Pioneering artist Sarah still drawn to care after 25 years
Wales’ first ever care home artist in residence is celebrating a quarter of a century in the ground-breaking role. Talented Sarah Edwards was engaged as a consultant by the Pendine Park care organisation by arts loving owners Mario and Gill Kreft in 1995. Since then...
Corwen community group appeals for donations and volunteers to fight epidemic
A call has gone out for volunteers to help isolated and vulnerable people in the Corwen area as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. The appeal has come from South Denbighshire Community Partnership (SDCP), a locally-based and grant-funded community charity for the...
Care homes call for swabs to test for Coronavirus
A social care leader is calling for an urgent and specific support package for struggling care homes and homecare companies in Wales – including an about turn on the decision to refuse to give them swabs to test for coronavirus. Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care...
Coronavirus scammers warning
A police boss is warning people in North Wales to beware of heartless scammers using the coronavirus pandemic to prey on the vulnerable. Already over £800,000 has been stolen across the UK by fraudsters cashing in on fear generated by the unprecedented outbreak but...
Police boss launches new drugs crackdown
Big city gangs armed with guns and running heroin and crack cocaine into North Wales are being targeted in a ground-breaking campaign led by the region’s policing boss North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has made the fight against Serious and...
My, my, my – what a choir!
Welsh singing superstar Tom Jones may have some competition on his hands as a Wrexham care home choir has been perfecting their version of his mega hit Delilah. The mixed choir of staff and residents at Pendine Park’s Bodlondeb care home are hard at work rehearsing...
Storage giant helps blind bowlers beat disability on Bradley’s all-weather green
Keen bowlers in Wrexham are beating disability to finish jack high come rain, hail, snow or shine on an all-weather surface thanks to the backing of Wales’s biggest self-storage company. Bradley Park Bowling Club hold regular weekly sessions for their Touch-Wood...
Care home leader urges relatives to stay away unless visits are “absolutely essential”
A social care leader is urging people not to not to visit relatives living in care homes unless it’s “absolutely essential” so they can protect their loved ones from coronavirus. Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales, said care homes were “safe havens” for...
Gangsta Granny and Frankenstein book their places at top school
Gangsta Granny, Skulduggery Pleasant and Frankenstein were just some of the characters to be found strolling around the corridors of a leading North Wales independent school on World Book Day. Myddelton College students from dressed up as their favourite literary...
Police boss launches new crusade to combat cruel romance scams
A police boss has launched a new crusade against con artists who are targeting lonely men and women in cruel romance scams. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones has made tackling fraud of all kinds a key priority in his Police and Crime Plan and says...
