Author: Rhys Gregory

Hugh James and Wales Netball are delighted to announce they are joining forces to drive participation and equal playing opportunities for women and girls. The exciting new partnership supports the Welsh Feathers ahead of the upcoming Netball World Cup in South Africa and contributes much-needed funding that will go towards delivering a World Cup legacy project to increase participation across South Wales communities. As official community partners, the Cardiff headquartered law firm will support Wales Netball’s Fit, Fun and Healthy Camps focused on tackling barriers to participation with free lunches and period products, as well as bringing added equipment and…

Cardiff walkers have been urged to put their best foot forward in aid of Parkinson’s UK Cymru. People in the nation’s capital are invited to join the charity at Bute Park on October 8 for a fundraising walk to help fund vital research to find better treatments and a cure for the condition. Walk for Parkinson’s is the charity’s national community fundraising series, and everyone is encouraged to get involved to get active, meet new people, and help fund life changing research. The Walk for Parkinson’s event offers a range of distances around the beautifully landscaped gardens and rich parkland…

A mum with sight loss has taken on a sports challenge with a difference, thanks to a new initiative from Ospreys Community Foundation. Mona Jethwa, 36, from Neath, stepped onto the pitch at Llandarcy Academy of Sports on 4th July to try her hand at Visually Impaired (VI) rugby for the first time. Mona was diagnosed with keratoconus and dry eye syndrome when she was 18, and her sight continued to deteriorate through her twenties. “I used to play a lot of ball sports when I was younger, and won lots of trophies and medals in tennis, football, rounders, cricket…

Vantastec, the UK’s leading fridge van, temperature controlled vehicle and conversion specialist, has become employee-owned as the Ystrad Mynach-based business prepares for further growth. With funding provided by the Development Bank of Wales, all 38 employees now form part of an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) that takes a 51% stake in the business that was first set-up by Directors Colin Smith and Gareth Edwards in 2006. Vantastec was advised by GS Verde. Operating throughout the UK, Vantastec specialise in refrigerated van conversions but is expanding rapidly with a range of catering vans including bespoke vehicles for meals on wheels. As…

With the long school holidays looming, many families are dreaming about a well-earned break together, maybe soaking up the sun somewhere hot or getting stuck into activities closer to home.   However, for families where the parents have separated, the long summer break can prove to be something of a minefield when it comes to arranging childcare.  Research carried out by legal services group Slater and Gordon found that only 5% of separated couples have a formal childcare arrangement in place when it comes to summer holidays.  Of those that said they don’t have a formal arrangement in place, 37% said…

A two-day event celebrating the countryside will create a major boost for the North Wales economy with record-breaking sales of £12 million being forecast. Organisers of the second ever Welsh Game Fair on the weekend of September 9 and 10 are expecting to double attendance after the inaugural event last year at the Faenol Estate near Bangor attracted 10,000 visitors. The show, organised in association with the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, will cover everything from angling and axemen to conservation, shooting and wildlife, all on Faenol’s magnificent 500 acres overlooking the Menai Straits. James Gower, chief executive of Stable…

The first turf has been cut on the site of the new school in Dyffryn Aeron and the building work is now underway. A ceremony was held to note the start of this work on Monday, 10 July 2023, with Councillors, Officers, pupils from the local schools and the contractors present on the site near Felin-fach. This new area school will provide first class, modern facilities and equipment for primary age children who currently attend Ciliau Parc, Felin-fach and Dihewyd schools. The building will be suitable for 210 pupils, with additional capacity for ALN, Welsh Language and pre-school provision, as…

Wales’ Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething, attended a roundtable discussion today with Atradius, ABI and other Financial Services industry leaders to discuss the future of the triple-award-winning Welsh Financial Services Graduate Programme, when funding via the European Social Fund ends later this year. In attendance at the roundtable discussion with Vaughan Gething included Stuart Ramsden (UK & Ireland regional director), Anne Middleton (head of HR), and April Lester (Senior HR Business Partner) from Atradius, business leaders from ABI (who organised the session), and members of the Financial Services consortium including Ian Praed of Pepper Money, Simon Stevenson from NFU Mutual, Lisa…

A new state of the art MRI scanner is online in Morriston Hospital and already benefitting patients. The General Electric machine cost around £3 million but is a significant and much needed investment that will enhance the quality of the care the hospital offers patients. The new technology allows radiography teams to take far more detailed images in a fraction of the time that older generation scanners needed. Not only does this help clinicians to be more accurate in their diagnosis and treatment of patients, it also allows patients to be scanned more quickly – cutting waiting times. Superintendent radiographer,…

Five staff members from a leading health and social care provider recently trekked to the top of Yr Wyddfa to raise money for a mental health charity. The team of colleagues from Cygnet Health Care were raising money for Mind, a national charity which supports individuals suffering with their mental health. Cygnet runs health and social care services to support individuals with mental health needs, learning disabilities and autism. Liam Cain, Nathan Cain, Jack Besam, Kirsty Aston and Tenesha Smith all work for the Cygnet Health Care division at the Sedgley House and Cygnet Sedgley Lodge services. The group climbed…