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Eight Welsh icons to know before coming to Cardiff

William Edwards·
Global city
·27 March 2025
Before settling into the Welsh capital, get to know the figures shaping its culture, from a Hollywood star tackling debt to local legends making an impact.

The award-winning scheme breaking down barriers to Welsh public life

Olivia Crawford·
Politics & social justice
·13 March 2025
The government has announced new funding for a trailblazing mentorship programme for women and minority groups.

Individual support and community housing can help Cardiff’s fight against homelessness

Jingyi Ji, Anindya Hazra, yichenliu, Eliza Jones and William Edwards·
Global city
·17 December 2024
Experts feel Cardiff's recurring homeless problem can be solved by individualized support and community housing.

Splott Community Volunteers aim to spread more joy after winning award

Advait Gangawanwale·
Politics & social justice
·6 December 2024
Splott Community Volunteers were awarded Volunteer Group of the Year at the Cardiff Volunteer Awards ahead of their 10th anniversary.

Santa Dash 2024: Cardiff Bay’s festive race for heart health

Mengxi·
Sport & health
·6 December 2024
Hundreds of Santas run to fund defibrillators and CPR training in Wales.

Volunteers with learning disabilities find community in cleanliness drives

Arna Chatterjee·
Science & environment
·6 December 2024
Voluntary group in Canton gives space to everyone to feel involved with the local community through litter picking efforts.

Wildlife charity try to build a place fit for future generations in Wales

Chenyu Zou·
Science & environment
·6 December 2024
The charity set an ambitious target to raise over £3.8 million from long-term contributors for endangered animals and tackling the nature crisis.

Boycezone brings music and charity in rainy Cardiff during rugby match.

yichenliu·
Sport & health
·30 November 2024
Rugby fans disappointed by Wales' loss to South Africa last week found a reason to smile thanks to a band raising money for charity.

Try to repair instead of replacing items this festive season

Arna Chatterjee·
Science & environment
·29 November 2024
Repair Café, Canton urges people to make conscious decisions towards sustainability while buying this festive season.

New neurodiverse-friendly kitchen opens: An inclusive space for all

Shrishti Poddar·
Business & Culture
·22 November 2024
The newly opened kitchen at Llanrumney Hub is offering an inclusive space with tailored activities, for all residents and community members.

The third branch: Benthyg ACE expands to north Cardiff

Mengxi·
Business & Culture
·22 November 2024
A unique sharing platform helps residents navigate economic challenges.

Butetown wall becomes a canvas for community spirit

Anindya Hazra·
Global city
·15 November 2024
The Butetown heritage mural reflects locals' stories, symbolizing unity and support while highlighting the diversity of the area.

Local youth share powerful stories of heritage and dreams

Shrishti Poddar·
Business & Culture
·15 November 2024
The Young Storytellers Wales Festival, highlights the creative talents of local youth featuring young voices sharing stories.

Halloween in Cardiff: Take a spooky autumn nature walk with the dead

Olivia Crawford·
Business & Culture
·28 October 2024
Both a historic burial ground and local wildlife site, the gates of Cathays Cemetery offer a calm and picturesque retreat from the hustle and bustle of the Welsh capital.

New project aims to help Cardiff residents save on their energy bills

Minning Jiang·
Politics & social justice
·2 May 2024
Splott Community Volunteers recently held an event to advise how energy bills can be reduced, but just how much are Cardiff residents struggling?

How do charity groups help tackle food poverty in Cardiff?

Fengting Ye, Disha Mitra, Shunying Liao and Xuejiao Luo·
Politics & social justice
·15 December 2023
Many charities in Cardiff are offering emergency food parcels or hot meals to people suffering from food poverty.

Cardiff Santa Dash: Hundreds of Santas run to raise money for charity

Fengting Ye·
Sport & health
·4 December 2023
People dressed as Santas, elves, turkeys and Christmas trees took part in the annual charity run to raise funds for a heart charity.

Ukrainian protest action: Calling for attention to the ongoing war in Ukraine

Xuejiao Luo·
Politics & social justice
·4 December 2023
People from Ukraine gathered at Cardiff to remind the public of the continuing conflict in Ukraine, urging global support and attention

Welsh charity calls for raising support for growing unpaid carer population

Prithika Vinod·
Politics & social justice
·27 November 2023
Carers Wales talked at the Senedd last week, submitting petitions and conducting online support sessions for thousands of unpaid carers in Wales.  

A sustainable ‘green’ coffee shop hidden in the Bute Park

Xuejiao Luo·
Business & Culture
·27 October 2023
A lovely and relaxing coffee shop in a garden. let's see how it is committed to sustainability.

