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Communicating to a Wider Audience

New Website Launch ACTIVE Project Launch

In March 2018 the Centre launched its Last year the ACTIVE project, funded
new bilingual website. by the British Heart Foundation and
supported by NCPHWR was launched.
Key features include ‘Case Studies’,
‘Current Projects’, ‘Researcher Project Trial Manager Michaela James
Directory’ and ‘News & Events’. To and Head of British Heart Foundation
encourage on-going engagement the Cymru, Ruth Coombs were
new website features a ‘Contact Us’ interviewed by ITV Wales and Bay TV.
form for collaboration enquiries and an Radio interviews featured on BBC
e-Newsletter sign-up for the general Radio Wales’ Good Morning Wales,
public. BBC Radio Cymru’s Taro’r Post and
local radio station The Wave 96.4FM. Members of the ACTIVE
The NCPHWR website is at the heart Project at BBC Radio Wales
studios
of the Centre’s new communication The project aims to see whether
strategy, which aims to increase giving teenagers vouchers to spend
engagement with both the research on activities of their choice can reduce the time spent being sedentary, improve fitness,
community and the wider public. lower the risk of heart disease and improve general health.

NCPHWR Researchers become

authors in the Conversation UK

Throughout the last year, NCPHWR
researchers have provided an expert Research into Inter-generational Care
voice to address a global audience.
Hen Blant Bach, an inspirational TV series for
The Conversation Website has over 100 S4C, showcased a unique social project aimed
million readers with 8 million reads per at bringing pre-school children and pensioners
month on UK content. together in an exploration of inter-generational
care.
Articles published on our research have
received over 10,000 hits in the UK and The programme enabled the Bangor University
around the world. Being published in team to conduct research into the effect of the
The Conversation demonstrates the three days on the children, adults and staff who
impact our research is having, both are associated with the establishments.
nationally and internationally.
The TV series was nominated and reached the final
state for the New York Festival International Film
and Television Awards.
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