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    A popular country music night in Cardiff brings fans together to make new friends

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    Local Welsh art projected on station as part of a huge Light of Winter trail

    Author and storyteller launches typewriter-for-hire service in Cardiff market

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    Two chefs to open a restaurant after the decline in Wales’ hospitality industry

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    How Welsh musicians are using social media to keep the spirit of bilingual music alive

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

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    Local yoga instructor sees a rise in men embracing yoga classes to improve wellbeing

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

    AI Generated image of an empty theatre

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

    A cluttered wardrobe that could use the help of rental fashion

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

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Public Life

Cardiff-based company launches new initiative to help young people at risk

Fighting Homelessness has launched a sports programme designed to identify young people at risk and prevent them from turning to crime
Long Reads

Joy to all men? Why Christmas is such a dangerous time to be homeless in Cardiff

Christmas is a time of generosity, with shoppers and people celebrating flocking to the city centre, but what about the locals that usually make the area their place of residence?
Public Life

Welsh charity report will help neurodivergent people access homelessness support

The report will reveal the links between neurodiversity and homelessness in Wales and is due to be presented at Dyddiau Du on 7 December
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Project fights back against recent rise in homelessness in Wales

On its first anniversary, Fighting Homelessness is sponsoring youth football teams in a bid to tackle the crisis
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Long Reads

‘I’m afraid to put my heating on’: The impact of losing £20 a week in universal credit

With the universal credit uplift introduced in April 2020 now removed, many South Wales residents say they face a long, harsh winter
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One in three people in Wales will be affected by the housing crisis and homelessness

Shelter Cymru works to end homelessness by directly helping those affected and informing the public about the housing emergency
Magazine

Alt.Cardiff Magazine: The Good in Pandemic issue

As the year 2020 brought its challenges, we look at some of the positive stories the pandemic produced
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Long Reads

Hidden homelessness rises in Wales as the pandemic leaves people with no place to go

Homelessness is not simply sleeping on the streets. But recent restrictions have surfaced more people who need help finding a home
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Homeless Hope sidesteps Covid-19 disruption by creating Amazon wish list for donations

Homeless charity turns to online wish lists, boot amnesties, and fundraising grants to ensure those most vulnerable are kept safe this winter
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Welsh government provided a grant to convert office space into apartments

A housing association is creating new permanent studio flats for homeless people in Newport that will also provide on-site support downstairs
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