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
The Big D – Wellbeing and Mental Health
The topic of mental health and wellbeing has been gaining traction over recent years. What once was a taboo subject to society, has now turned its view on not only mental health but a range of conditions that can affect us all as human beings. This mainly has a lot to do with people talking about their experiences, and organisations … Read More
Protein: Back To Basics
Words by Joanne Crovini Back to Basics – Simple Changes Can Have a Big Impact Statistics show that 80% of New Year resolutions fail by February, so here we are in March and April having forgotten them altogether. Rather than repeating this process, why not do something different? If you’re lacking energy, … 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 Vale of Glamorgan Classical Music Festival celebrates its 50th Anniversary
The Vale of Glamorgan Festival celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a full programme of exciting events, bringing the best new classical music to venues across South Wales, featuring works by over 20 living composers to include Dobrinka Tabakova, Graham Fitkin, Ben Wallace, Robert Fokkens, Peteris Vask, and Steve Reich, as well as by the Festival’s own artistic director, composer John Metcalf. … Read More
Couch to 5k
For the first time ever there is a Welsh language Sofa to 5k podcast and app for Welsh speakers, and Penarth View’s Health and Wellbeing Influencer, Rae Carpenter is at the heart of it! Rae is the Personal Trainer for S4C’s FFITCymru which started at 8pm on Tuesday 2nd April for 8 weeks. She, along with 2 other experts, Sioned … Read More
A New Chapter For Beauty
The concept of Self Care became huge in 2018 and for once, it’s a trend I am VERY happy to back. I’m not one for trend; I back originality, ingenuity, and integrity, but when ‘life’ happens and shakes up your world, sometimes you have to start back at the beginning. What’s great is learning that self-care starts with taking care … Read More
An exhibition of thread paintings on the subject of home
An exhibition by two local Penarth textile artists Carol Bartlett and Haf Weighton which draws on the history of the area combined with contemporary art. Adre\Home will be exhibited at Penarth Pier Pavilion from 12 April until 30 May 2019. The exhibition’s opening party takes place 12 April at 7pm. Playwright Dafydd James who wrote Llwyth\Tribe and Tiger Bay will open … Read More
