Author: Rhys Gregory

The New Saints FC’s Foundation is expected to provide over 650 free meals to children across Shropshire in the coming weeks as part of their Holiday Activities and Food Programme. The Foundation’s free ‘HAF’ programme will see children across the community looked after for up to 8 hours a day during the Christmas break, totally free of charge. Those attending for the full 8 hours will receive two free meals alongside a variety of snacks and beverages over the course of the day. Each day of the programme will see hundreds of children given the opportunity to try a wide…

A North Wales guest house owner and amateur radio enthusiast doubles as a vital communications link in the UK’s regional disaster response team. In the event of a major man-made or natural disaster knocking out electrical supply and taking with it the landline and mobile phone systems David Morgan and fellow radio hams are ready to leap into action to provide a back-up communications network. David and his wife, Sandy, have run The Northwood Guest House, on Rhos Road, Rhos on Sea, with its nine bedrooms for the past 20 years and combine looking after their guests with their hobbies…

Youngsters at two primary schools in Gwynedd have been getting creative at pizza-making sessions under the expert eye of a top chef. Stephen Griffiths, Development Chef at Harlech Foodservice, one of Wales’s leading food distribution companies, called in at Ysgol Bro Lleu, in Penygroes, and at Ysgol Glancegin, Bangor, to help pupils turn out Italy’s answer to Welsh rarebit. He had prepared a ball of pizza dough for each child and for staff members to join in, rolling them out and topping them with cheese, tomato, mushroom, sweetcorn, peppers, salami and even pineapple. They clearly enjoyed their work under his…

A young cornet player from Ruthin whose great-grandfather switched his shift for band practice and escaped the 1934 Gresford Colliery Disaster has joined fast-growing North Wales law firm Swayne Johnson as part of their private client team. Eleri Roberts is one of two new recruits as the firm, which has just announced the opening of its first Flintshire office in Mold, continues to expand. The opening of the office in Mold created vacancies in Denbigh and Eleri, who lives in Llanfwrog, and colleague Winter Loseby, from Chichester, in Sussex, have been added to the strength. Eleri, 24, a member of…

The first of Cardiff Council’s new build state-of-the-art Community Living developments for older people has been officially launched this week. Cardiff Council Leader, Huw Thomas, and Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities, Cllr Lynda Thorne, were joined by Welsh Government Minister for Climate Change, Julie James MS, and Wates’ Regional Managing Director Edward Rees with Development Director Stuart Jones at Addison House to unveil a plaque marking the official opening of the new scheme – the first of ten new build schemes being delivered by the Council as part of itsinnovative development programme. The new schemes respond directly to the needs identified…

A project aiming to teach Swansea people with learning difficulties how to cook healthy, low-cost meals is in need of funding donations. Amanda Roberts, of Your Voice Advocacy, is looking to raise at least an extra £2,300 in the next month or so to ensure the project can go ahead. The plea for more funding donations follows Swansea Council already pledging close to £2,500 to the project through its Crowdfund Swansea Fund. Led by Amanda, weekly cookery workshops are planned for project participants, where they’d learn skills including cooking, food hygiene and healthy low budget meal options. If the project…

More than 280 young people have been presented with Bronze, Silver or Gold awards at the 2023 Neath Port Talbot Duke of Edinburgh’s Award presentation evening held on December 14th, 2023 at Port Talbot’s Princess of Wales Theatre. Cllr Nia Jenkins, Neath Port Talbot Council’s Cabinet Member for Education and Early Years, said: “The Neath Port Talbot, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme provides an excellent opportunity to discover new interests, gain confidence, build new relationships, work as a team and much, much more. “Award scheme winners gain an experience they will never forget, it’s something which will have an impact…

The second phase of work to establish the Rhondda Fach Active Travel Route is underway – with phase one, a new shared path between the old colliery site and the gateway memorial in Maerdy, due for completion before Christmas. The overall project will create a 7km shared pedestrian and cycle route between Maerdy and Tylorstown, with its delivery split into five main phases of work. The Council has currently secured Welsh Government funding to construct the first two phases, and to progress the design and development of the remaining three phases which will be constructed in the future. This investment…

Meals Direct staff have teamed up with Caerphilly Cares to deliver a supply of beautiful crochet blankets, handmade and donated by volunteers from the Caerphilly Miners Centre. This forms part of the wider response to the cost-of-living crisis where CCBC funded the provision of a supply of warm packs to support vulnerable residents to stay warm in their home or when venturing outdoors this winter. Co-ordinated by the Council’s Caerphilly Cares Team, approximately 900 packs have been distributed so far during this Autumn and Winter period, with each pack including items designed to “heat the human, not the home”, such…

Monmouthshire will soon boast a new family volunteering programme. Family Volunteering Club makes it easy for children aged 0-9 and their grown-ups to help at important causes on their doorstep. Monmouthshire County Council wants to help create a society in which every child grows up feeling connected to their local community and understands the positive role they can play in helping change issues that matter to them. The programme will include eight fun and impactful child-friendly volunteering sessions hosted by local charities. Sessions will be free and suitable for ages 0 – 9, plus their grown-ups, bringing local families together…