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Yr hyn sy’n Newydd - Community/Charity

  1. Love conquers all

    12th Chwefror 2021

    To kick off this Valentine's weekend, we speak to members of National Lottery funded project Safe Soulmates to learn how love has got them through lockdown...

  2. 5 things to do this valentines day

    8th Chwefror 2021

    Roses are red, violets are blue… what can I do with WI-FI and you!

  3. A Lotto to Learn at Home!

    27th Ionawr 2021

    Home learning resources created by National Lottery funded projects.

  4. Helpful Handlebars

    16th Rhagfyr 2020

    During lockdown, Kirsteen Torrance was redeployed to help run Burntisland Emergency Action Team, in her local community in Fife, Scotland.

  5. Meal Mates

    15th Rhagfyr 2020

    When lockdown forced Midland ABC Boxing Club to shut its doors, coaches Lee Cochrane and Keith Dallas moved from teaching youngsters how to jab to delivering meals to the elderly.

  6. A Souper Response

    15th Rhagfyr 2020

    Not wanting to see its space go to waste during coronavirus, Monkstown Boxing Club in Northern Ireland converted its gym into a makeshift soup kitchen.

  7. Catching On

    15th Rhagfyr 2020

    London-based charity, Capital Kids Cricket, aims to help disadvantaged children and young people living in the most deprived areas of the city.

  8. An Oarsome Twosome

    15th Rhagfyr 2020

    At 27, Isobel Turner recalls lockdown as one of the tougher tests of her career as a young rowing coach. As the only coach among her team who wasn’t furloughed, Isobel was required to keep in contact with the 65 schools that the London Youth Rowing programme usually work with.

  9. Delivery Heroes

    15th Rhagfyr 2020

    Big-hearted members of a Bristol rugby club have had Twickenham rugby stadium named after them for a day after joining together to show extraordinary support for their local community during lockdown.

  10. Answering the Lockdown SOS

    1st Rhagfyr 2020

    During the battle of Dunkirk, the Skylark IX boat saved the lives of 600 men by ferrying them to safety. Seventy-three years later it was fished from the River Leven, battered and bruised, following an SOS call from the Dumbarton Veteran community.

  11. Every Memorial Has A Story To Tell

    1st Rhagfyr 2020

    With 30,000 trees planted across 150 acres and almost 300 memorials to the fallen, the National Memorial Arboretum is a place to remember the sacrifice of all those in the British Armed Forces.

  12. The Wisdom of Elders

    1st Rhagfyr 2020

    When Professor Uzo Iwobi OBE saw the images of people who had died from Covid-19 back in March, alarm bells started ringing.