The Yellow Welly Treasure Hunt will be returning this year, in a bid to support the work of RNLI Penarth’s volunteers. An estimated 56 businesses around Penarth will each display a yellow welly in their window, giving the community a chance to win great prizes. Participants will need to search Penarth to find each welly and then match up the … Read More
A 24-year-old mother- of- two who wanted to find a perfect balance between home and work life has shared her inspirational story in the hopes of encouraging others to achieve their dreams. Georgia Dawkin, who is originally from Penarth, has overcome many challenges within the past few years. Telling us a bit about herself, she said: “I’m 24 from Penarth … Read More
With the Summer Holidays starting and restrictions lifting, we’ve put together a list of free, fun things to do during the next six weeks around Cardiff and The Vale! 1: St Fagans Museum, Cardiff. Take a step back in history with an educational yet fun trip to one of Cardiff’s most loved attractions! 2: Rumney Park. Home to the biggest … Read More
With The Met Office having issued their first ever extreme heat weather warning, which is in place for the next few days, here at Penarth View we thought we’d share some great tips on how to stay safe and hydrated. Now restrictions have eased and we’re finally getting back into some form of normality, people are starting to make the … Read More
A new lighting system will be landing at Bryn y Don Skatepark in Dinas Powys, the Vale of Glamorgan Council has announced. The new cameras will only be activated when someone enters the park and will then switch off automatically at 9pm. The lights will bring a new form of safety for those who wish to use the park at … Read More
A striking orange and blue bench on Penarth Esplanade, put in place by RNLI Penarth and Vale of Glamorgan Council, is aiming to tackle loneliness and give people the chance to talk about mental health. The ‘Friendship Bench’, painted in RNLI colours, will be accompanied by a sign encouraging people to sit, have a chat and potentially make new friends. … Read More
Penarth Library has teamed up with WWF for a special nature-theme for this years Summer Reading Challenge 2021, in the hopes of inspiring others to stand up for the planet. You can take part in the challenge by signing up at your local library, which is completely free of charge. Your library will then help you find books to read, … Read More
A Bench overlooking Penarth Pier has been transformed in an aim to encourage the community to ‘sit, have a chat and potentially make new friends’. In the wake of a vast increase in the number of callouts to mental-health related incidents around the UK, The Penarth RNLI has teamed up with the Vale of Glamorgan Council to create the ‘Friendship … Read More
Families in Penarth are being encouraged to work alongside other families in order to fill pre-loved backpacks which will be forwarded to children in Africa. Mary’s Meals has launched their new ‘backpack project’ in a bid to make a difference to the lives of children living in Malawi. A meal is provided to 1,838,859 of the world’s poorest children every … Read More
The Turner House Gallery has launched a new open-exhibition, ‘a major open-entry art exhibition celebrating the creative talent from those living in Penarth and surrounding areas’. In order to submit your artwork, you must reside or work in Penarth or surrounding areas. This includes Cardiff and The Vale. Taking to their website for the announcement, The Turner House said: ‘At … Read More
