Author: Rhys Gregory

An education expert and a campaigner for deaf children’s rights have been chosen to represent Wales in this year’s British Council international programme for young leaders, Future Leaders Connect. [aoa id=”1″] Owen Evans, director at Teach First Cymru, and Deborah Thomas, policy and campaigns officer at the National Deaf Children’s Society Cymru, will join fifty other future leaders from around the world. They will undertake nine days of advanced policy and leadership development at the Møller Institute at Churchill College, University of Cambridge. They will also visit Westminster to discuss today’s biggest global challenges, meet world leaders and have the chance…

To coincide with World Mental Health Day (Wednesday, October 10th), Cardiff Met is encouraging students to access support from the University’s dedicated Student Services team through a new campaign entitled ‘Just Tell Us’. [aoa id=”1″]The University has a team of expert professionals on hand to help normalise a wide range of student issues from mounting debt, to exam stress to housing issues to name but a few. The Student Wellbeing Team has doubled in size over the past year to meet demand, working closely with students to alleviate challenges and support those seeking help in relation to issues such as…

South Wales entrepreneur Stacey Adamiec is shortlisted at the National ‘Forward Ladies’ awards in Manchester this week as Social Entrepreneur of the Year. [aoa id=”1″]Founder Stacey who has been shortlisted to the final four women across the North West, Wales and Ireland, has a social business portfolio including mixed use incubator hub Revue, Female Entrepreneur platform ‘She Started it!’, and Regeneration Consultancy ‘10C’.[/aoa] Her unique social ventures have gained her a reputation for supporting the growth of local communities from mentoring startups, social enterprises and community groups, to her dedication to youth entrepreneurship as a role model in schools for…

Eight Welsh building projects are set to compete against entries from across the UK in the RICS Awards Grand Final. [aoa id=”1″]The annual RICS Awards celebrate the top property projects that provide real value to the communities they serve by making them a better place to live, study, work or visit. The eight categories include Building Conservation, Residential, Commercial property and Infrastructure, and there’s an overall esteemed ‘Project of the Year’ title, awarded to the development that demonstrates outstanding best practice and an exemplary commitment to adding value to its local area.[/aoa] 1. Yr Ysgwrn, Gwynedd (Building Conservation) 2. Zip…

The five firefighters, who hail from Stations right across the South Wales area, committed to an intense training schedule in preparation for the annual Challenge at Morton in the Marsh, Fire Service College. This weekend they were awarded with a superb 8th (for BA) position out of 24 competing teams and Bronze Award for overall team. With the Challenge focusing on the rescue of multiple casualties from burning buildings using special Breathing Apparatus kit, the team endured a complex scenario with multiple seats of fire and smoke as part of an extinguish and search and rescue situation. Crew Manager Clare…

Cardiff Bus customers are being offered travel advice due to road closures for the Wales vs Spain football match this week. The bus operator is advising customers of route alterations and bus stop changes on Thursday night as the Welsh national side take on Spain at the Principality Stadium. [aoa id=”1″] From 5.30pm until the last bus, road closures will be in place across the city centre as thousands of fans flock to the stadium for a 7.45pm kick off. During the sporting fixture, services, 8, 9, and 9A to Cardiff Bay and the Sports Village, along with the 13…

A football initiative which is improving the mental health of people living in Wales is to be expanded, thanks to a funding boost from UEFA. The announcement was made today by the FAW Trust, during Mental Health Week. [aoa id=”1″] The FAW Trust’s We Wear the Same Shirt scheme has been given a funding boost of 50,000 euros by the UEFA Hat-Trick Assistance Programme. We Wear the Same Shirt – which is supported by Time to Change Wales – has been running since 2015 with clubs Wrexham, Newport and Newtown all providing football sessions for people living with mental health…

Visit Mid Wales is to stream some of the region’s most amazing locations as it plugs into the emerging trend of ‘Slow TV’ as part of a Facebook Live campaign. The concept of Slow TV sees viewers tuning in for relaxation rather than entertainment. The genre involves ordinary events filmed in their entirety with the focus on this occasion being beautiful landscapes across Mid Wales. [aoa id=”1″]There will be a total of four streams on four consecutive days, starting on October 16, which will allow viewers to escape to Lake Vyrnwy (October 16) Ynyshir RSPB Reserve, near Machynlleth (October 17), Blaenhafren…

Thirteen current and former hairdressing and beauty apprentices who broadened their career horizons by taking part in work experience visits to Europe over the past five years were reunited at an event in Cardiff. [aoa id=”1″] The event at St David’s Hotel was arranged by Bridgend-based ISA Training, the largest independent hair and beauty training provider in Wales. Since 2013, the company has organised seven visits to Spain, Cyprus, Finland and Germany with funding support from the European Commission’s Leonardo and Erasmus+ programmes, which offer exciting opportunities for UK participants to study, work, volunteer, teach and train in Europe. [/aoa]…

A Cardiff-based chartered financial planning firm has purchased additional space as part of plans to grow headcount, turnover and geographic footprint across the UK. [aoa id=”1″] Bartholomew Hawkins will use the space to accommodate an increase in staff, as it looks to increase its current portfolio of more than £270m to £1bn within the next five years. Launched in 2006, the firm has gone from strength to strength, expanding its service offering from pensions and retirement advice to providing a full suite of wealth management services including investment management and estate planning. [/aoa] In the past six years alone, revenues…