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    Training project that aims to make screen sector more accessible gets funding boost

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    ‘Men and women are not built the same’: Fighting for female-friendly fitness gear

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    Netball participation among adults is growing as women seek a sense of community

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    Fibroid advocate takes the stage at Everywoman Festival to raise awareness of this common condition

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    The last act? Wales’ arts sector faces an uncertain future in challenging times

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    Fashion crisis unwrapped: The ‘rental revolution’ for Welsh consumers’ wardrobes

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    The last act? Wales’ arts sector faces an uncertain future in challenging times

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    Fashion crisis unwrapped: The ‘rental revolution’ for Welsh consumers’ wardrobes

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cost of living crisis

Long Reads

Will hunger pangs worsen this winter?

Food insecurity is at an all-time high, Alt Cardiff investigates as organisations in Wales brace themselves for their busiest frosty season
Public Life

As fresh food prices rise, nutritious food is becoming inaccessible

Now that winter is here, it is more important than ever to eat healthily, but lots of people in Cardiff can’t afford to, with one local business being forced to raise prices by 10%
Public Life

Cardiff community larder ‘open to all’ amid cost-of-living crisis

Organisers say ‘Take what you need or give what you can’ as troubling data shows one in six Welsh households experience food insecurity
Magazine

Alt.Cardiff Magazine: The Reptile Issue

With the energy bills in Wales increasing, this issue explores the impact it has having on an often-overlooked community: reptiles.
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Long Reads

The hidden impact of the cost-of-living crisis on women’s safety

Welsh Women’s Aid joins a coalition of women’s safety organisations that are concerned for women’s safety during the cost-of-living crisis.
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Social Life

Getting creative to avoid loneliness through the financial crisis

A number of people within the UK fear that they will experience loneliness during the cost of living crisis due to limiting their socialising costs
Work Life

‘It’s a bit of a risky time to go solo’, says nail studio owner setting up in the cost-of-living crisis

Self-taught nail technician Zoe Windatt decided to go solo and set up her own business after originally pursuing a master’s in forensic linguistics
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New podcast explores the hidden costs of sport participation

Jumping the Hurdles talks to Disability Sports Merthyr about a new fund which aims to support families of disabled children participating in sports
Free food event held at Cathays Community Centre in Cardiff.
Public Life

Free food given away by group in fight for ‘socialist Welsh republic’

Marxist organisation in Cardiff is holding free food events open to everyone based around its belief that nobody deserves to go hungry
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