Author: Rhys Gregory

A young Swansea-based artist has been chosen to produce a celebratory wall mural for Viscose Closures to mark its seventieth year in the Welsh city. They will also receive a year-long scholarship with an esteemed local artist and illustrator. Talented artist Ollie Pfeifer, 23, won the coveted Jeff Phillips Arts Scholarship 2021 and will receive a bursary to study under Jeff for twelve months. Sponsored by manufacturer Viscose Closures, the Jeff Phillips Arts Scholarship forms part of the Swansea Past, Present and Future Arts Festival taking place throughout the year. Originally from Brighton, in 2020 Ollie began employability training with…

Online gaming has been experiencing constant growth in recent years. Finns have been interested in gambling for decades before iGaming appeared on the Internet. Digitalization, on the other side, has created an environment that is conducive to online casinos, which is why there is such a broad range today. At first, it can be difficult to know which online platform to trust. Netti-casino.biz is a project that has been relaunched in February 2021. It’s aimed at making it easier for Finns to gamble by helping to find reliable online casinos in Finland. The revamped platform includes reviews of licensed casinos,…

A dog rescue and rehoming charity in Llanharan has been voted Loteri Cymru’s new charity partner after winning the hearts of the people of Wales. Hope Rescue received 3,085 votes from the Welsh public, fighting off 22 other charities to join Loteri Cymru’s charity roster. The new charity partnership was announced by the all-Wales lottery on St David’s Day as it celebrates another year of raising money for charities across Wales. Hope Rescue will receive an upfront donation of £5,000 together with ongoing financial support, thanks to lottery players in Wales who for £1 a week help raise vital funds…

The Carneddau Landscape Partnership launched the first round of the Cronfa Gymunedol y Carneddau grants programme today. Grants of between £200 and £5,000 are available for small to medium-sized community projects that align with the Carneddau Landscape Partnership’s aims. From 1 March 2021 the Partnership would welcome expressions of interest for the Cronfa Gymunedol y Carneddau programme. The programme is open to non-profit groups and organisations in and around the Carneddau area – including public bodies, community groups and partnerships. This is an opportunity to put ideas for pioneering and creative projects into action and help people to discover, conserve,…

Staff from one of Wales’ leading apprenticeship providers are encouraging the apprentices and businesses they work with across Wales to join them virtually to walk the 291-mile Cambrian Way Path for charity. Cambrian Training, which has offices in Welshpool, Llanelli, Builth Wells, Holyhead and Colwyn Bay, has launched the company’s 2021 fundraising challenge for Marie Curie. The choice of St David’s Day is particularly fitting as it’s the day when Welsh people celebrate their patron saint by wearing a daffodil, which also happens to be the emblem of Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end of life charity. Marie Curie provides…

Apprentice Connor Paskell’s career has taken off since joining British Airways Avionic Engineering (BAAE) in Llantrisant. Connor, 21, who lives in Llantrisant, was determined to pursue a career in engineering, but having failed to find a suitable opportunity began working in a children’s day nursery. Keen to pursue his dream career, Connor enrolled on a full-time engineering course at Coleg y Cymoedd whilst continuing to work part-time at the nursery. His commitment paid off, completing a BTEC Enhanced Engineering qualification with a distinction and winning the college’s Engineering Apprentice of the Year Award. Connor joined BAAE in 2018 and is…

The Royal Mint is searching for 95 lucky Brits turning 95 years old this year to gift them a special Queen’s 95th Birthday £5 commemorative coin in honour of Her Majesty’s birthday.  The Queen, who will reach the age of 95 on April 21, will have her birthday marked by The Royal Mint, who have struck a range of coins, featuring two new designs, for the occasion. All the 2021 UK coins in the new collection bear the inscription ‘My Heart and My Devotion’, referencing the promise The Queen made in 1957 and has kept ever since.  There are two…

Graduate Sophie Williams was aiming for a teaching career until she witnessed the beneficial impact that fostering has on the lives of children and their biological parents, who are given a chance to get their lives back on track. After experiencing fostering first hand when her mum, Lesley, became a foster parent, Sophie decided to strive to become a qualified social worker. Sophie, 24, who lives in Hirwaun, had already graduated from Swansea University with a degree in French and Spanish and had planned to do a Postgraduate Certificate in Education. However, she opted instead to become an apprentice with…

Dear Editor,  March is usually a month in our calendar that is hopeful of the spring and summer to come. But this year March holds a different significance, marking the anniversary of when the UK first went into a nationwide lockdown.  The last twelve months have been challenging for so many and as a charity dedicated to caring for people at the end of their life and supporting the bereaved, Marie Curie has witnessed the impact of the pandemic first-hand. While we can start to see glimmers of hope and lockdown easing, millions of people have been bereaved, many unable to properly say goodbye to loved ones or…

THE Lord’s Taverners Wales has presented Llanelli school Ysgol Heol Goffa with a specially adapted minibus to enable pupils to engage in more community activities. The special school, which caters for pupils aged three to nineteen with a range of additional learning needs, is looking forward to welcoming its students back as soon as restrictions allow so they can enjoy the opportunities that the minibus now offers. Alongside out of school activities such as attending leisure facilities, therapies and work experience, the minibus will allow the school to continue to provide their pupils with the opportunity to attain their Duke…