Passionate manager Shelley in running for social care Oscar
A positive behavioural support manager so passionate about her role that she "lights up" when she talks about it is in the running for a national award. Shelley Swain works for Fieldbay (part of the Envivo Group) in Swansea helping to care for people with complex...
Caring couple Neil and Jill are Wales’s finest
A Blackwood couple are in line for a prestigious award three years after an accident deprived them of the opportunity. In 2019 Neil and Jillian Powell were nominated for a Wales Care Award, but before they could be interviewed Neil fell off a ladder and broke his arm,...
Big hearted Ray is one of Wales’s finest
A former soldier who has worked tirelessly to ensure people with mental health and complex needs can lead independent lives in their community is in the running for a national award. Ray O'Hara, from Tredegar in Blaenau Gwent, will be one of the finalists at the...
Artist turned support worker Francesca is in the picture for a national care award
A young art graduate who was inspired to become a support worker after being struck down with Covid in lockdown is celebrating a place in the final of the care industry Oscars. Francesca Wilcox, the daughter of Bath artist and printmaker Rachel Wilcox, joined Integra...
Virtual tour reaches 200 schools as band pumps up the volume
A group of talented musicians pumped up the volume to inspire schoolchildren to start taking music lessons. Pupils in Denbighshire, Wrexham and other parts of Wales were rocking in the aisles as the band, Make Some Noise, played a series of concerts as part of a...
Digital nomad Kieren pays homage to his homeland with quirky online Wales guide
A travel blogger who spends most of the year wandering the world has turned his talents to creating a new site promoting Wales as a travel destination. Globetrotting entrepreneur Kieren Windsor has launched https://walesguidebook.com/, a quirky but comprehensive guide...
Housing association unveils plans for revolutionary low carbon estate
Ambitious plans have been unveiled for a new low carbon estate of 131 affordable homes in North Wales. The 12-acre site in Pensarn, near Abergele, was acquired by housing association Cartrefi Conwy earlier this year. It will be the biggest housing scheme ever...
Say cheese! Farmer-owned co-op on top of the world after golden hat-trick
A farmer-owned creamery is on top of the world after three of its cheeses won global awards. South Caernarfon Creameries (SCC) scooped the hat-trick of gold prizes at the prestigious International Cheese and Dairy Awards 2022 where its Mature White Cheddar, Caerphilly...
Hard-hitting TV drama that tackles children’s mental health issues shortlisted for top award
A hard-hitting children’s TV show that new ground in tackling mental health problems and tragedies that affect children and their families is in the running for a top award. S4C drama, Bex, made by pioneering television producer Nia Ceidiog and starring West End...
Law firm offers legal protection for houses with historic Welsh names
A new legal protection to prevent historic Welsh house names from being lost is being put into action by a leading law firm. Swayne Johnson, which has branches across North Wales and Cheshire, has already used a new covenant-based scheme that stops property buyers...
