Words by Hilary Bugler Those of us with a cataract would all be jumping at an offer of an operation for £40 if it were in the UK. It’s actually the remarkable cost to the Vale for Africa charity to conduct this operation in Tororo District of Eastern Uganda. Each year a small team of six optometrists travels for a … Read More
Shiny Happy People is a parent and baby/toddler singing group with a difference. Instead of being aimed at the little ones the focus is on you! Here’s how it all came about… We are Kate and Stef and we have been friends for almost 20 years. When we hit our joint 90th birthday in 2018 we decided that this was … Read More
A group to support bereaved people whose loved ones received support from Marie Curie in the Vale will hold monthly session to help others. The Marie Curie Cardiff and the Vale Hospice’s Family Support Team began hosting the Bereavement Café at its Bridgeman Road hospice on Friday, February 15. Running from 10am to noon, the café runs every third … Read More
Charity concert Rock & Raise 2018, held at the Paget Rooms on Oct 27th 2018 was a huge success with the night raising an incredible £8000 for three worthy Welsh charities. Compared by TV presenter Rhydian Bowen Phillips the evening featured five live acts, including popular South Wales band The Woods, singer-songwriter Chris Kelly, local & international rockabilly legend John Lewis, … Read More
Windsor LTC, Penarth will once again be hosting the only Welsh leg of the LTA British Tour in 2019. Running from Monday 6th to Saturday 11th May this tournament will be a showcase of top quality tennis including many professional players. Following the success of the inaugural event last year, which saw Windsor Penarth pick up the Tennis Wales Competition … Read More
A new campaign will launch in March 2019, aimed at making Penarth’s shops and services as accessible as possible to disabled people. For some years, the well-known Shop Penarth initiative has helped promote the value of supporting the local economy, through a well-established loyalty scheme involving offers in local independent shops. Now the scheme’s instigators Gwyrddio Penarth Greening (GPG) have … Read More
A Penarth historian who has been searching for the descendants of Penarth men taken as POWs during the First World War is planning a reception where some of the descendants can meet each other. Bruce Wallace, who comes from Penarth, has been researching the lives of the men after discovering his grandfather’s name on a menu card for The Penarth … Read More
Children’s hospice charity TÅ· Hafan is celebrating the first anniversary of its innovative upcycling project and is inviting business organisations to get involved and help create its stylish range of homeware, gifts, furniture and accessories. ‘Handcrafted by TÅ· Hafan’, which was launched last Christmas, takes donated stock and materials and re-uses and upcycles them into handcrafted gifts and furniture which … Read More
Nearly two dozen of Penarth’s independently owned shops and cafes came together on 5 December to offer residents and visitors alike an opportunity to indulge in some late evening festive retail therapy. One of the attractions on offer was a Christmas Hamper ‘prize draw trail’ – and on Saturday 22 December the lucky winner received their valuable prize comprising gifts … Read More
Westbourne School Penarth announces NEW league table success 2018 has proved a highly successful year for Westbourne School Penarth, the School is delighted to announce a host of national accolades including being named one of the National Schools of the Year in the Sunday Times School Guide published on November 25th. Latest Success: International Baccalaureate School of the Year … Read More
