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Laugh Wales
Mr Robin Graham, a Director and Laughter Specialist at Feelgood Communities Thanks to a grant of £5,000 from BIG’s Awards for All programme, Feelgood Communities CIC will launch the first ever Wales...
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Gillian’s ‘enjoying life again’
Gillian Cooper has had a new lease of life thanks to the support of a BIG funded project Wales has an ageing population and sadly, many older people with social care needs miss out on community life...
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I’m still here!
Bernie Montgomery is the founder of Cancer Lifeline – a project which provides vital support for people living with cance. If anyone had told me 17 years ago I’d still be around today with three lovely...
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7 things you didn’t know about People and Places
Our People and Places grant programme has been going since 2007, it provides grants of £5,001 to £1 million to projects in Wales and has an annual budget of £17.8 million to fund capital and revenue...
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Valbai ‘Wheely’ Enjoys Changing Gear
Valbai Keshra, a 78 year old retired nurse from Cardiff is full of joy because she is finally realising one of her childhood ambitions of learning how to ride a bike. Most people take riding a bike for...
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Why I became a befriender with Scope
Scope’s Face 2 Face service offers practical and emotional support to parents of disabled children, by matching them with a volunteer befriender, who has also experienced the joys and challenges of...
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I very nearly cut off my damaged leg with a kitchen knife
After Andrew MacDonald was medically discharged from the army with a leg injury at just 21 he spent years struggling to come to terms with how much his injury was affecting his day to day life – at...
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From Swansea to The Somme – Sarah’s cycling success!
After hearing of the Action Bikes Cycling Club ladies evening through the press and friends, Sarah Thyer-Hughes went along to one of their meetings and met other cyclists who were considering taking...
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“I’m deafblind but I can still drive a car just like any other teenager”
Teenager Emma Gaylard has a severe visual and hearing impairment but one of her proudest moments so far was when she drove a car for the very first time. “A day was organised with Sense and a driving...
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“My life was changed overnight when I woke up unable to see out of one eye”
After 49 year-old Diana Williams woke up one morning suddenly unable to see properly in one eye – giving up driving, her job, and her home – she became determined for it not to change her life. Now...
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An Ad agency with a difference…
Eight young adults with learning difficulties came together to form an advertising agency, giving them the opportunity to harness their creativity and give them a stronger voice. With a range of...
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“It’s all down to these guys and the National Lottery. It’s really changed my...
Starting out from founders Bernie and Jane Latham’s kitchen, UCAN was established in 2005 running drama workshops in partnership with RNIB Cymru at the Sherman Theatre Cardiff. Since then they’ve gone...
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People and Places: Putting people at the heart of the design, development and...
In July 2017 the Big Lottery Fund in Wales relaunched our People and Places grant programme which is open to applications of between £10,001 and £500,000 for community projects lasting up to five...
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“I’ve been with UCAN for over 10 years now, and I can’t imagine what my life...
Megan John is 24 from Cardiff and was born with Cataracts, Nystagmus, and Aniridia. She joined UCAN as a founding member and came to realise that performing arts could change her life. Starting out...
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If I wasn’t supported by my family or UCAN, I think things would’ve turned...
Starting out from founders Bernie and Jane Latham’s kitchen, UCAN was established in 2005 running drama workshops in partnership with RNIB Cymru at the Sherman Theatre Cardiff. Since then they’ve gone...
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Dance for Parkinson’s
Watching the participants arrive at the National Dance Company Wales’ Studio in Cardiff Bay for their Dance for Parkinson’s class you wouldn’t immediately think of a dance troupe. Especially as one...
View ArticleWe’re saying #ThanksToYou
National Lottery players raise over £30 million for good causes every week, yet many people don’t know about the huge impact that playing the National Lottery has on their local community. To say thank...
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Watch the incredible moment Y Bont in Bridgend are told that they’ve been successful in being awarded £530,000 of money raised by National Lottery players. Two of our Mid and West Wales team, Rosie...
View ArticleEngage to Change support Sarah-Jayne into work and boost her confidence
Sarah-Jayne Mawdsley was only supposed to be in the Pharmacy Department for a one-term internship last year, but today she finds herself in the position of Apprentice Pharmacy Assistant, having secured...
View ArticleWe don’t do the programme “to” young people. We do it “with” them.
As famously quoted by Mahatma Ghandi; “You must be the change you want to see in the world;” and this is the philosophy that drives Jo Clay, Founding Director of Empower Be the Change. Empower Be the...
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