Dementia residents turn back the years on first-ever “Memory Train”
Care home residents living with dementia were taken on a nostalgic “trip down memory train” through the picturesque Dee Valley. Around 50 residents from Pendine Park’s care homes in Wrexham travelled on the first dedicated Memory Train service between Llangollen and...
‘You are amazing’: Hospice heroes thanked with special behind-the-scenes bakery treat
Staff at a North Wales hospice who care for families in their toughest moments were given a special treat by one of their biggest supporters. Sixteen members of staff from the Nightingale House Hospice were invited behind the scenes at the city’s Jones Village Bakery...
‘I was made to feel stupid’ – but dyslexic mum Steph now runs multi-million firm
A North Wales entrepreneur who once feared being labelled “stupid” because of dyslexia is now running a multi-million pound business. Steph Hind, 34, told Wrexham Business Professionals she is living proof that neurodivergent people can be a major asset to employers...
“Super Mario” vows to keeping fighting for fair funding after major UK award
An “outstanding social care pioneer” has vowed to keep campaigning for fair funding for vulnerable people in North Wales after receiving a major UK award. Mario Kreft MBE, the owner of pioneering Pendine Park care organisation in North Wales, was presented with a...
Family firm breathes new life into historic canal wharf with colourful bench donation
A family-run food firm has helped breathe new life into a historic canal wharf by donating three colourful benches to its cafe. Harlech Foodservice gifted the recycled plastic seats to the Welldeck Cafe at Wappenshall Wharf near Telford with a major restoration...
North Wales care home artist gets surprise award from opera star Sir Bryn Terfel
A pioneering North Wales artist has been honoured for three decades transforming lives through creativity in care homes. Sarah Edwards, consultant artist-in-residence at the Pendine Park care organisation, has received a special recognition award for outstanding...
£15k appeal launched for opera telling story of Baptist minister from Llanddulas in historic Welsh protest
A £15.000 crowdfunding appeal has been launched for an opera telling the story of a Baptist minister’s role in a protest that changed Welsh history. Lewis Valentine, from Llanddulas, near Colwyn Bay, was one of three eminent, “God-fearing” Welsh nationalists who...
Penparcau Tigers roar to victory with a brand new football kit
Young footballers from a Ceredigion village are celebrating after winning a brand new kit in a competition run by a Welsh storage giant. Penparcau Tigers Under-13s were chosen as the winners of the giveaway by Lock Stock Self Storage which has a site in nearby...
How “grow-your-own” scheme helped mum become finalist at care Oscars
A mum of two from North Wales who became a nurse through a pioneering “grow-your-own” policy is in the running for a care “Oscar”. Amy Rowlands will be among the finalists at the Wales Care Awards after being shortlisted in the category for Independent Nurse of the...
From derelict farmyard to £500k “village”: Garden room firm sees sales soar by 25%
A family-run garden rooms company has transformed a derelict farmyard into a swish £500,000 showroom “village” as sales soar by 25%. Rubicon Garden Rooms has unveiled its new headquarters on the Cheshire/North Wales border following an 18-month project to turn the old...
