On a wonderfully sunny day in May, the Sparkes family ventured to Swansea for two highly-anticipated, adrenaline-filled skydives to help raise money in memory of beloved Henry Sparkes. At just five days old, Henry became extremely unwell and was rushed into hospital. Unfortunately, after days of fighting hard against a virus which developed into sepsis,
The Arts for Health and Wellbeing Team, Cardiff & Vale Health Charity worked with the Paediatric Diabetes Team, CAVUHB, and Flossy and Boo Ltd., an internationally acclaimed South Wales Theatre Company to create the project, T1me For Me. We were thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Flossy and Boo who provided creative arts workshops
The Paediatric Diabetes team at Cardiff and Vale UHB have been working with Duke Al to deliver Power of the Pen workshops to young people living with Type 1 diabetes from across Cardiff and the Vale. The ten-week programme which took place at Railway Gardens in Splott, is part of the wider project Space to Grow,
Working with Safer Wales, as part of the Space to Grow project, various facilitators have been delivering impactful, nature-focused workshops to female service users. Safer Wales focuses on supporting and empowering individuals often marginalised in society, such as victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, exploitation, hate crime, and ex-offenders. Creative Writing – Briony Goffin (X: @brionygoffin), a Creative
Our Space to Grow project continues to develop and grow. We are delighted that Urban- Vertical CIC have created the following innovative, rich arts and wellbeing workshop courses available to our local communities – Belly dancing for the Menopause, Songwriting for Wellbeing, The Art of Eating Well, Power Pedal Life Cycles, building new partnerships through
The Arts for Health and Wellbeing Team are delighted to support Spoken Word Poetry Workshops, The Power of the Pen, created and delivered by Duke Al and hosted at the Railway Gardens, Splott, Cardiff. “The pen, and the insulin pen. The ink and the insulin. As a poet and a person living with type 1 diabetes
The Arts for Health and Wellbeing Team at Cardiff & Vale Health Charity are thrilled to receive funding for an exciting new project, A Space To Grow – Lle i Dyfu, which connects growing and creating. We are incredibly grateful to the Arts for Health and Wellbeing Lottery funding stream, Arts Council of Wales. Through a
Staff Lottery funding was recently secured to support a one-off yoga session for the Pharmacy Team at University Hospital Llandough. Following a period of vacancies, staff shortages, and the pandemic having curtailed previous social activities, members of staff at the Pharmacy Department had few chances to socialise outside of work hours. The team had collectively
This week we welcomed regular fundraiser Hannah Godwin and her identical twin daughters Leia (pictured holding a teddy bear) and Thea to the Children’s Hospital for Wales. Hannah presented, Prof Orhan Uzun with 10 smart watches to provide mobile ECG equipment for children to use and has also been fundraising for telemedicine equipment for diagnosing
Dispatch, this is PC Baggett, over. This is Dispatch, go ahead. Send the squad on their break. It’s time to walk and talk, over. Roger that, PC Baggett. Walkie Talkie in progress Welcome to your new Walkie Talkie lunch break. Every Wednesday, police liaison officers will be at Heath Park to host a safe space
