• Riverside Festival – 25 August 2012

    Despenser Gardens, Riverside, (if wet, in Riverside Warehouse, Machen Place) Despenser Gardens, Riverside, (if wet, in Riverside Warehouse, Machen Place)

    The Riverside Festival has been an important part of the summer’s events in Cardiff for a number of years. It plays a valuable role in helping Riverside People meet and learn more about each other – to help them feel proud of where they live and promote a positive image of their community.The Festival is...

  • Save the Gambia New Generation Association fundraising event

    Le Monde Bar and Grill, St Mary's Street, Cardiff CF10 1FE Le Monde Bar and Grill, St Mary's Street, Cardiff CF10 1FE

    The Gambian Association in Cardiff is holding a fundraising event with well-known Gambian traditional 'KORA' band and DJ Lucky Bob.All money raised will help purchase bed nets for rural villages in the Gambia to prevent mosquito bites that cause Malaria.Your support is life changing. Everyone is welcome.Entrance fee: £10 - includes food.

  • Love and Forgiveness Retreat

    St Non's, St David’s, Pembrokeshire St Non's, St David’s, Pembrokeshire

    This retreat has been organised by the Welsh Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs and Living Room Cardiff.Has your life been directly or indirectly affected by addiction? Addiction robs us of our identity and the sense of “belonging” – within our family, community, relationships etc. The retreat is centred around recovery principles. The organisers believe...

  • Hawaiian Summer Fun Day

    Jasmine Enterprise Centre, Cowbridge Road, Ely (next to the fire station) Jasmine Enterprise Centre, Cowbridge Road, Ely (next to the fire station)

    During the fun day, there will be:- Fancy dress competition- Games, sports, arts and craft- Food stalls and Hawaiian BBQ- Job search info - organisations to offer you support and training

  • Developing your ‘user’ voice workshop

    Unison Cymru Wales, Custom House Street Unison Cymru Wales, Custom House Street

    As part of the Starting Blocks Health Awareness programme launched in June, HDACardiff is running a workshop on Developing your ‘user’ voice.This will be an opportunity for women aged 18+ who feel their views are under-represented, to express their concerns about the condition of health service provision in the areas in which they live. If...

  • Food Co-operatives: IWA Coffee Shop Debate

    Media Point, Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff Media Point, Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff

    The Institute of Welsh Affairs (IWA) is pleased to invite you to a coffee shop debate. The aim is to engage more people into the IWA by introducing them to events that cover broad subjects that they may not necessarily associate with IWA. This event is FREE to attend but spaces are limited.Food Co-operatives with...

  • Social Media: Facebook, Twitter and Blogging

    Norbury House, Fairwater, Cardiff Norbury House, Fairwater, Cardiff

    The way in which we communicate, both socially and professionally, has changed out of all recognition in the past few years. The rise in social media has presented organisations with far quicker and more immediate ways of communicating with customers, service users and staff. If you want to develop and improve your use of social...

  • Cardiff Safer and Cohesive Communities Network meeting

    Venue and time to be confirmed. Venue and time to be confirmed.

    Are you a member of a Neighbourhood Watch group, Residents' Association or involved in community safety in Cardiff in any other way? Then the Cardiff Safer and Cohesive Communities Network is a great way to meet other organisations in the same field, to share ideas and to gain access to up-to-date, relevant information.If you're interested...

  • NHS Direct Wales workshop

    The Heath Hospital, Cardiff The Heath Hospital, Cardiff

    NHS Direct Wales/Welsh Ambulance Service is looking to hold workshops with the public to look at the content of the NHS Direct Wales website. They are looking to gain information such as: - whether it’s meeting public needs - if it’s easy to use - people’s behaviour using the site (e.g. search terms, using the...

  • Diverse Cymru: Mental Health First Aid (Wales)

    YMCA Newport Conference Centre YMCA Newport Conference Centre

    Day 2 of this course is on Monday 10 September.  What is MHFA?This 12-hour MHFA (Wales) course is part of the national training programme for Wales and its partners include the Welsh Government, Health Challenge Wales and Mind Cymru. Comparisons can be drawn between MHFA and emergency first aid. In both cases, members of the public...

  • Mencap Cymru meeting to discuss changes to the UK benefits system

    The UK government wants to change the way that many people with a learning disability get their benefits. This will mean replacing Disability Living Allowance (DLA) with a Personal Independence Payment (PIP). They also plan to bring in universal credit (UC) to replace all means tested benefits, like Employment Support Allowance (ESA), Job Seeker’s Allowance...

  • Stafell Fyw Caerdydd / Living Room Cardiff – anniversary concert

    The Readon Smith lecture theatre (next to the museum) The Readon Smith lecture theatre (next to the museum)

    Slepjan - a major Welsh concert is coming to Cardiff!In support of Stafell Fyw Caerdydd / Living Room CardiffCheck Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-Room-Cardiff-Stafell-Fyw-Caerdydd/204657166266559 and Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/StafellFyw for regular updates and information on artists appearing, special guests etc. Wynford Ellis Owen (a.k.a Syr Wynff ap Concord y Bos), Chief Executive of the Living Room Cardiff, said, “The concert...