Ty Olwen

Volunteer Martin Mahoney

Ty Olwen Volunteer Martin Mahoney will be running his 4th Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday 4th October in aid of Ty Olwen and this year will be dedicating his run to the late Phil Crocker who sadly passed away this year under the care of Ty Olwen. Martin and his lovely wife Julia have been hard at work fundraising and have already received great support. Thanks especially at this time to Members and Management Steward Alan Diamond of the Cwmfelin Club who on Saturday raised £200 in a collection and also to the Members and Management of the Penlan Social Club, Vic Gomersall and Marion King who raised £150 in a collection on Sunday afternoon. Thank you everyone.

Helen and Paul Murray were delighted to attend St.James’s Church in the Uplands on Sunday to publicly thank the Vicar and congregation for the £1750 raised in memory of the Christopher Thomas a longstanding member of the church. The money was raised through a coffee morning, a donation from colleagues of the Rotary Club of Morriston and other donations. This visit continues a long established link between St. James’s Church and Ty Olwen which goes back to 1976 when the Church hosted for two consecutive nights a film show about the work of St. Christopher’s Hospice, Sydenham and the pioneering work of the Hospice movement and Dame Cecily Saunders its founder. Helen, then Bartlett, arranged for Dr Peter Griffiths to speak to a public meeting after the showing of the film and so overwhelming was the interest that the church was packed on both nights. The Vicar Mark Williams and Mrs Jan Thomas officially welcomed Helen and the end of the service.

We were delighted to welcome Helen and Ian Williams and their 6 day old  little bundle of joy to Ty Olwen. Helen of ‘Clean Sweep’ is a great supporter of Ty Olwen and the ‘three’ of them made a further donation of £1000 in memory of her Mum, Sheila Cridland, who I’m sure would have been an extremely proud grandmother. Ty Olwen Trustee and Unit Receptionist Delyth Gough was on hand to receive the donation and give baby Williams a cwtch from us all.

Barber Sam Ryan broke the world record for the number of heads shaved in one hour at a Fun Day held on August 31st at the Purple Badger, Llanrhidian. The event was organised in aid of Ty Olwen and in memory of Clare Ellis by Mitzi Richards and Josh Eves. Sam managed to shave 75 heads in one hour to beat the previous record of 73 achieved in New York in April 2014. Official Guinness World Records Adjudicator Pravin Patel presented a certificate to Sam and Mitzi after declaring the attempt valid.

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Loughor & District Workingmens Club held their Annual August Bank Holiday Fundraiser for Ty Olwen on Sunday 30th August and raised £700. During the evening Chairman Iain Murray and Secretary Les Davies presented a cheque to Helen Murray.

The Chairman attended the Three Sisters Pub in Cwmbwrla recently to receive a donation of £1,200 given in memory of Mr. Wayne Jones.

Tickets are now available for the Ty Olwen Summer raffle 2015 with a chance to win some fabulous prizes

Win a limited edition authenticated 2014/2015 signed Wales Rugby Shirt

Win a Wales football shirt signed by the squad who beat Belgium on 12th June 2015

Win a diamond pendant valued at £500 from Crouch Jewellers and other prizes!

Raffle tickets are available from Ty Olwen and the Ty Olwen Shop in High Street.

If you would like to purchase a book of 5 tickets at £1 each please send your donation to

4, Pen y fro Close, Dunvant, Swansea, SA2 7TT and we will post the counterfoils back to

you.

Members of Olchfa School Sixth Form Charity Committee have ended their year on a high by raising £578.80 for Ty Olwen during their recent sponsored walk from the Civic Centre to Verdi’s and back.  This takes their total for the year to a marvellous £738.80.  Well done and thanks go to everyone who took part in the fund raising.  We wish you all well as you now as you leave Olchfa for pastures new.

Outgoing President of the Rotary Club of Mumbles, Doug Camp, carried out his last task by visiting Ty Olwen and presenting a cheque for £1000, the proceeds of a V.E. day Celebration held at Langland Bay Golf Club arranged by incoming President Brian Saunders (far right). Past President Malcolm Perkins also visited the unit and joined with the presentation to Ty Olwen Trust Chairman Helen Murray and Staff Nurse Dawn Farthing.

The Vice-Chairman, Mr. Paul Murray, is  pictured with Mr. Richard Fry, last years Chairman of the Beaufort Masonic Lodge, receiving a donation of £200 towards the work of Ty Olwen.  This donation continues a long association between Ty Olwen and the Masonic Lodges for which we are extremely grateful.