Author: Rhys Gregory

St David’s Hospice is on the lookout for supporters who would like to take on an adrenaline-fueled challenge and shout ‘I’m a Hospice Hero, Get me out of here!” on the way down! Are you brave enough to follow in the footsteps of the celebrities and experience what it is like to abseil on the beautiful Isle of Anglesey? On Sunday 5th September, a team of Hospice supporters will abseil 120ft down the vertical rock face at Holyhead’s Breakwater Park to raise valuable funds for the hospice. At the top, you will be rewarded with stunning views of the park…

A former Welsh Water teacher has had her commitment to the development of education and sport in Rwanda recognised and been awarded a British Empire Medal. Mary Watkins, who spent 13 years working as a peripatetic teacher at the not for profit utility company, has worked tirelessly to develop and deliver education resources for school children in Rwanda.  This included developing resources for local children and helping train up future teachers in the area. Mary’s love of Africa stemmed from a trip with the charity Wateraid to Uganda in 2008.  The trip which included colleagues from Welsh Water visited communities…

ASW Property Services, a property services specialist covering Wales, the Midlands and the South West of England, has signed a three-year partnership with Valleys to Coast, a not-for-profit organisation that manages almost 6,000 homes, to provide reactive, void and planned maintenance services to its portfolio of properties. The partnership, which could be extended for a further two years making it five years, creates job security for more than 130 staff employed by ASW, and will enable the company to invest in apprenticeships. Some 45% of its workforce live within a 10-mile radius of Bridgend. It also provides certainty of a…

A hard-working Care Home Assistant and young mum from Treharris, South Wales can ditch the learner plates for a life in the fast lane after winning £1,000,000 on The National Lottery’s 50X Scratchcard. Sara Thomas (26) plans to pass her driving test and treat herself to a Jeep after scratching off the top prize whilst taking a well-deserved break on a work shift. Sara explained, “I popped to the local shop on my break to buy some bits and grabbed a Scratchcard whilst at the till. I don’t buy them often but I did get one a few weeks ago…

Music and theatre lovers in South Wales will be delighted to hear that producers of Cardiff’s Live Under the Starshave secured new dates for their inaugural live music and theatre attraction at Cardiff Castle this year. The event is now confirmed to take place from 2 – 11 August 2021. After being forced to delay their opening festival due to the winter lockdown, the producers of Live Under the Starshave now announced new dates for their series of live theatre and music events from the original date of March 2021 to August 2021. Live Under the Stars producers believe that…

Community Testing will be available for anyone over the age of 11, who DOES NOT have COVID-19 symptoms and who is NOT self-isolating, throughout most of April in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Community Testing will run from Wednesday, 7th until Friday, 30th April, and  located in Treorchy (Park and Dare Theatre), Aberdare (Coliseum Theatre), Pontypridd (Llys Cadwyn Building B) and Mountain Ash (Darren Las Community Building), with the centres open 7 days a week between 9am and 7pm. All centres are walk-ins with no appointment necessary, although last to queue entry will be 6:30pm. Further details are provided below. Community Testing will…

Caerphilly County Borough Council have reached a year of delivering free school meals to pupils around the borough. In March 2020, the Catering team were challenged to feed over 6,000 children and young people in the Caerphilly borough area who were eligible for free school meals. Sandwiches were provided for the first fortnight, until the team and local suppliers could organise frozen meal packs to be delivered to eligible households. Deliveries continued when the children went back in September until catering was safely reintroduced and have continued during the 2021 lockdown when school were closed. The delivery service operated for…

Establishing and arranging a productive and secure business environment in the contemporary world require new modernized approaches. And installation of access control systems is one of those solutions that will ensure convenient and hassle-free access of authorized people to the commercial object, limiting the probability of unauthorized persons entering the building. Configuration and functionality of access control systems are determined by the set business objectives that have to be attained. Such equipment is a quite justified investment since it is capable of monitoring, controlling, and regulating any single person who comes in and out, and it can be integrated with…

Landlords have goals, concerns, and challenges they face daily, different from hotel managers.  Getting into property rentals and management is challenging because there are many things to learn and issues to overcome. And you’re probably also juggling the rental-related responsibilities with a full-time job and handle all the issues that arise without asking for help or assistance. But this can overwhelm you in the long run because this role requires a lot of time and effort on your part. You need to run the rentals, attract and retain quality tenants, maintain and manage the property and ensure this side-gig contributes…

As the popularity of online casinos has increased, so has the number of games each casino website offers. The people behind casino websites recognise that they need to cater to audiences all over Wales and the world and by offering variety they are doing this well. The great news for people new to casinos is that the variety in games helps make sure there is something for everyone. You can even look at websites such as kasinomaisteri.com for ideas on where to play and what games you might enjoy. So, if you are a beginner at online casinos, what games…