Author: Alice Gregory

With Music in Mind, a Cowbridge based singing and social group, has been awarded £1,000 from Taylor Wimpey South Wales, after being announced as the winner of the homebuilder’s Community Chest competition. Running throughout May, the competition aimed to bring the Cowbridge community together, asking local people to nominate a charity, organisation or individual who they believe deserved a helping hand. After receiving over 145 entries, With Music in Mind were selected as winners of the competition. With Music in Mind is a local not-for-profit company for those aged 50 and over. The organisation has been running since 2015 aiming to…

A community choir left happy care home residents “all shook up” after belting out a series of hits. The Bangor on Dee Community Choir paid a visit to Pendine Park in Wrexham to perform a medley of popular songs, old and new. Artist in residence at Pendine Park Sarah Edwards said: “It was a lovely experience and the residents, who were aged from 20 to over 70, and staff really enjoyed it. “The Choir were excellent and they tailored their songs to suit everyone so it was brilliant, from Abba to Elvis, and it went down very well with some…

A local community event in the Riverside area of Cardiff saw people from across the local community flocking to enjoy a ‘Summer Fun Day’ last week, hosted by social housing and support provider, Taff Housing. Taff Housing, who owns and manages over 1500 properties across the capital city, held the free event for tenants and local residents from across Cardiff to enjoy an array of entertaining activities, whilst accessing advice and support. There was everything from circus skills workshops and face painting to yoga and a traditional Indian dance show. Everything was free including Indian snacks and fruit to take…

Leading company in portable and eco-friendly energy solutions EcoFlow has supercharged its support for St John Ambulance Cymru through a partnership which will help deliver an essential aspect of the charity’s work in Wales. This generous support will allow the first aid charity for Wales to create more lifesavers across the country through free first aid demonstrations in schools and local community groups. EcoFlow is a global company, specialising in portable power products, solar technology and smart home energy solutions. The sponsorship will cover the running costs of nearly 70 free first aid demonstrations over 12 months. The funding comes…

Fans of the Cardiff Devils ice hockey team are guaranteed to enjoy ‘off-piste’ celebrations this season thanks to a new partnership with the city’s apres-ski-inspired Heidi’s Bier Bar and more traditional Proud Mary Pub. The agreement for the 24/25 season will see both venues become the official go-to places for Cardiff Devils’ supporters, featuring exclusive game day offers and fan events.  And to celebrate the start of the Elite Ice Hockey League, Heidi’s on Mill Lane will host a Meet the Team evening on Monday 19 August from 6pm and under 18s are welcome until 9pm. Todd Kelman, managing director for…

A Methodist minister with a spinal cord injury has swum to France for a second time, 15 years after she first completed the challenge. Eleanor Reddington, 71, who lives in Colwyn Bay, completed a six-person Channel relay in 2009, having been injured in two separate car accidents. Her team landed in Dover after more than 16 hours at sea and raised more than £10,000 for the spinal injury charity Aspire.  As a result of Eleanor’s bravery, Aspire has organised Channel relays ever since and has raised more than £2 million from Channel swimming. On Sunday 4th August 2024, Eleanor joined…

On Monday, July 15, Y Pant School officially opened the new ‘Rose Barnes’ building. The new building, wholly funded by RCT Council is named in recognition of their long-standing former Governor, Mrs Rose Barnes, who has recently retired. Mrs Barnes attended the opening along with her family to receive a special thank you for her long service, have a first glimpse at the building named in her honour, and welcome learners into the new building. The new building will increase the school’s capacity in line with an increase in pupil demand. Having recently retired, Mrs Rose Barnes was a Governor…

Sixth form pupils at special education needs school, Ysgol Y Deri, have raised £26,393 in collaboration with Careers Wales to acquire essential resources for careers learning. The initiative was spearheaded by the school’s Post 16 Transition Lead, Stacey Long, and Careers Wales’ Business Engagement Adviser, Geraldine Doyle, who recognised that students would benefit from site visits to employers but were restricted by transportation barriers. The ‘Bus to Our Future’ campaign was led by the pupils themselves to fundraise for a new minibus. Local employers supported the campaign by helping the students with the skills they needed to achieve this. Pupils…

Aldi has donated £4,500 to charities in Wales to help support those in need during the school holidays. The donations form part of the supermarket’s wider Early Years Fund initiative with community giving platform Neighbourly which has seen more than 70 charities nationwide receive additional funds. Local charities received a donation of £500 each from the UK’s fourth largest supermarket to help support them ahead of the busy summer period, including: Cyfannol Women’s Aid YMCA Neath Family Breakfast – Margam Ministry Area Heol Chwarae Rol Ltd TA Role Play Lane Cwmbran Centre for Young People Friends of Herbert Thompson HENLLAN…

Peter Lynn and Partners Solicitors have facilitated the buyout of a dental practice in Swansea. Spearheaded by solicitors Alex Kurtz-Shefford and James Lewis-Hyndman, the duo oversaw the six-figure deal which enabled new owners, Gareth and Jack Hawkins to take the reins at the well-established dental practice. Formerly known as The Family Practice, it will now be named The Hawkins Practice and will continue to operate from the same address at 46 Morfydd Street, Morriston. “We are thrilled to have completed this transaction,” said Dr Jack Hawkins, Principal Dentist, “and I would like to thank both Alex and James for their…