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    Review: Pontypool

    Splott cafe offers help with the ‘pressing’ need to talk more openly about death 

    Painting pottery at a craft session can improve mindful wellbeing

    Adults seek creative hobbies to relieve stress of daily life and to switch off

  • Work Life
    Work Life
    A group of people at an event in a public gardens which hosts live music and workshops about energy bills

    Cardiff companies are throwing away the rulebook and banding together to offset rising energy bills

    Business workshops set to help Welsh food and drink startups

    Service, Please zine

    How can a zine help Cardiff’s hospitality workers get unionised?

  • Active Life
    Active Life
    Young person helps an older person get into the Christmas spirit

    Volunteer to make an older person smile this Christmas

    A silhouette of a diver surrounded by fish

    Welsh dive centre is the first in UK to start a fitness programme tailored for divers

    A football pitch with female football players visible in the background

    LGBT football groups host panel event during Qatar World Cup

  • Public Life
    Public Life

    Festival celebrates women’s health and challenges misinformation

    Living Wage City status benefits women and people of colour

    Food and drink tourism

    Can a local food culture restore Welsh tourism?

  • Long Reads
    Long Reads
    Service, Please zine

    How can a zine help Cardiff’s hospitality workers get unionised?

    the overwhelming response to Canolfan Pentre's toy appeal as tables are flooded with gifts

    Toy donations for families affected by the cost of living

    Wales is one step closer to eradicating HIV

  • Magazine
    Magazine

    Alt.Cardiff Magazine:The Queer Edition

    Alt.Cardiff Magazine: The Grassroots Issue

    the overwhelming response to Canolfan Pentre's toy appeal as tables are flooded with gifts

    Alt.Cardiff Magazine: The Mental Health Issue

  • Podcasts
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SVG Racing
Active Life

In depth: Welsh racing team turns a corner

Swansea’s motorsport team, SVG Racing to expand line-up in 2016
Cardiff Character: Shakeel Murat taxi driver
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Cardiff Character: Shakeel Murat

Delve into the life of a taxi driver working the graveyard shift
Cardiff Mini Film Festival
Culture

Music video awards for local talent

Budget music videos celebrated at Cardiff Mini Film Festival
Lunchtime concert at St David's Hall
Culture

Enjoy lunchtime music concerts

Take a midday break and enjoy some great orchestral music
Food donations
Food

Food collections for local children

The Cardiff Ahlul Bayt Islamic Society is running a food drive for children in the city
29 Park Place banner
Food

29 Park Place now open

The ambience is games, food, drinks, books, and a variety of music
Modern life causing stress.
Culture

Voxpop: Stress and the city

With NSAD near, how do Cardiffians deal with stress?
Doctor Who Experience
Culture

Experience the new Doctor Who

The new Doctor Who Experience exhibit to begin 24 October
Cosplay in Cardiff
Active Life

Cardiff cosplayers to co-mingle

The upcoming Film and Comic Con will draw hundreds of cosplayers
Active Life

Track days near Cardiff

The Llandow circuit hosts track days for all sorts of vehicles
Alt.Cardiff

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Offbeat and alternative news & features in and around Cardiff produced by MA Magazine Journalism students at @cardiffuni. #CardiffTrained
In the winter, mental health can become a struggle In the winter, mental health can become a struggle and the pressures of the cost-of-living crisis following the pandemic have impacted the population. So how can charitable aid make a positive difference? Read the full feature on our website to find out more about the link between demand for charitable aid and mental health. https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/2023/12/22/toy-donations-for-families-affected-by-the-cost-of-living/ #costofliving #charity #donations #christmas
HIV and AIDS is a global epidemic but how is Wales HIV and AIDS is a global epidemic but how is Wales achieving the UNAIDS goals? Read the full story by Sophia from @screamingcrabsocials on Alt.Cardiff.com #aidsawareness #HIVinWales #CardiffHIV #hivtest
Despite some galleries in Wales setting up project Despite some galleries in Wales setting up projects to support young photographers, opportunities are in decline, leaving artists wondering if the career they dreamed about might ever come true. Read the full story here: https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/2023/12/14/is-photography-still-a-viable-career-for-young-welsh-talent/ Photo: Marcell Berendi Story by: @eszterg.journo #creativecareers #welshphotography
With the number of visitors to Wales having fallen With the number of visitors to Wales having fallen in recent years, Welsh Government are encouraging hospitality businesses to put more Welsh food and drink on their menus. How could this sustainable tourism strategy increase the number of visitors to Wales, while being environmentally sustainable? 🌎🍴 Read the full feature written by @hannahwildwrites by clicking the link in our bio. #tourism #food #localfood #sustainable
Christmas is a joyful and merry time of year… Un Christmas is a joyful and merry time of year… Unless you’re a rough sleeper. Cardiff is home to at least 30 rough sleepers who face abuse and freezing temperatures this festive season. People celebrating and having too much to drink can often be cruel to those sleeping on the street and the sub-zero temperatures take their toll on people’s health. Find out more about the struggles of rough sleepers in winter on @alternative.cardiff (link in bio). Written by: @hansatotejourno #cardiff #homelessness #christmas #homelessatchristmas #christmasmarkets #altcardiff
The Welsh are known to love a drink and many socia The Welsh are known to love a drink and many social situations often revolve around alcohol. Read the full feature about how authorities and organisations in Cardiff are working towards a better relationship with booze on our website! Story by @inthewordsof_eve #sobercardiff #alcoholawareness #social
One million food parcels are anticipated to be dis One million food parcels are anticipated to be distributed this winter across the UK. Wales, too, sees a rise in demand for community meals and other free food services. Read the full story here: https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/altcardiff/2023/12/12/will-hunger-pangs-worsen-this-winter/ #foodpoverty #costoflivingcrisis #winter #cardiff
This winter will see more families in the UK turni This winter will see more families in the UK turning to food banks for emergency food parcels than ever before. Read the full story on @alternative.cardiff to know more about how and why food insecurity is at an all time high now. #foodpoverty #costoflivingcrisisuk #winter #cardiffjournalism
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