The Penarth-based sail training charity Challenge Wales is asking for nominations from the public to be in with a chance to win £1,000 as part of specialist insurer Ecclesiastical’s Movement for Good awards. Vicky Williams, Trustee says: “At a time when most fundraising has stopped due to the Coronavirus, £1,000 will make a huge difference enabling the charity to continue … Read More
On Friday 15 May at 7.30pm, a virtual comedy gig will take place to raise money for four local charities: Chapter, FareShare South Wales, Llamau and Dragon’s Heart Hospital. The line-up includes several Welsh comedians, including: BBC Radio 5 Live’s Elis James BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Newsjack presenter Kiri Pritchard-McLean 2019 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Jordan Brookes The event will … Read More
3 local women, Julie Johnson, Charlotte Court and Julia Bakshi, were due to do the Walk The Walk challenge in London this Saturday, 16 May, but which has understandably been postponed. Trained, ready and able to do this they have decided to walk the same distance in Cardiff – 26.2 miles – on Sunday 17, May. With a 5am start, … Read More
Celebrations in Penarth today on the anniversary of VE Day will look very different to those in 1945. These photos from People’s Collection Wales and Vale of Glamorgan Libraries show celebrations in a field behind Wandsworth Avenue, Plassey Street, and Grove Terrace and Grove Place. Although we may not be able to be with our veterans on VE Day, we’d … Read More
You may have already seen Penarth’s newest public sculpture taking shape at a new entrance to Dingle Park, Windor Road, one of the town’s gateways. Always interested to find out more, we’ve been talking to Ruth Spiller, Creative Designer at Bristol’s Cod Steaks, who won the public commission to design the sculpture, about the new addition. “This artwork celebrates the … Read More
The idea behind a VE Day Stay At Home Street Party is that people can still celebrate the day with their neighbours whilst observing social distancing and staying at home. FRIDAY 8th MAY VE DAY 75TH CELEBRATION 11am: 2 minutes silence on your doorstep 3pm: Churchill speech shown on TV, then grab your picnic blankets or garden table and head … Read More
Penarth’s independent bookshop, Griffin Books, is using online conferencing facilities to host a live weekly MEET THE AUTHOR event during lockdown. Events have already taken place with multi-talented writer Katherine Stansfield and Welsh poet, playwright and author Owen Sheers. This week (Wednesday 29 April) they will welcome BAFTA award-winning screenwriter and twice CWA Gold Dagger nominated novelist, MATTHEW HALL into their virtual bookshop. Matthew will … Read More
Stella Grace Lyons, an art historian from Penarth has diversified her business in the space of a month and opted to donate the proceeds of her next online lecture to Age Cymru following the outbreak of Coronavirus in the UK. Like many, Stella, who is an accredited lecturer with The Arts Society, found her work and livelihood disappearing in March … Read More
The last surviving veterans of the so-called Arctic Convoys will be receiving medals to mark the anniversary of the final naval escorts of World War Two. Harold Boudier, 94, from Penarth, was on the last wartime supply voyage to Russia from a naval base in Scotland, which he joined 75 years ago today. The contribution of the Merchant Navy and … Read More
Glebe Street’s Crêpe Escape celebrates their fourth birthday this weekend, and Alison shared this message on Facebook: Today is our 4th Birthday and what a 4 years it has been! Never would I have thought we would have spent it closed in the middle of a pandemic. There have been some amazing highs and some extreme lows and it has … Read More
