Thank you to Karren for organising yet more fundraising and publicity for Ty Olwen and especially Emily Roberts who manned the stall at a recent Craft Fayre at the Forge Fach Community Hub in Clydach. It was a great success and thank you to everyone who supported them in any way.
Matthew and Sharon two of our wonderful Ty Olwen Staff were delighted to welcome Jen Croucher to Ty Olwen and our ‘old friend’ Martin Mahoney. Jen ran the Admiral Swansea Bay 10K run in memory of her father Roy Brain. Roy was a devoted family man and loved spending special occasions with Margaret his wife of 53 years, three children, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He will be fondly remembered from the Ford Motor company where he worked for 27 years and of course in the community where they ran the family newsagents in Robert St, Manselton. Martin ran his 13th Cardiff Half Marathon, his 6th for Ty Olwen, and together they presented a cheque for £2065 in memory of Roy. We were also delighted to welcome Julia with Martin and the newest addition to the Mahoney family, grandaughter Anaiyah
It was a pleasure to welcome Chelsea Edwards to Ty Olwen this morning when she presented a cheque for £400 to Lisa and Grant. Chelsea emailed earlier in the year to say she wanted to raise money for us in memory of her grandfather and said ” My late grandfather was in your care at the end of last year who sadly passed away on boxing day. My family and I are so grateful of the care he received by the staff at Ty Olwen, it was truly amazing and we cannot thank the staff enough for everything that they did for him; it was very comforting knowing that he was in safe, caring hands.” Chelsea ran the Swansea Admiral 10K last month. Thank you Chelsea and all who sponsored you.
Kate and Rachel Taylor and Sarah Green have raised £2150 for Ty Olwen in memory of Eric Batchelor who spent six weeks with us earlier this year before going home to be looked after by his loving family and an army of care professionals. The girls said that whilst in Ty Olwen “He experienced the best care possible and all the staff treated him with dignity and fed him with lots of treats!”. He returned nine weeks later and “was welcomed back into the fold like returning to the family home and cared for so well again”. Thank you ladies and to your sponsors and supporters including customers at Lloyds Pharmacy on Sway Rd and Boots Optician customers in Port Talbot.
Kate, Rachel and Sarah presented the cheque to Ty Olwen staff Lynda, Sharon and Coral.
The ladies of Holy Cross Church, Gendros, Charity Shop have done it again and this year presented a cheque for £2,200 to Ty Olwen Vice Chairman Paul Murray. This is the fourth year that they have supported ,their “local charity” Ty Olwen by running Coffee Mornings and Raffles and brings their total to over £7,000. They are already collecting for next years donation!
Many thanks to the generous people of Penlan Social Club for supporting Julia and Martin Mahoney’s bucket collection this Sunday lunchtime. Also to John Morgan and Vic Gomersall who made up the total to £120. Martin will be running his 13th Cardiff Half Marathon soon and is raising money for Ty Olwen again this year.
The Chairman was delighted to meet up again with Mr Aubrey Jones who recently organised a Fund Raising Evening at the Lewis Jones Sports Bar & Grill in Gorseinon. Presenting the cheque for £400 Aubrey wished to thank all those who had supported the event, including Peter from Gorseinon Shoe repairs for his donations towards the raffle and Josh Lewis the manager of the Lewis Jones for hosting the evening.
Enjoyable Afternoon Tea at the Dragon Hotel this afternoon to thank the High St Shop volunteers for all their hard work in running the Ty Olwen shop over many years. Sadly the shop has closed after 23 years and raised over £500,000. Flowers were presented to Mrs Margaret Bartlett who along with her late husband Mick were responsible for founding the shop and Mrs Rose Pugh who brought her skills in 1994 to set it up and has ‘managed’ it ever since.
Congratulations to Tabernacle on winning the ‘Best Loved Place of Worship’ competition and thank you for your continued support for Ty Olwen. This looks to be an amazing concert coming up on 1st October.
Entrants starting to come in. Who’s up for a pizza challenge and raising some money for Ty Olwen Hospice Trust charity? It’ll cost you £6 at the most…and that’ll include your dinner!
