A group of Cardiff and Vale-based businesses have come together to raise money and awareness for the Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA). Beginning with The Business Centre (Cardiff) Ltd who decided to host a Fundraising Extravaganza event between 7-9 May to raise awareness for the cleft lip charity. They reached out to local businesses and were blown away … Read More
Westbourne School’s GCSE Top 10 Tips
Our friends at Westbourne School have compiled a list of 10 top tips to help those preparing for the GCSE exams in the summer period to be on top form. Achieving the top spot for the best IB (International Baccalaureate) 6th Form and achieving Excellent grades in school inspections, it’s clear the school prepares its pupils well for sixth form … Read More
Local Marie Curie fundraising group hits £200,000
On 2 April 2019, a small gathering of diligent, dedicated and passionate volunteers, fundraisers and supporters gathered at Penarth’s Willmore’s 1938 café. Everyone was there to celebrate the local fundraising branch of Marie Curie successfully fundraising £200,000 over 16 years. As well as offering practical information and emotional support for anyone affected by terminal illness, their nine UK hospices give round-the-clock, … Read More
An eye for making a difference
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
The parent and baby group Shiny Happy People is coming to Penarth
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
Bereavement café to bring people together
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
Rock & Raise 2018 rocks Penarth and raises £8K for charities.
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 To Host Wales’ Most Prestigious Tennis Tournament In 2019
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
Access Penarth
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
Centenary celebration planned to remember repatriated WW1 prisoners of war from Penarth
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