary of the end of the First World War will be honoured as the nation’s favourite Education project at this year’s National Lottery Awards show broadcast on BBC One. Representatives from the Armistice Cantata project celebrating success at the National Lottery Awards 2018 with TV Presenter Ore Oduba At…

Staff working for Bellway Wales – which has its divisional head office in Cardiff – have raised and donated an amazing £12,745 for Cancer Research UK over the past two years. Fundraising events were organised by employees from the Cardiff office in St Mellons and the division’s developments across South Wales and Gloucestershire, with the totals raised by staff boosted by double match funding from Bellway’s head office in Newcastle upon Tyne. Further events are now already being planned for…

A YOUNG graduate who started going to church because so many of the clients he cares for are religious is in the running for a top award. Ross Camacho’s dedication was rewarded when he was shortlisted as a finalist at the prestigious Wales Care Awards, know as the social care Oscars.  He began attending Cornwall Street Baptist Church near his Cardiff home last October and he was baptised this August at the age of 23. “Most of my clients, particularly…

BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) has announced the launch of its highly acclaimed Composition: Wales project for 2019, which will take place in January and February 2019 in BBC Hoddinott Hall led by conductor and composer B Tommy Andersson. For the past 17 years, the project has provided aspiring and talented Welsh composers with the opportunity to have their music rehearsed and performed in front of an audience. Composition: Wales has established itself as one of the most…

  On the 6th September the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in Wales, BAFTA Cymru, announced the nominations for the British Academy Cymru Awards, honouring excellence in broadcasting and production within film, games and television in Wales.   The announcement was made live for the second year running on Facebook by Elin Fflur.   The 27th ceremony will take place on 14 October 2018 at St David’s Hall, Cardiff and will be presented by Huw Stephens for…

The British Transplant Games have been held every summer since 1978 and are open to anyone who has been a recipient of a donated organ. In doing so, the games demonstrate the benefits of transplantation and the necessity for donor organs. They encourage transplant recipients to recover and regain their fitness after their operations and increase public awareness of the NHS Organ Donation Register while thanking and celebrating the generosity and compassion of donors and their families. Teams of recipients…

Schools across Wales, re-opening after the summer holiday this week, are being reminded of the Arts Council of Wales’ “Go and See” grant fund. This can provide grants to assist schools to attend quality arts performances, exhibitions or events. In addition this autumn, there is a final opportunity to take advantage of another fund – the “Wales Remembers” fund – which assists schools to attend or participate in events that commemorate the centenary of the First World War. Today, the…

      Forget the neighbour’s dogs and cats – some of the world’s most dangerous wild animals are living at private addresses in Wales From deadly snakes and crocodiles, to lions, leopards, bears and even an elephant –  Born Free reveals that nearly 5,000 dangerous wild animals are being privately kept right here in Britain A survey conducted by the Born Free Foundation has revealed that 4,798 dangerous wild animals are being privately kept in Great Britain – 306…

        BBC One announces The Elephant Man, a two-part drama starring Charlie Heaton (Stranger Things) as Joseph Merrick – better known as The Elephant Man. Commissioned by Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, and Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content, the 2 x 90′ series is produced by New Pictures and written by Neil McKay (Moorside). The Elephant Man follows the compelling and extraordinary life of Joseph Merrick from his working-class beginnings in Leicestershire, through the work-houses,…

    Between The Trees is a small, boutique, not-for-profit festival set in a 100 acre, woodland site in South Wales; the fabulous Candleston Castle Campsite adjacent to the picturesque Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, and UK’s biggest sand dunes. The festival has a unique theme of folk music, natural science, spoken word  and art. It aims to engage people of all ages with the natural world and to re-connect younger generations with the wonder and restorative qualities that woodland…