Cath wins award for going the extra smile
Care practitioner Cath Jones has a truly winning smile. Cath, 21, from Rossett, has been named as a champion smiler at the Pendine Park care organisation. Her beaming smile and sunny disposition lights up the lives of residents and colleagues at the Highfield care...
Big-hearted Katie scoops a social care ‘Oscar’
A super fit service manager who played a pivotal role in creating a new home for adults with learning difficulties has scored a top care award. Katie Owen, 26, who lives in Drefach Felindre near Llandysul, took the joint bronze prize at this year’s prestigious Wales...
Trailer maker’s delight at supporting role in historic rally victory
A top trailer maker is celebrating after playing a supporting role in the sixth straight victory in the World Rally Championship by French maestro Sebastian Ogier. Staff at Ifor Williams Trailers whooped with delight after Ogier clinched the title in style as a torrid...
3D software firm helps lift off world-first hypersonic engine design
A 3D software firm is supporting the design of a world-first hypersonic engine which will cut the flight time from London to Australia to just over four hours. CCSL, which is Wales’ only reseller of the 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) software called SOLIDWORKS, is...
Elvis fan Paul is the king at the social care Oscars
An Elvis fan from Swansea was all shook up when he won a gold award at the social care Oscars. Paul Clement who often performs his hero’s greatest hits, was among the main award winners at a glittering evening at Cardiff City Hall. The 52-year-old was lost for words...
It’s great to be in The Doghouse
Owners of doggy heaven on cloud nine after winning top award A paradise for pooches where the four-legged guests are greeted with doggy beer has won a major accolade. The Doghouse, a former Victorian corrugated iron kennel block that’s been converted into...
Swansea nurse Maggie hailed as role model at awards
MENTAL health nurse Maggie Rose won a coveted bronze award at the social care Oscars. Maggie, a clinical team leader with Swansea-based The Accomplish Group, was shortlisted in the Independent Sector Nurse of the Year category at the Wales Care Awards. Organised by...
Carers launch campaign to save the planet – and orangutans
A call has gone out to care homes across North Wales to support a new campaign against single-use plastic and the wholesale destruction of rainforests to make unsustainable palm oil. Care Forum Wales is urging care home owners and other social care providers to do...
Vale woman who swapped life on the farm for a career strikes gold in national awards
A woman from the Vale of Glamorgan who reaped major success after swapping life as a farmer’s wife to go into the care sector has struck gold in major national awards. Jane Davies left the farm 18 years ago to join All Care South Wales Ltd as a care worker because the...
£50,000 appeal launched to create new memorial to Formula 1 hero Tom Pryce
A campaign has been launched to create a permanent memorial to Welsh Formula One star Tom Pryce in his “real home town” of Denbigh. Supporters have been spurred on by the success of a pop-up exhibition at the town’s museum to commemorate the local hero who in four...
