Charity News

FUW Meirionnydd administration assistant Louisa Moore is taking on a personal challenge on June 10 to raise money for the FUW’s charities – Alzheimer’s Society Cymru and The Farming Community Network (FCN) – swimming a mile in Lake Windermere, as part of the Great North Swim.

Residents in Llanharan marked the Royal wedding with a street party fundraiser, combining the nuptials with an opportunity to come together as a community and raise money for Tŷ Hafan – one of the UK’s leading paediatric palliative care charities, helping children and families throughout Wales deal with the most difficult times.

Today is Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day – designed to raise awareness of, and support those who have been touched by spinal cord injury. Every day four people in the UK are admitted to hospital with a spinal cord injury resulting in paralysis, the majority of which are caused by road traffic accidents.