Staff at a community-focused business filled 180 backpacks of essential items and teddies for children escaping violent homes. The first Buddy Bag pack at Payaro gave its team a hands-on insight into the charity they have pledged to support with £10,000 a year. Payaro directors Danny and Lee Dunne then delivered some…
Aberystwyth-based charity, Penparcau Community Hub, has ramped up the number of meals it’s providing to those in need thanks to M&S’s food redistribution programme. An innovative colleague app, launched in March 2020, is used to notify charities when surplus food is available, helping to increase donations and stop food going…
Renowned Welsh chef Angela Gray has backed City Hospice’s launch of Welsh Cake Wednesday. Angela, who runs a popular cookery school at Llanerch Vineyard, is supporting the initiative and has released her own special welsh cake recipe for people to recreate. Welsh Cake Wednesday creates opportunities for people to come…
A community fundraising challenge featuring over two hundred and fifty members of Rhiwbina Rugby Club, together with the support of many from Tetbury RFC and Whitchurch RFC, will support City Hospice in February. The 100kForHobbsy challenge was launched in support of Dai Hobbs, the vice-chair of Rhiwbina RFC, following his…
Leading PPE manufacturer Alpha Solway has donated a quantity of surplus quilted lining fabric from its Scottish factories to a textiles project in Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway. Local people are exploring ways of using the material to benefit vulnerable groups and during the lockdown period they have been creating ‘Quilted…
