News & Features

Contract Cleaner Opportunity
ACE is seeking the services of a contract cleaner to carry out cleaning at our premises the Dusty Forge. We are inviting quotes from Contract Cleaners that are registered

Cardiff Metropolitan University Summer School 2022
Cardiff Metropolitan University Summer School for Adult Learners will run from 13th – 24th June 2022. Courses are free and cover subjects such as Creative Writing, Teaching, Drawing, Health Care,

ACE Volunteer Fund – Opens from Mon 4th April.
Action in Caerau & Ely (ACE) is looking to share its success, knowledge and experience, by offering a small flexible fund to local voluntary organisations in the Caerau & Ely

Room Hire – at ACE – Our Place: Dusty Forge
The Dusty Forge offers a range of Meeting Rooms, a Training Room, Workshop and a Main Hall for hire. You can hire for parties, socials and celebration events, corporate events

Repair Cafe at Dusty Forge, Saturday 26 March.
Our Dusty Forge repair cafe will ‘pop up’ again on Saturday 26th March starting at 10.00am. So if you’ve got a wonky trolley\ buggy, or if your tablet\ laptop’s on

ACE Cardiff Half Fundraiser -2022.
We’ll be cheering on 3 amazing people in the Cardiff Half Marathon this Sunday! ACE’s Charlotte McCarthy and Sam Froud-Powell and Cardiff University’s Ashley Walsh will be running 13.1 miles

ACTion for Living course – from Feb 28th.
We have places available for ‘ACTion for Living‘, a 4-week course at the Dusty Forge from the 28th Feb, 1pm – 3pm. This free course is for people experiencing emotional

New Crisis Hour service.
We are offering a new service at the Dusty Forge. Sadly with the increase in energy, food and overall costs of living, life is going to get harder for so

New Stress Control and ACTion for Living courses – from Jan 2022.
There are new Stress Control and ACTion for Living courses being held at various venues in Cardiff West. Please click here to view list of venues, dates and times available.

ACE – Our Place: Dusty Forge Christmas Closure 2021
ACE will be closed from the end of Friday 24th Dec at 4pm, and the phone line will reopen on Tuesday 4th January 2022. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas

Stress Control course – from 4 Nov 2021.
We have a new 6-week Stress Control course from the 4th Nov, at Our Place: Dusty Forge on Cowbridge Rd West. You will learn new stress control tools and as

Dusty Forge Repair Cafe Celebrates Second Anniversary!
Our repair cafe team at the Dusty Forge celebrate our second anniversary in October – two years of great challenges during the pandemic and growing popularity! Lead volunteer Penny recalls

Get your ‘CAER Heritage’ t-shirt!
CAER Heritage has now reprinted the original CAER Heritage logo t-shirts and is on sale for £17.99 each. These shirts proved very popular when we first got them printed, and

Good Food Neighbourhoods Survey
The communities of Ely and Caerau have been selected to pilot a new Good Food Neighbourhoods scheme with Food Cardiff. Food Cardiff is supporting ACE to start our own neighbourhood

ACE Summer Questionnaire 2021
ACE – Action in Caerau & Ely is a community based organisation that seeks to work with local people to build community and make change. We are committed to learning

Repair Cafe at Dusty Forge, Saturday 28 August.
If your toaster or TV’s on the blink or your buggy\ trolley wheels are wobbly come on down to the Dusty’s next repair cafe on Saturday 28 August! At this pop-up

StreetACE is back!
Last week, StreetACE made a comeback! For those who don’t know, StreetACE is a tried and tested engagement strategy that ACE staff and volunteers have used over the years to

Join ACE’s fun activities with Cardiff City’s ‘Summer of Smiles’.
We are pleased to announce ACE’s activities as part of Cardiff City Council’s ‘Summer of Smiles’ festival for 2021, aim to give children and young people a range of opportunities

New Hidden Hillfort Community Heritage Centre takes shape
The building renovation and extension works on the Old Gospel Hall on Church Road, Caerau are nearing completion. ACE’s ‘Hidden Hillfort Project’, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and

ACE Arts Update
We are so grateful to have been back up and running for the past few weeks since the last lockdown and we’d like to thank all our participants for the

Our Community Shelter Space
As ACE begins to open its doors to returning and new community groups, projects and activities, we’ve thought carefully about how we can bring people back together safely. As we

ACE’s incredible volunteers
Throughout the pandemic, ACE’s incredible volunteers have continued to work tirelessly to support their local community. We couldn’t have done what we did, without them. Whether it has been through

ACE’s Youth Team
The Youth team has been very active over the past three months delivering various Covid safe engagements in the area of Caerau and Fairwater. As well as weekly street based

Dusty Forge Repair Cafe Revives 65-Year-Old Local Teddy Bear
Rescued from a Caerau attic, a 65-year-old teddy bear has been revived by the Dusty Forge repair cafe’s textile fixer and returns to its childhood owner at our next repair

ACE Mental Health & Support Services for Mental Health and Dying Matters Awareness Week – 10th-16th May.
ACE provides a number of services supporting our local community in mental health, training, debt advice, access to food, and supporting families, based at the Dusty Forge and at other

ACE – Dusty Forge – Update April 26th 2021
Whilst the Dusty Forge is currently shut for public use due to Covid restrictions, ACE is working towards re-opening to the public. The first step towards re-opening comes into effect

House for Rent
Action in Caerau & Ely are offering a newly renovated three bedroom property situated on Cowbridge Road West, Ely, Cardiff. Rent: £750pcm. For house

New Action in Caerau & Ely (ACE) Volunteer Fund for our local communities.
Action in Caerau & Ely (ACE) is looking to share its success, knowledge and experience, by offering a small flexible fund to local voluntary organisations in the Caerau & Ely

ACE Volunteer Fund – Opens from Mon 27th Sept.
Action in Caerau & Ely (ACE) is looking to share its success, knowledge and experience, by offering a small flexible fund to local voluntary organisations in the Caerau & Ely

Your Local Pantry Success Stories – read ‘Your Local Pantry Social Impact Report 2021 – Dignity, Choice, Hope.’
Although it has been a challenging year to run the Your Local Pantry Dusty Forge, our great volunteer team has enabled us to continue to grow this project has been