Ty Olwen

Adele presenting the Gift to Paul Murray

Mrs Adele Jones of Rees Davies Funeral Directors, Port Tennant Rd, St Thomas arranged a Charity Ball at the Manor Park Hotel, Clydach in aid of Ty Olwen recently and raised £350. The event was supported by friends and colleagues of Mrs Jones and suppliers to Rees Davies.

Delyth collecting for Ty Olwen

A choir of over 50 sang carols in the city centre on Thursday night to bring Christmas cheer to the late night shoppers and raise much needed funds for Ty Olwen. The choir was made up of Volunteers, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Staff, nurses (including retired members), administrative staff, trustees, the consultants and chaplain and some of their families . They were supported by Salvation Army musicians. Great fun was had by all before retiring to a local hostelry for refreshments. Nearly £200 was raised in just one hour and big thank you to all those who made donations and to Delyth for organising everything.

Wendy Jones pictured earlier this year with Margaret Bartlett

The staff and customers of Blackpill Post Office are to be congratulated for raising over £5000 in the Ty Olwen collecting boxes over the years. This along with money donated from numerous raffles held over the years and family fundraising by the  Jones family along with gifts of milk and provisions to the Ty Olwen tea tent at Clyne in Bloom is an astonishing act of generosity.

Paul Murray receives the Sponsorship Money from Mike and Phil

Pictured here are Mike and Phil Howell who with  some of Mike’s Union Rangers Under 15′s Football Team completed the Admiral Swansea Bay 10k and the Under 15′s the 3k. They were raising money for Ty Olwen in memory Mike and Phil’s Dad, Tony, who passed away there last year. They raised in excess of £2700 and recently handed over the sponsorship money to Ty Olwen. They wish to thank all the people that sponsored them. With Gift Aid the final total will be well over £3000

from left: Alistair Murray, James Dainton, James Duke and Chris Williams

Donna Read, Customer Service Administrator at Days Contract Hire, Garncoch runs a departmental ‘Tuck Shop’ with the proceeds going to charity. This October they opted to support Ty Olwen and as of the 30th November a whopping £242-50 has been donated! The tuck shop proceeds have been supplemented by the four colleagues pictured who joined in with the ‘Movember’ theme, growing some very fine moustaches and raising over £100!

Members of Killay Community Council

The Chairman was delighted to attend a Coffee Morning and Bring and Buy Sale organised by Killay Community Council. The event raised £250 for Ty Olwen and thanks go to the organisers and all who supported the event. Pictured on the morning are Councillor Mary Jones, Chairman of Killay Community Council and fellow members.

Mr Derek Bowden, Secretary to the Lodge of St. Cenith 6567 presented a cheque for £200 to Mrs Helen Murray Chairman of the Ty Olwen Trust. Looking on are trustees Dr Y.B.Mathur and Mr Paul Murray.

We are grateful for the the continued support of the Lodges in our area.

Mr Martin Mahoney visited Ty Olwen recently to present a cheque for £2202 to Paul Murray, Vice Chairman of the Ty Olwen Trust, raised through sponsorship  to run the Cardiff Half Marathon and which included £984 from Colleagues and Staff of Martin’s at the DVLA.  The photograph shows Martin presenting the cheques whilst his wife Julia and trustee Dr Y.B.Mathur look on.

We are grateful to everybody who contributed to this magnificent sum and wish Martin every happiness in his forthcoming retirement.

Last Autumn staff at NPT Homes were asked to nominate a charity that they were passionate about for the organisation to support for a year. Local charity Ty Olwen came out on top and staff have raised £4294.54 for the worthwhile cause.

The local charity provides extra comforts and amenities for patients with advanced incurable disease that are not normally provided by the health authority, a charity which has touched the lives of many members of staff from NPT Homes.

Over the course of the year teams across the organisation have raised funds with book sales, cake raffles, opening tuck shops and donating lottery winnings.

However the bulk of the money raised for the charity came after several members of staff from NPT Homes and their friends took part in the gruelling Three Peaks Challenge in June. The total raised

NPT Homes staff will soon vote on their chosen charity for 2013 and have several charity fundraising ideas lined up already.

Chief Executive Linda Whittaker said:

“As a local organisation with a focus on community it was wonderful that our staff nominated Ty Olwen as our chosen charity for the year.

They are to be commended for raising a fantastic sum of money for such a worthwhile cause, which I’m sure will make a real difference to Ty Olwen.

They will soon vote on the chosen charity for 2013 and aim to raise as much funds as possible.”

Helen Murray, Chairman of the Ty Olwen Trust, added

“We at Ty Olwen are constantly amazed at the generosity of the people who support us. Not only do they donate much needed funds for our charity but also give freely of their time.  Well done and thank you to everyone at NPT Homes for raising such a magnificent sum of money.”