North Wales Dragons

Another attendance to Ideas Fest update, sorry and far from sorry 😁 ..

As the event is a space for ideas, we are putting two out there on Wednesday morning as the event kicks off ..

These may be the best ideas we have had, or the worst, but you never know until you try, right? 💡💡💡

Really though, what better space to launch than this amazing festival for business!

Below, are a couple of clues as to what is coming.

Looking forward to seeing everyone in the field. 🏕️

The countdown 🕘 to Ideas Fest is most certainly on and will soon be upon us ..

If you see this badge as I am roaming the field, I would ❤️ for you to ask, and obviously I would ❤️ to share ..

So the first person to see 👀 the badge and ask me on Wednesday ..

. and the first person to see 👀 the badge and ask me on Thursday ..

I will buy them a coffee ☕ tea 🫖 matcha 🍵or juice 🥤 and also a bacon roll 🥓 burger 🍔 or a cake 🍰

Looking forward to seeing you in the field 🏕️ and sharing very soon! 😊

The countdown 🕘 to Ideas Fest is most certainly on and will soon be upon us ..

If you see this badge as I am roaming the field, I would ❤️ for you to ask, and obviously I would ❤️ to share ..

So the first person to see 👀 the badge and ask me on Wednesday ..

. and the first person to see 👀 the badge and ask me on Thursday ..

I will buy them a coffee ☕ tea 🫖 matcha 🍵or juice 🥤 and also a bacon roll 🥓 burger 🍔 or a cake 🍰

Looking forward to seeing you in the field 🏕️ and sharing very soon! 😊

This past weekend, the a project bringing together AI & innovation, sustainability, culture and social impact, with North Wales firmly in the spotlight, took centre stage.

The Hikari Project promotional video, featuring the magnificent Conwy Castle, was shared with members of LOANI Leaders of all Nations International, GIA Global Innovation Alliance and GFSE Global Summit of Future Entrepreneurs, at the Claremont Hotel, London.

Our North Wales Dragons, along with Go North Wales North Wales Tourism and Bangor University we are making exciting steps for ecotourism and a more sustainable visitor economy in our region.

A Community Impact & Sustainability Hub will be launched at Bangor University on Friday 11th September 2026, when the work on the Wales Hikari Project will officially commence.

A notable thank you must be made to ASUKA KONDO for the invitation to be a part of this outstanding project.

The photo below features Makoto Okubo of the World Hikari Project and Ghazala Jabeen of the Wales Hikari Project and Director of the North Wales Dragons, taken during the presentation.

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I have spent 58 years on fields ..

Football fields, so so many football fields, watching or playing recreational football ..

. and after 17 years as a co-founder of North Wales Dragons Community Football Team I am taking to a different field altogether next week ..

I will be attending Ideas Fest an annual outdoor business and entrepreneurship festival often described as the “Glastonbury for Business” a unique and completely different field to what I am used to ..

This time last year, we made a decision to grow the Dragons, which we have been doing, given our involvement in the United Nations 'Football for the Goals' Initiative, our membership of Sports for Nature and Bridges Sustainability Science Coalition

Along the way, we have created some ideas, and what better way to test them than to take them to Ideas Fest, we can then see the reaction from seasoned founders who have either grown, or growing their own businesses ..

If you're going, please let me know, I would love to chat!

Another day of recreational football, playing for purpose, to make a difference ..

We have not played on grass for a while ..

It made for an entertaining game of football ..

A huge thank you to everyone who made it happen, both on the pitch and off it ..

Finally a big thank you to our opponents Penny Lane FC for travelling all the way from Liverpool to play us.

Hope House & Tŷ Gobaith
Tyler Robinson Foundation
Her Game Too
Her Game Too Cymru

Carly Andrews ⚽⚽⚽
Jess Roberts ⚽
Helen Challoner - Sponsored by COAST cafe bar & gift shop
Bev Campbell - Sponsored by COAST cafe bar & gift shop
Shell Williams - Sponsored by COAST cafe bar & gift shop
Aimee Barlow - Sponsored by COAST cafe bar & gift shop
Katie Garland - Sponsored by COAST cafe bar & gift shop
Sara Williams - Sponsored by COAST cafe bar & gift shop
Myra Williams
Siân Bee
Crystal Forbes

Travelled to London early this morning, now taking this home on the train. 😊

Ghazala Jabeen

Next up for our Women's North Wales Dragons Community Football Team playing for purpose to help make a difference ..

We are at home against Penny Lane of Liverpool ..

Six of the team who feature this coming weekend are sponsored by COAST cafe bar & gift shop Rhos-on-Sea, Llandudno and soon to be Conwy ..

We sincerely thank COAST for their continuous kind support ..

If you are in the area and would like to pop along and watch some recreational football, we would love to see you, the location, including post code, are on the posters.

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Hope House & Tŷ Gobaith
Tyler Robinson Foundation
Her Game Too
Her Game Too Cymru

Game Day!

Playing for purpose, to help make a difference.

Hope House & Tŷ Gobaith
Tyler Robinson Foundation
Wales & West Housing Group
Her Game Too
Her Game Too Cymru

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One of the most amazing parts of the story of how the North Wales Dragons came to be, involved Inter Milan and two framed mementos that I created ..

One resides at Sheffield Football Club the other hangs in Inters' BPEC Training Centre ..

In 2007, the then Inter Manager Roberto Mancini is pictured with one of the mementos outside the training ground ..

Yesterday, he was named Head Coach of the mens Italian National Football Team ..

We always say that our story is an imaginary 5000 piece jigsaw, Roberto Mancini is definitely a part of this.