Monthly Archives: March 2020

New Wales Coronavirus Resilience Fund launched to help local organisations provide essential services

The new Wales Coronavirus Resilience Fund has been established to help groups and organisations providing services and support to individuals and families, whether singly or collectively, affected by the Coronavirus pandemic.   Primarily, the fund will provide support for the following (this is not an exhaustive list): activities that help vulnerable people who are self-isolating (the […]

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Birds from the Back Garden: avian adventures of the Splott bird scene

To banish the boredom in these challenging days of #StayAtHome, I’ve been snapping some of the birds in the back garden and wondering what they might get up to behind the scenes.  Here’s a collection of the feathered friends who visit my garden in Splott and their make-believe lives beyond the bird-feeder. I hope you […]

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Changes to how our rubbish is collected during COVID-19 restrictions

Cardiff is moving to a new, weekly, kerbside-collection which will see all household waste (except garden waste) picked up at the same time.   Collection days for your area will remain the same, but the way waste is handled is changing to help manage the impact of COVID-19 and ensure the wellbeing of both residents […]

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Friends and Neighbours goes virtual to connect people feeling lonely

Friends and Neighbours or FAN is a Cardiff based charity that brings people of all ages and backgrounds together in the spirit of friendship. People who enjoy meeting others will be sure of finding a warm welcome if they attend.   In response to the Covid 19 measures, Friends And Neighbours (FAN) is now moving […]

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Ideas on how we can help each other during Covid-19

These are testing times.  Scary times.  Unprecedented times in our generation.  But look back in history and the people of the world have faced some extraordinary challenges and prevailed.  In times of trouble, the greatest thing about us is our resilience, our resourcefulness and our capacity for generosity.  So let’s look at how we can […]

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