Author: Rhys Gregory

Swansea Council is investing an additional £250,000 in supporting projects to provide food for children and young people during this summer’s school holidays. The extra cash will help provide around 50,000 extra meals to children in Swansea at risk of going without. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Welsh Government introduced temporary payments during the school holidays to families receiving free school meals, but these have now ended. To help support families, the council is funding projects that offer breakfast and lunch clubs as well as other food initiatives such as meals, food bags and vouchers. Existing foodbanks can…

THE LEADER of Neath Port Talbot Council, Cllr Steve Hunt, has congratulated Neath Cricket Club for attracting senior Glamorgan cricket matches to its Gnoll Ground for the second year running. The ground played host to two games, Glamorgan versus Lancashire and Glamorgan versus Hampshire at the Gnoll last Summer – and this year there are two more attractive games to look forward to. On Tuesday, August 8th, 2023, Glamorgan are due to take on Durham at the Gnoll and two days later the county will face Warwickshire in Neath – both games are part of a one day cup competition.…

Tourism projects across Wales have won a share of the Welsh Government’s £5m Brilliant Basics Fund to help deliver a first-class holiday experience, Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Dawn Bowden has confirmed this week. 29 tourism infrastructure projects in north, mid & south west and south east Wales have received investment from the fund, which helps deliver small-scale tourism infrastructure improvements. The fund, which is open to local authorities and national park authorities, also supports projects that improve accessibility and those that make their destinations more environmentally sustainable. 2023 is Wales’ Year of Trails which presents the tourism sector…

The National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth will be at the centre of the National Eisteddfod from August 5-12, offering a warm welcome to everyone to the stand at the Boduan site. A special exhibition will look at the history of the Welsh Women’s Peace Petition and the work of local photographer Guy Hughes, exploring the links between the two collections.  Hughes’ amazing collection of photographs includes the faces of some of those local women who signed the petition in 1923, bringing this amazing story to life.  For those looking for somewhere to have a break and entertain the children, there will be…

The Farmers’ Union of Wales has boosted the funds of mental health charity, The DPJ Foundation, with £50,000 after just over three years of fundraising. The charity was announced as the FUW’s presidential charity at the Royal Welsh Show in 2019 and the Union has held various fundraising activities in that time including farmhouse breakfast events, mountain climbs, walks and bingo nights to name a few. The FUW has worked with the DPJ Foundation since its inception in 2016, helping to not just raise funds but vital awareness of mental health issues in rural and farming communities. Former FUW President Glyn Roberts, who…

Global Underwater Hub (GUH), the representative trade body for the underwater industry, has announced the appointment of Andy Williamson as Business Development Director, and also Regional Manager for the South of England and Wales. With 30 years’ experience in the underwater sector and renewable energy industry, Mr. Williamson is responsible for driving new business and delivering the GUH strategy across the South East, South West, East Anglia, East and West Midlands, and Wales. Andy is an experienced commercial, major projects and economic development energy professional with a strong track record working with large corporations, start-up innovators, R&D institutes and governments,…

Following the launch of Popeyes® first restaurant in Wales in Cardiff city centre earlier this year, which saw customers queueing for 11 hours to get their hands on the famous Louisiana Chicken Sandwich, American fried chicken restaurant, Popeyes®, has announced Cardiff Bay as the location for its first Drive-Thru restaurant in Wales. Opening at 11am on Tuesday 29th of August 2023, the new restaurant will be the chain’s second opening in Wales – less than six months after launching its first Welsh restaurant on Saint John Street, which has served nearly 100,000 Chicken Sandwiches to hungry diners in the Welsh…

A change as simple as taking up cycling to work could provide Wales-based employees with an average annual saving of £1,309 – an increase of over £609 in the last year alone. Such crucial savings come at a time when the country is facing a cost-of-living crisis, leaving many concerned, anxious, and annoyed over the cost of travel. These findings come from research conducted by the BHN in partnership with Sapio for the 11th Cycle to Work Day. Simple changes for mega savings For those up and down the country worried about the unnecessary additional burden brought on by travel…

The National Lottery Community Fund in Wales announced this week that three groups – in Powys, Gwynedd and Pembrokeshire – have successfully applied for a grant to support their rural community. The grants, made possible by National Lottery players, have been awarded through the Rural Futures programme, which aims to support communities wishing to make a positive impact on the lives of people living in poverty in their small rural communities in Wales. One village that will benefit from a grant of £160,000 is Cwmllinau, near Machynlleth in north Powys. The committee of Neuadd Bentref Cwmllinau will refurbish the village…

Families visiting the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) near Machynlleth this summer can take part in a wide range of hands-on activities exploring nature, gardening, green building and more – all free with an entry ticket. Running throughout the school holidays, CAT’s events offer a wide range of creative and educational topics around sustainability, with different activities offered each day. In the Centre’s woodland corner, families can discover green woodworking and try their hands at a range of woodland crafts, while in the green building zone there are hands-on activities for budding builders and architects. Elsewhere, visitors can roll up…