Pro rugby player forced to retire with life-changing injury champions ReAct+ scheme
Eli Walker was a professional rugby player for the Ospreys and Wales national side before a life-changing spinal injury forced him to retire at just 25 years of age. Like many other people who are made redundant from work, Eli had to rethink his career and build his confidence back up. He has since gone…
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New Splash Pad and Mini Golf part of £500k vision to transform Llangollen park
A £500,000 vision to transform facilities at a much-loved park has received a boost from a scheme driving post-pandemic economic recovery in Denbighshire. The Enhance Llangollen Riverside Project is one of 14 initiatives to secure funding from Community Innovation Denbighshire via the UK Community Renewal Fund, matched by Clocaenog Forest Windfarm Fund and led by…
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Llysfasi Shears makes welcome return after pandemic delays
ONE of the most anticipated events in the farming calendar makes a welcome return this weekend. Llysfasi Shears (Cneifio Llysfasi) has not been held since 2019 due to the Covid-19 pandemic but is back this year and bigger than ever. Competitors from across the UK will battle it out for prize money in categories including…
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Launch of React+ employment programme praised by former PM
A FORMER project manager made redundant after 10 years in the same company praised a new Welsh Government support programme after receiving funding and advice to help her into a new role. Karen Griffiths, from Bangor, contacted Working Wales, an all-age advice careers service funded by the Welsh Government and run by Careers Wales. After…
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Mr Gay Winner, TV star and broadcaster backs new Welsh Government React+ scheme
WALES’ first physically disabled Mr Gay winner has opened up about the discrimination he faced when he was younger and how his career gave him the confidence and motivation to stand-up for those who are under-represented in society. Having always dreamt of a future in the creative industries, Paul Davies, originally from Treherbert, Rhondda Cynon…
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First ever Coleg Cambria Industrial Cadets graduate from debut programme
THE first ever cohort of Industrial Cadets has graduated from Coleg Cambria. ‘Cadets’ from the college’s Deeside site achieved 20 Gold and 15 Challenger Awards via the programme, a kite mark for schools and students seeking valuable and exciting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering Maths) opportunities. There was also a ‘Best Effort’ prize for Ryan Reid,…
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Rugby stars and CEO relaunch FitAp and secure £200,000 investment
TWO high profile Welsh rugby players and an entrepreneur have completed a successful round of investment to support the relaunch of a fitness app that will revolutionise the way people access exercise and leisure services in Wales. Fitap is an innovative search platform connecting gym owners, personal trainers, sports clubs and health and fitness providers…
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Sporting Zach designs fitness routines for disabled gym users at Coleg Cambria
A SPORTS and leisure assistant with cerebral palsy designed exercise sessions to attract and support disabled gym users. Inspirational Zach Chapman wanted to help people of all ages to access health and fitness post-pandemic, after spending so much time in self isolation during lockdown. Zach, from Connah’s Quay, was born with ataxic cerebral palsy, a…
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Wok a performance! Dylan cooks to victory in Chinese food competition
COLEG CAMBRIA student Dylan Quartly is one step away from winning £3,000 and being named the UK’s rising ‘Wokstar’ in a new Chinese cooking competition for catering students. Dylan, aged 18, dazzled the judges in the very first heat of the competition, which saw five students from the college’s Yale site in Wrexham put to…
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20Twenty ‘Wisdom Labs’ help prominent Welsh firms emerge from pandemic
‘WISDOM LABS’ are helping prominent North Wales businesses emerge from the pandemic in a position of strategic and emotional strength. The sessions are led by Bangor University Business School and exclusive to alumni of the 20Twenty leadership programme, targeting firms in Wrexham, north Powys and Flintshire. Pilot workshops have been held by Learning and Evaluation…
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