A creative oasis for neurodivergent people still fighting for rent justice

Nuriya Aliyaskarova·
Politics & social justice
·9 March 2023
The support the cafe has received has bought it time for negotiation. This year, they were joined by Acorn group, a union fighting rent injustice around the UK.

The Baked Beans Museum of Excellence – Wales’ best kept secret.

Éanna Macaoidh·
Business & Culture
·23 February 2023
Port Talbot boasts Wales' most unique tourist attraction, the Baked Beans Museum of Excellence, which is set to close its doors later this year.

Period Poverty: Socks and toilet paper become alternatives as cost of living rises

Shaurya·
Politics & social justice
·16 February 2023
As the Welsh government announced 'Period Proud Wales' action plan, campaigners say the situation has turned worse.

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Cardiff campaigners stand up to make a difference

Lingbing Li·
Global city
·16 February 2023
International students and charities in the city are working together to help those affected by the earthquake that has killed over 40,000 people.

Cardiff needs better infrastructure for active travel, say campaigners

Shaurya·
Sport & health
·9 December 2022
Campaigners say, Cardiff needs better and more inclusive infrastructure to replicate a primary school where 75% of students commute by foot or bicycle.

“Working people can’t afford to live”: Cardiff workers protest P&O crisis

Oojal Kour·
Politics & social justice
·31 March 2022
Cardiff unions and pressure groups stand in solidarity with 800 workers who were mass sacked by British shipping company P&O Ferries.

Rhythm and blues: music workshops help people with learning disabilities

Roohi Mariam Peter·
Sport & health
·24 March 2022
A project in Cardiff that involves musical activities is getting people with learning disabilities to socialise and express themselves better.

Bike workshop fights pandemic shortage by repairing old bicycles

Tirth Trivedi·
Business & Culture
·10 December 2021
The Cardiff Business Award winners have sold around 1200 refurbished bicycles over the last two years as thousands of people joined the biking community.

Former Royal Harpist to play at local refugee shelter in Cardiff

Adwitiya Pal·
Business & Culture
·19 November 2021
Welsh virtuoso harpist Catrin Finch will be performing at Oasis Cardiff to raise money for the wellbeing of homeless people and refugees.

Llandaff lights up for Christmas after a year of darkness

ROHINI SINGH·
Business & Culture
·19 November 2021
Hundreds of people came together to raise funds for Calon hearts and save lives

This quaint coffee shop in Cardiff is donating all its proceeds to charity

Atreya Mukerjee·
Business & Culture
·29 October 2021
Looking for a break from the hustle bustle of the city life? You've found your spot!

Protesting injustice through Art: Artist in Cardiff raises awareness for child poverty through her campaign

Archita Joshi·
Politics & social justice
·13 May 2021
Artist based in Cardiff is raising funds through her campaign for a charity which hopes to end child poverty in Wales.

A cuppa to save public spaces: ‘I want people to feel it’s their place’

Qiyuan Wei·
Business & Culture
·13 May 2021
A charitable café opened to support the community building. Meet the people behind this community project.

Food Poverty in UK: Combating crisis for needy people

Qiyuan Wei·
Politics & social justice
·6 May 2021
People struggling to feed themselves in Cardiff receive food boxes from a Cheap & Easy cooking Muslim campaign.
Gamer

Game streaming for charity: How livestreams are helping animal charities

Fangyi Liu·
Business & Culture
·29 April 2021
Gamers are doing challenge streams to raise money for animal charities who have hit capacity during the lockdown.

Cycling for all: Obstacles faced by disabled cyclists in Cardiff

Lorenzo Trevisan·
Sport & health
·25 March 2021
Pop-up cycle lanes have been introduced in Cardiff to encourage safer cycling, but is enough being done to accommodate disabled cyclists?

Going cashless: How to help homeless people in alternative ways

Scarlet Charles, Gareema Bangad, Fangyi Liu, Ganshi Gao and Irina Krasteva·
Politics & social justice
·22 March 2021
Helping homeless people is still possible, even when you don't have cash in your pocket. Here are four easy alternative ways.

A simple letter can help cancer patients escape from loneliness

Yuge Li·
Business & Culture
·18 March 2021
A national postcard design competition is going on! Take apart and help cancer patients away from aloneness.

The Chinese in Wales Association delivered over 15,000 masks in Wales

Rufei Ou·
Global city
·11 March 2021
The Chinese in Wales Association has been donating PPE to local communities since the pandemic began

Music to the rescue: Weekly music workshops help disabled people in coping with the lockdown.

Gareema Bangad·
Business & Culture
·18 February 2021
People with various disabilities find it more difficult to deal with the lockdown. Soundworks music-making workshops come to their rescue by helping them to keep going through rest of the week.

