Kim Hampton with Huw Smitham
Kim Hampton of K.L.Richards Funeral Directors of Neath and Briton Ferry arranged a ‘Charity Curry Evening’ at the Panshee Indian Restaurant in Skewen for colleagues and friends. The evening raised £248 for Ty Olwen which was made up of 50% of the meal cost being returned by the restaurant and with raffles, auctions, a quiz and donations. An additional £100 was added by the Co-operative Group ‘Booster Fund’ making a grand total of £348.
Jazz Richards presenting the ball to competition winner Nof Dauria with Charlotte Durke looking on
Mrs Charlotte Durke, a funeral arranger with R.J.Davies Funeral Directors in Swansea has been raising money for Ty Olwen for the second time this year. Having first hand experience of the care given by Ty Olwen staff (she previously described them as ‘Angels without wings’ ) she has decided to support the appeal again. Her employers supplied the ball which she then had signed by the Swansea City Football team, thanks to a contact with the ‘Swans’ and ran a ‘Spot the Ball Competition’. She raised £100 which was doubled by a contribution from the Co-operative Group Booster Fund. this brings her total so far to £250.
The Co-operative Family of businesses in the Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot areas have been very generous during the recent appeal by allowing us to place collecting boxes in all of their Pharmacies, Food Halls, Banks and Funeral Directors over three months. The total raised was £2573
The collection box at the Quadrant Shopping Centre in Swansea was a tremendous success and thank you to each and every one of you who made a donation, big and small, this way. We were completely overawed by the number of donations of £5, £10 and even £20 that were in the box. A special thank you to the Quadrant manager Mr Ian Kirkpatrick for allowing us to use the Quadrant as a collection point and to his staff for keeping an eye on it for us. The fantastic total of £2186 was raised during the months of April, May and June.
Mrs Poole
Mr and Mrs Poole of West Cross Stores in Riversdale Rd, West Cross have hung up the ‘Closed’ sign for the last time and taken retirement. They will not only be sorely missed by their customers but also Ty Olwen who they have supported for 15 years. Our President tells us that the collecting boxes in their shop have raised £3342 alone! They have also sold £6000 worth of Ty Olwen Christmas Cards and Raffle Tickets and raised over £550 running raffles of their own. From each and everyone associated with Ty Olwen, thank you very, very much and enjoy a long and happy retirement!
Collectors at the ready!
Shoppers at Neath have donated £351 to Ty Olwen during a collection held at Neath Town Centre on Saturday 23rd June. Thank you to those who gave their time to collect and especially to the generous people of Neath.
For the second year running the tea tent at ‘Clyne in Bloom’ during May at Clyne Gardens proved to be a huge success and our thanks go to all the volunteers who gave up their time to man the tent and to all the members of the public who came to enjoy their hospitality. During the month, despite some bad weather, nearly £6000 was taken. On the final Sunday just over £500 was raised and a further £500 was donated by Barclays Bank Match Funding Scheme to make the total nearly £6500
Volunteers at the ready
James and Wendy Murray on their wedding day at St. Fagan's Castle
Thank you to James and Wendy who rather than give favours at their wedding chose to give all their guests a Ty Olwen pin badge and make a donation to the Trust in memory of loved ones. James, the son of trustees Helen and Paul Murray and grandson of Margaret and the late Mick Bartlett, has been involved in working to support Ty Olwen from an early age. Wendy has already joined the ‘team’ in working for Ty Olwen – long may this continue. We wish them a long and happy married life together.
Goef. Tanner presents a cheque to Paul Murray whilst the President of Morriston Rotary Club Dudley Jones looks on.
The Rotary Club of Morriston organised a ‘Charity Quiz Night’ at the Tircoed Forest Village Hall recently in support of Ty Olwen. Chairman of the Fundraising Committee Geof Tanner, who organised the event, presented a cheque for £250 to Paul Murray at a meeting of the club on 12th June. The support of local groups, organisations, churches and chapels makes all the difference to our fundraising and are to be congratulated for all their efforts.
St. Teilo’s Church, Bishopston
Annual Summer Concert
Bishopston Comprehensive School
Saturday 28th July 2012 at 7pm
Featuring the Morriston Orpheus Choir with Ros Evans, Soprano
Tickets £10 (Tel 01792 234476)
In aid of Ty Olwen and St. Teilo’s Church, Bishopston
