For a short time you can still contact me using the CommunityOne Contact form, or through email at brad [at] communityone.org.uk.

And going forward I can be reached at wbhamilton [at] gmail.com.

Lastly, I am looking for someone to take over the efforts of Cardiff Connect. Cardiff Connect is a online, social media project where individuals and organisations in and around Cardiff are promoted for the good they are doing in our communities. I would hate to see the project end. If you’re interested in taking it over let me know and we can discuss the details.

Thanks.

Also, we’ve added quick links to the Sidebar to let you jump straight to the forms for contributing new organisations or sharing your ideas with Cardiff Connect.

And we changed the very hard to see green link color for a nice bright orange. If it’s orange you can click it.

First, we want to remind everyone that Cardiff Connect is an initiative of CommunityOne, a Cardiff based non-government, non-religious charity.

Second, Cardiff Connect is about promoting organisations that are doing good things for the city, in an effort to make it a better place.

Undoubtedly some of the organisations in Cardiff that are doing what they can to make the city a better place have a religious affiliation. And consequently some of the organisations that we will promote here at Cardiff Connect will have a religious affiliation. We don’t believe this should detract from the work they do, or necessarily attract to the work they do. By promoting an organisation that may have a religious affiliation we are not saying that in order to partner with them, or celebrate the work they are doing that we have to agree with or abide by their religious views. If you have strong religious views that differ from one of the organisations that we promote please feel free to find another one, here at Cardiff Connect, or elsewhere in the city that you can partner with. We’re promoting change, not religion.

At the end of the day we simply want to give our followers the opportunity to find out about all the great things that are happening in the city that promote positive change and help to make a difference.

First, Cardiff Connect is about taking you, organisations, and ideas and generating positive change in Cardiff and across South Wales. We believe there are good organisations and groups doing great things in Cardiff. But many people, both here and abroad, don’t know about them and how they can help. That’s where Cardiff Connect comes in. We’ll be promoting groups that we know about giving you the opportunity to join in.

Secondly, we believe there are a lot of you with great ideas about how to help others in Cardiff. You might not have an outlet for those ideas, or know how to get others involved in helping you out with those ideas. That’s where Cardiff Connect comes in. We’ll take your idea, with your permission, turn it into an article here on Cardiff Connect, giving you full credit, and then ask others to get involved.

And lastly, we want to celebrate the great things we see happening in Cardiff. So when we’re made aware of something that’s making a difference we’ll write about it, letting you know about it, and how you can get involved.

Here’s how you can get started:

• if you know about about a group/organisation/individual that’s doing good things in Cardiff, let us know about it by filling out a short form. We’ll take the information and promote the group here at Cardiff Connect.
• if you have an idea, but don’t know how to get it to the masses, fill out this short form. We’ll contact you to get a few more details, then we’ll post it online here at Cardiff Connect and see what comes from it.
• Follow us on Twitter.
• Join our Facebook group.
• Subscribe to our RSS Feed.
• Email us or fill out our Contact form.

And stay tuned in the coming days for our first two organisations.