“Strive myself on helping people,” says Man on a journey to honour the memory of his beloved grandfather.

Archita Joshi·
Sport & health
·8 February 2021
A local man is set out to cover thousands of miles in January along with raising funds for charity. A...

Puppy farms face their end in Wales as a new animal welfare regulation is introduced

Rufei Ou·
Politics & social justice
·3 February 2021
People can no longer buy puppies from puppies’ farms since the Welsh government introduced a ban on the commercial third-party sales of puppies and kittens.

Welsh rugby star helps a local dog shelter

Scarlet Charles·
Business & Culture
·22 January 2021
How a local dog rescue is raising money for new kennels.

Free meals support for vulnerable people during COVID: one society, one unity.

Yuge Li·
Business & Culture
·18 December 2020
A local food charity delivered over 85,000 meals to vulnerable people and awarded the Point of Light.

Blind book pop-up raising money for charity over Christmas

Scarlet Charles·
Business & Culture
·18 December 2020
Take a closer look at a blind date bookshop that raises money to charity.

Celebrities take part in campaign to raise awareness of LGBT+

Prerana Bandi·
Business & Culture
·18 December 2020
As a part of the campaign, celebrities and influencers take to their social media handles to share pictures of them...

The Grinch crash lands in Cardiff

Indigo Jones·
Business & Culture
·18 December 2020
A look at how a Newport charity is raising money for seriously ill children this Christmas.

Cardiff Toy Appeal need to help more sick children in Wales this Christmas

Rufei Ou·
Politics & social justice
·11 December 2020
Toy Appeal gives Santa a helping hand over Christmas.

Please Give Me Space: The masks designed for blind and partially sighted people under the pandemic

Yiran Xing·
Politics & social justice
·11 December 2020
70% of people stated that it is very difficult to maintain social distancing because of various reasons.

How cat lovers can support rescue charities during the pandemic

shannonbudden·
Politics & social justice
·4 May 2020
Many rescue charities rely on income from fundraising or physical shops to care for cats. Here's how you can help them.

Kindness and community spirit is spreading along with coronavirus

Krista Charles·
Politics & social justice
·15 March 2020
As Cardiff prepares for more cases of COVID-19, some residents have created a group to support each other during the outbreak.

Resolution Run: Raising awareness for strokes

Ruilin Ma·
Sport & health
·12 March 2020
An annual running event was held in Cardiff to raise funds for the strokes, which has attracted lots of people to join.

Fairtrade: how you can help the world by buying coffee.

James Felton·
Global cityPolitics & social justice
·5 March 2020
“No country is on track to achieve gender equality until 2030." Fairtrade fortnight discusses gender inequality.

Sports stars in Cardiff send money to Wuhan

Jitong Chen·
Global citySport & health
·13 February 2020
Snooker players competing at the Welsh Open raise thousands of pounds to help victims of the coronavirus in China.

Santa Clauses are coming to Cardiff to save more lives

Pamela Li·
Global citySport & health
·15 December 2019
The Santa and Elf Dash runners will help the charity group in protecting people from heart diseases around Wales.

Fair Saturday will be coming to Cardiff for the first time in its history.

James Felton·
Business & CultureGlobal cityPolitics & social justice
·27 November 2019
Cardiff residents will be able to take part in the global movement Fair Saturday this weekend as it finally arrives to the Welsh capital.
Wallich

As homelessness rises, Cardiff City Council cuts funding for homeless shelter

Tom Budszus·
Politics & social justice
·22 November 2019
As Cardiff has the highest amount of homeless people in decades, a homeless charity received a funding cut.

Are period poverty and stigma things of the past?

Parul Agarwal·
Politics & social justice
·4 April 2019
Over 137,700 children have missed school in the UK because of period poverty. However, initiatives by the government seem promising.
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How to live in a better live? The answer could be music

Yudan Li·
Business & Culture
·21 March 2019
A recent report has highlighted the risk of mental health issues faced by the elderly in the UK, could music cafes offer a solution?

Red Nose Day comes to Cardiff: Chapel 1877 hosts stand-up comedy night

Steven Poole·
Business & Culture
·17 March 2019
Friday night saw local crowds screaming with laughter, as stand up comedians raised money in aid of Comic Relief.

‘Not one person said that they were choosing to be on the streets’

Joshua Lowe·
Global city
·28 February 2019
Homelessness in Wales has increased by 40%, Shelter Cymru has released a report exploring challenges to the rough sleeper problem.

Where to shop on a budget in Cardiff to recreate the London Fashion Week styles

Parul Agarwal·
Business & Culture
·28 February 2019
Charity shops provide feasible fashion options after the London Fashion Week left a dress shaped hole in our banks.

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