Author Archives: Lynne Thomas
School & solicitors respond to Splott Christmas Appeal
Pupils at Willows High deliver 40 parcels for people without a home. The group Splott Community Volunteers is well known for its amazing commitment to helping others and making Splott an even better place to live through their tireless project and community work. They’re perhaps most well-known for the Splott Breaksfast Club that runs every […]
The future of Cardiff: the proposal for Splott’s part of The Diff.
A new railway station, full completion of the Eastern Bay Link road, a new Business Park and a new Eastern Distribution Centre are the plans for East Cardiff laid out in Cardiff Council’s new green paper. We all know that The ‘Diff is an awesome place to live (especially Splott, innit). But it’s not […]
Cardiff Churches’ Nightshelter – St German’s and St Saviour’s
For the past seven years, different Cardiff based churches have been hosting a nightshelter for some of the homeless our city. Each night a different church takes a turn offering hospitality to those who are homeless. This year two of the seven churches have had to step back from this for a while and so […]
Somewhere over the Railway
Work continues on Splott Bridge. Traffic to switch sides on the 8th of December. Replacing a 120 year old bridge without closing it and causing traffic chaos is no mean feat, but that was the challenge faced by Network Rail Wales and principle contractor, Carillion, this year with the demolition and reconstruction of Splott Road Bridge. Work […]
Seven-year-old Aneurin launches amazing food drive in Splott
A seven-year-old boy in Splott has been collecting food donations for a local food bank to help people affected by the roll-out of Universal Credit. When Emma Brute came home from work and told her son, Aneurin, how she and fellow colleagues had been collecting food to donate to the local food bank in […]
Don’t Make it easy for a burglar: South Wales Community Message
Lock Your Doors & Windows: don’t make it easy for a burglar! That’s the advice given by South Wales Police following a spate of home burglaries in Cardiff. Read on for tips on how to secure your home. There has recently been a number of dwelling burglaries throughout the city through insecure windows & doors. […]
Know the difference between the cabs of Cardiff
Who knew that it’s an offence for an offence for a driver of a taxi to refuse a fare that starts and ends within the Cardiff boundary without reasonable excuse while private hire vehicles are allowed to refuse fares and it is an offence for a private hire driver to pick up a fare without […]
Construction work progressing well on Ysgol Glan Morfa, flagship Cardiff primary school in Splott
Construction work on a new Welsh-medium primary school in Cardiff is progressing well. The £7.8 million school is being built on Lewis Road. Once complete it will allow Ysgol Glan Morfa to double in size. The primary school is currently operating from a location on nearby Moorland Road, and will move to its new home […]
Cranking up Adamsdown’s cool-factor: One Fox Lane
One Fox Lane: a new way of thinking and a work in progress! Adamsdown’s cool factor has cranked up a notch with the launch of One Fox Lane; a social enterprise making available good quality, well managed, and environmentally responsible workspace for small, sustainable businesses in Cardiff. The project, a community-minded co-working hub in Adamsdown, […]