Today on the show.....

On today's show we will be talking about the forthcoming BigLittleCity exhibition (see below), talking with a guest from nightline, which is a listening, emotional support, information and supplies service, run by students for students, chatting about some great new ideas for our Student Bucket List and telling you about some fantastic charity events that are coming up this weekend and next week.

So tune in to xpress radio 12-1 to bring more of this beautiful sunshine into your life, through your ears and into your soul.

BigLittleCity

BigLittleCity will be having its grand opening on Thursday 14 April, 5pm til late.

After that We Are Cardiff will be exhibiting and inviting you to interact until 22 July


BigLittleWhat?

BigLittleCity is a celebration of Cardiff and Cardiff’s creative talent for photography, art, film, writing, music and performance, animation, illustration, painting and graffiti. BigLittleCity is about the city and the experience of its residents. The team has been invited to stage a four-month exhibition to help launch Cardiff’s prestigious new people’s museum The Cardiff Story at the Old Library building, The Hayes, in the heart of our city. The BigLittleCity exhibition will showcase everything that is special about the Welsh capital and is set to attract tens of thousands of people.

So where is it?

The Cardiff Story is a new city museum for the capital of Wales, situated in The Hayes (between House of Fraser and St David’s Hall). More here The Cardiff Story

We Are Cardiff is a storytelling project in which the citizens of Cardiff are invited to tell their story of the city.

What’s special about your neighbourhood? What do you love about living in the capital, and what do you hate?

We Are Cardiff will be exhibiting a selection of stories athte BigLittleCity exhibition gathered since We Are Cardiff launched in 2010. They will also be inviting visitors to the exhibition to write their own Cardiff story, which they will be adding to their storyboard throughout the course of the BigLittleCity Exhibition.

Tonight on cardifference

There’s no business like snow business and its snow joke the conditions we are faced with this morning but the cardifference snow – I mean show, must go on.

Last week we were chatting about how to have Christmas on a budget and safety concerns around this time of year, we intend to follow up on those ideas with some games and traditions around this time but the theme for tonight’s show is about how to have a selfless Christmas. Christmas is often associated with consumption and retail but it’s not all about buy buy buying. We are chatting with two charities whose work and worries around this time of year for the vulnerable members they represent increases.

On the show we have Iwan Roberts from Age Cyrmu the largest charity working for elderly people who estimate that one in ten older people in Wales will be left alone this Christmas. The charity is encouraging people to invite someone due to spend Christmas alone to share in your Christmas celebrations.

Eugene Rourke works directly with the Big Issue vendors around Cardiff and tonight he will be talking with us about some of the common misconceptions surrounding Big Issue vendors and the difficulties the homeless face not only during the winter months but also throughout the year.

Please get in touch with the show at cardifference@gmail.com if you have any questions for our guests or have some unusual Christmas traditions, games or ways that you have a selfless Christmas that you would like to share.

Be sure to tune into http://www.xpressradio.co.uk/ between 4-5pm tonight (Friday 17th December)

‘cardifference’ the Union Show

Welcome to ‘cardifference’ the Union show broadcasting on http://www.xpressradio.co.uk/ Fridays 4-5pm

Cardifference is a student surgery engagement show.

We have some fundamental principles and a philosophy for the show, it’s about:

- Helping you make the most out of your time in Cardiff inside and out of the student bubble

- Help and Advice throughout student life
- Add to a cleaner, greener, safer, healthier and more optimistic city and lifestyle

- Put the Unity in Community  

- Live More Spend Less

Our Philosophy:

Only the Boring Get Bored

Themes:

We will be talking about various themes in our shows but we want to hear from you. If there is a burning issue or question about Student life then get in touch.

Some ideas will include interviews and advice from and with:

- Union officers

- Societies

- Housing and accommodation

- Tips for shared living

- Environmental issues – encouraging recycling, how to be green

- Money saving advice/budget guide/student loans

- Safety and Security  

- Health and welfare

- Community engagement

- Charity events

- Exploring Cardiff

- Work experience/CV forum  

- What happens when the student bubble bursts – leading up to graduation and beyond

You go forwards we go backwards and somewhere we will meet. So now you know a little bit about the show – the blog is the platform where we can keep you up to date. Listen in live Fridays 4-5pm on http://www.xpressradio.co.uk/

We will make interviews available via the blog and also in conjunction with our website http://www.cardifference.co.uk/ so you can listen again

We want you to get involved so drop us a line at: cardifference@gmail.com and make a cardifference