Charity News
New online research from Diabetes UK, to mark the start of Diabetes Week 2018 (11 – 17 June), has revealed that one in three people in Wales (37 per cent) would seek advice online first over talking to a GP about a health concern.
Macmillan Wales has welcomed a Welsh Government plan for health and social care, but warns the immediate challenges facing cancer care services should not be overlooked.
National housebuilder Redrow Homes is pleased to announce the opening of the first show home at their Cae St Fagans development on June 16th. To add to the excitement of the weekend there will also be a few special guests in attendance.
A 9-YEAR-OLD girl who lost her beloved dad after his three-year battle with brain tumours is to step out in his memory.
Volunteer fundraising groups across Wales have been thanked by Marie Curie nurses this Volunteers Week – for raising an incredible £2 million between them for the terminal illness charity.
Charities RSPB Cymru and Buglife Cymru have been presented with a cheque for £38,195.89 by former Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Councillor Bob Derbyshire.
Staff based at the Cardiff office of Legal & General, have joined forces with charity Royal Voluntary Service to do a trolley round every Friday afternoon at Velindre Cancer Centre.
Families from Caerphilly climbed up the highest mountain in South Wales, to reach the summit of Pen-y-Fan last Sunday (3 June), to raise money for disability charity Sense.
The terminal illness charity Marie Curie is calling on people across Mid & West Wales to throw a Blooming Great Tea Party this June. Whether it’s a traditional tea party, bake-off style competition, or coffee and cake with a few of your nearest and dearest, all the money you raise will be helping terminally ill people get the support they need when they need it most.
Modern fears are creeping into people’s lives, leaving them scared stiff, according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF), with over half (51%) of residents in Wales admitting they would sooner live with clowns than be without phone signal for a month.