Social enterprise RCS offers free mental health and wellbeing lifeline amid coronavirus crisis
Companies in North Wales are being urged to take up free wellbeing therapies and support to keep their staff in good mental health during the coronavirus crisis. Social enterprise RCS is providing online and phone-based services to businesses across the region to help...
Donors rally round to save food bank after police chief’s appeal
An award-winning Conwy food bank has been saved from closure by a liferaft of generous donations following an appeal by North Wales’s policing chief. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones highlighted the perils faced by food banks after hearing that...
Locked down care home residents get creative
Locked down care home residents are getting creative to keep their spirits up during the coronavirus crisis. The team at the Pendine Park care organisation are using everything from music and art to videos and social media technology to counter the emotional and...
Virtually connected –top independent school has lessons for the world
Virtual lessons are keeping pupils around the world up to date with their studies thanks to a top North Wales independent school’s pioneering use of an online classroom. Students from Myddelton College in Denbigh are logging on to classes each day whether they’re in...
Rural regeneration agency offers cash for countryside epidemic battle
A special fund of over £50,000 has been set up to help rural communities across North East Wales battle the coronavirus epidemic. The cash is being administered by regeneration agency Cadwyn Clwyd who are appealing to local organisations to come forward and share in...
Tommy’s ticket to adventure with a simple camper van conversion
An outdoor sports enthusiast has turned his passion for life on the wild side into a business converting run of the mill cars and vans into life-changing adventure vehicles. Tommy Chamings started Simple Camper Vans in Caernarfon after friends admired the conversion...
Top builder slams Government for construction shutdown confusion
A leading North Wales builder has slammed the Government for lack of clarity after shutting down its sites because of the coronavirus epidemic. Mark Parry, joint managing director of Brenig Construction, said the company made its decision on moral grounds as it was...
Buckley boys brave the shave to support hero NHS workers
A group of Flintshire friends are shaving off their flowing locks to raise money to support NHS workers who are being pushed to the limits fighting the Coronavirus pandemic. Seven brave Buckley lads agreed to have their heads shaved after joining in last Thursday’s...
Doris celebrates 102nd birthday on Zoom in coronavirus lockdown
An Anglesey woman who survived a horrific cycling accident, tuberculosis and meningitis in her younger days celebrated her 102nd birthday under a Coronavirus lockdown at the care home where she now lives. But thanks to technology Doris Hughes was able to see her son...
Bread of heaven from big-hearted bakers
A children’s hospice has thanked big-hearted bakers who made a special consignment of bread to help them keep going. The Village Bakery delivered a special batch of honey and spelt bread to Hope House in Morda, near Oswestry, which also provides a service for...
