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
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
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
Words by Ceri Maunder and Kate Richards Spring is in the air and it goes without saying it’s one of our favourite times of the year –The great Spring Cleans begin. Do you ever wonder why we spring into cleaning mode as the last of the winter days leave us? There are some interesting thoughts out there as to … Read More
Words By Sang-gyé As part of our Health and Wellbeing feature, we asked Sang-gyé to tell us a little bit about Tibetan healing massage and it’s benefits to the mind and body. With over 20 years of experience and clients who walk out of her sessions feeling like they’re ‘walking on air’, we had to find out more!  Tibetan … 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
24th – 30th September is World Reflexology Week, what better time to find out more about this wonderfully relaxing complementary therapy and see if its something you might like to try. Penarth View quizzed Penarth-based Reflexologist Jane Lorimer when we recently sampled a Taster Session. Jane established her clinic Hand to Heal in 2017 which can be found in the leafy … Read More
