Coleg Cambria sports programme inspiring next generation of athletes
A POPULAR college sports initiative is inspiring the next generation of athletes in North Wales. The Junior Athletics Programme at Coleg Cambria Deeside has been supporting and coaching youngsters for more than 13 years. Donna Welsh, coordinator of Active Cambria, says the scheme has gone from strength to strength and 2025 could be their busiest…
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Coleg Cambria achieves 11 medals at Skills Competition Wales
COLEG CAMBRIA and its industry partners were in medal-winning form at this year’s Skills Competition Wales. The college, based in Wrexham, Northop, Deeside and Llysfasi, secured 11 in total – three golds, five silver and three bronze. Gold medals were achieved by Jo Arrowsmith for CNC Milling, Oliver Evans (Aircamo Aviation Ltd) for Aeronautical Engineering,…
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National White Water Centre celebrates visitor boom and 40 years in business
AN ICONIC adventure attraction is celebrating a wet and wild 40 years in business. Launched in 1985, Canolfan Tryweryn, the National White Water Centre in Frongoch, Gwynedd, is one of the most popular activities in North Wales, welcoming up to 40,000 visitors annually. Employing a team of eight full time and 40+ freelance staff, the…
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FE/HE Minister launches new state-of-the-art ‘inclusive kitchen’ at Coleg Cambria
COLEG CAMBRIA launched a state-of-the-art new training kitchen in partnership with The Savoy Educational Trust. The cutting-edge facility was part-funded by the Trust and is located alongside Iâl Restaurant in the college’s £21m Hafod building in Wrexham. Officially unveiled by Vikki Howells MS, Minister for Further and Higher Education, the ‘inclusive kitchen’ reinforces Cambria’s commitment to…
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Coleg Cambria calls for end to travel ‘postcode lottery’ facing learners in North Wales
COLEG CAMBRIA has called for Wales-wide student transport equity and condemned the ‘postcode lottery’ facing learners and their families. The college is calling for urgent action to address the “absence of equality” in student transport funding across Wales, where a “postcode lottery” is leaving many learners and their families “bearing the brunt of unfair travel…
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Coleg Cambria learners took on nation’s best at annual skills tournament
LEARNERS and apprentices representing Coleg Cambria and its industry partners shone at this year’s Skills Competition Wales. Students from across the country descended on University of South Wales’s (USW) Newport Campus for the event, a Welsh Government-funded initiative coordinated by Inspiring Skills Excellence in Wales. In total, up to 120 young people from Cambria took…
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Supertemps celebrating 45 years at heart of business and industry
A RECRUITMENT agency is celebrating 45 years at the heart of business and industry in North Wales. Supertemps plans to mark the incredible milestone with a series of events and activities supporting clients, candidates and companies across the region. The firm, which employs a team of 11 from its offices in Bangor and Colwyn Bay, will…
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Fincate launches today – plugging widening UK ‘advice gap’
A NEW financial education website which aims to plug the widening “advice gap” in the UK will launch today (Tue). Fincate is the creation of Rob Lewis, managing director and founder of a multiple award-winning financial planning business based in Mold, St Asaph, and London. An amalgamation of the words ‘Financial’ and ‘Education’, the site…
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Elite of Welsh baking will rise to the occasion at inaugural college conference
THE elite of Welsh baking will rise to the occasion at an inaugural college conference. Coleg Cambria Yale in Wrexham will host the Wales Bakery Conference 2025 on Wednesday (February 26) from 10am-3pm. The Hafod building is to welcome the very best of the industry for the one-day expo, which will feature trade stands, networking…
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MS backs Greenfield Valley campaign to become top 10 North Wales destination
A MEMBER of the Senedd has backed a historic attraction’s bid to become one of the top 10 destinations in North Wales. Greenfield Valley is aiming to attract more than 100,000 people a year to its green spaces, buildings, activities and events. On a visit to the 70-acre site, near Holywell, Hannah Blythyn, Member of…
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