With Horatio’s Garden Wales under construction at the University Hospital Llandough, the charity is absolutely delighted they are the beneficiary charity of this month’s BBC Lifeline Appeal as it will, with luck, enable them to create more gardens at NHS Spinal Injury Centres.
A competition has been launched in a bid to keep local areas around Wales clean. Keep Wales Tidy, a charity working within Wales to protect the environment, are encouraging young people to pick up and dispose of litter properly. Running until Friday 17th September, members of the community are asked to post over Keep Wales Tidy’s social media pages with … Read More
Age Connects Cardiff and the Vale and Burns Pet Nutrition continue to work in partnership for the good of the community. This September, Age Connects will be running its very first charity dog walking fundraiser and encouraging dog owners to sign up, get active and Take the Lead to help end the loneliness and isolation faced by vulnerable older people. … Read More
A new vet practice has officially opened at Cardiff Dogs Home, offering affordable care for dogs. Cardiff Dogs Home has partnered with Rescue Hotel to launch the new scheme, with The Rescue Hotel Charity and charity ambassador, Sam Warburton, having opened the new Health Centre on Saturday 21st August. The scheme aims to keep prices as affordable as possible so … Read More
A 63-year-old man is set to cycle 200-miles in a bid to raise money for Cowbridge Tennis Club and Prostate Cymru. Nigel Osborne, a Cowbridge Tennis Member, has planned to cycle from Caernarfon to Cowbridge with the hopes of raising £15,000 for Cowbridge Tennis Club and a contribution to Prostate Cymru. The cycle will start on the 17th September and … Read More
A local charity shop is celebrating their 10 year anniversary today here in Penarth. Tŷ Hafan, situated on Stanwell Road, took to Facebook this morning to thank their ‘wonderful staff and volunteers’. Also thanking their customers and donors, they added: ‘As we receive just over 5% of our funding from the government, by supporting our shop YOU make a difference!’ … Read More
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
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
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
As many around Penarth are aware, Glass By Design owners Angelina and Cathy create beautiful monthly window displays. For their next display, they have chosen to support a wonderful charity in the hopes of raising awareness around the importance of supporting the bumblebees. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust was established after concerns surrounding the decrease within the bumblebee population came to … Read More
