The Welsh Blood Service has partnered with the FAW’s JD Cymru Leagues and Orchard Welsh Premier Women’s League to launch a brand-new campaign to encourage domestic football fans to donate blood.  Through its ‘Blood, Sweat and Cheers’ campaign, clubs are being encouraged by the Welsh Blood Service to engage with their supporters and local communities […]

Three school staff from the Vale of Glamorgan are in the running for recognition at the fourth annual Professional Teaching Awards Cymru. Tracy Mills and Gavin Packer from the Vale’s Youth Service, who provide support to young people in Whitmore High School and St Cyres, are finalists in the Youth Work in Schools category, while […]

Santa will be bringing his sleigh to Rhoose on Saturday 5th December in an event arranged by the Rhoose Community Spirit group. The festive fella will be taking a route from the Point, to the Hollies, down Fontgary Road and up through Fonmon, spreading Christmas cheer to children and adults throughout the village. A group […]

The Welsh Ambulance Service has honoured its staff and volunteers at its fifth annual staff awards ceremony. More than a dozen awards were presented to colleagues across Wales at tonight’s virtual ceremony, as well as a trio of special awards in celebration of the World Health Organisation’s International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. A moving […]

Art Central Gallery is set to reopen on Tuesday, with strict safety measures in place to protect visitors and staff. It will feature the Women’s Arts Association Wales (WAAW) multimedia exhibition, which showcases stunning work from female Welsh artists. The gallery has been closed during the pandemic and will begin operating again in a carefully […]

South Wales Police and the seven local authorities in South Wales have established Joint Enforcement Teams (JET) to continue supporting to the collective effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. Made up of police and council officers, the JETs will take action against individuals, businesses and licensed premises which blatantly fail to comply with the […]

The Vale of Glamorgan Council has begun processing self-isolation payments for those on low incomes who cannot work from home. Anyone who has coronavirus symptoms must book a test and self-isolate in their home until they receive the result. If that result is positive, they must self-isolate for 10 days from the start of symptoms […]

Traders in Penarth are encouraging residents to shop local this Christmas, by launching a festive Tenner Trail across the Town this weekend. It follows the success of last months Fiver Fest Campaign, with the Penarth Business Group announcing the new Christmas shopping initiative designed to highlight the diversity and value of what the Town has […]

Chatty Café is reviving in the coastal town of Llantwit Major in southeast Wales, thanks to funding from Comic Relief. The monthly free volunteer-run café is the work of More in Common Llantwit Major, the first of the the UK-wide More in Common Network to be established in Wales. The network is inspired by the […]

The plan to roll out the coronavirus vaccine in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan has bee unveiled. Local health bosses are planning to roll out the coronavirus vaccine in a therapy centre in Splott and two leisure centres in Pentwyn and Barry. The three mass vaccination centres are expected to open in the middle […]