Sign Up for Three Peaks Challenge
Burst those January blues by taking on a New Year challenge to climb the three highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales in just 36 hours. Meningitis Now, the country’s biggest meningitis charity, is looking for outdoor enthusiasts to join it for its Three Peaks Challenge in June, raising funds to fi ght back against the killer disease.
The challenge, designed to push walkers to their limits and give them a real sense of achievement, takes place between 9 and 11 June, climbing Snowdon, Scafell Pike and fi nally Ben Nevis. Until the end of January Meningitis Now has guaranteed places for just £49 plus a commitment to raise a minimum of £500 in sponsorship towards its lifesaving and life-changing work. In return trekkers get transport, accommodation, food and the support of a qualifi ed safety team to take them on
One of the UK’s largest design competitions for primary school pupils is open to Welsh pupils and bilingual for the fi rst time. The WOW badge competition is a free-to- enter design competition for primary school children. 11 winners will receive prizes for them and their school, including a year’s supply of WOW resources - and see their winning design turned into more than 450,000 badges for use in over 2000 schools across the UK during the 2017/18 WOW challenge. WOW is the year-round walk to school challenge from Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking. Pupils who walk to school at least once a week are rewarded with a different collectable badge every month, helping them develop healthy habits for life. The badges are made in the UK from recycled yoghurt pot material, otherwise destined for landfi ll. In primary schools, WOW sees walking rates increase on average by 23 per cent and is met with a corresponding drop in car use.
The competition has previously been open to pupils in England and Scotland but with Living Streets now working with
the memorable challenge. There’s also an opportunity to attend a training day in the Brecon Beacons on 30 April to test fi tness levels and equipment, advice and support from the charity’s professional and friendly events team and 15 per cent discount at Cotswold Outdoors. Rachel Oakley, Event Offi cer at Meningitis Now, said: “This demanding but breath-taking adventure will provide picture-perfect moments and memories to last a lifetime.
“Please sign up today and make a difference to the lives of people facing the devastation of meningitis.” Meningitis Now is committed to saving lives and rebuilding futures torn apart by meningitis, through research, awareness and support.
For more information or to sign up visit
www.meningitisnow.org, or call the Events team on 0345 120 4530.
Children’s design competition back history
schools across Wales, it’s been extended to all Welsh pupils in both languages. Rachel Maycock, Manager, Living Streets Cymru, said: “WOW is a great way to help keep children healthy
and
happy by encouraging them to be active every day. Children love taking part and collecting the badges, with winners of the WOW badge competition having the extra pride of seeing their badges worn by children across the UK.? This year’s theme is ‘Walk the Americas’ and asks
children to create designs which celebrate the nature, culture and
of
North and South America. Tips to help spark ideas of what to draw are included on the entry form.
Could your child be chosen to win prizes for them and their school – and see their design nationwide?
Competition closes on Friday 17 March. Entry forms can be downloaded now in English and Welsh
from the
Everything you ever wanted to know about going, being or staying vegan (or moving in that direction) will be on tap at the Cardiff Viva! Vegan Festival. Organised by charity Viva!, entry is just £2 (under 16s free); a whole range of delicious food tastings are free; and all the advice you could ever want on changing your diet or improving your health is also free. With over 80 stalls spread over two fl oors, it will be a brilliant and welcoming family day out. Free nutritional advice will be available all day. Viva! campaigns director Justin
Kerswell says: “Interest in veganism is expected to continue to boom in 2017. There are already a growing number of people in Cardiff who are vegan, vegetarian or on their way to a plant- based diet. “For the increasing numbers of people who want to fi nd out more about improving their health, saving animals and protecting the environment, this is an upbeat event which will entertain and help.”
The Festival is at Cardiff City Hall on Saturday 4th February from 10.30am to 5pm.
Toy & Train Sale
Holm View Leisure Centre is hosting the next Toy & Train Sale on Sunday 29th Janaury, between 10.30am and
3.00pm, this is a
change of venue for this one show and future shows will return to Barry Leisure Centre.
The sister event, Cardiff Toy & Train Sale, takes place at Penarth Leisure Centre on a
3-monthly basis (next Living
Streets website: www. l
ivingstreets.org.uk/ badgecomp2017
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show is on Saturday 8th April) and with again, a total of four dates booked for the year. These two Vale of Glamorgan shows very much compliment each other and both are very popular with the traders and the collectors. There is also an added bonus each August when the special annual and much-loved
show on the platforms of Barry Island Station takes place, and this year its Sunday 6th August. As always, local charity fund-raiser and caterer Rita Limbrick will be operating the cafe within
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