Charity News
Volunteer fundraising groups across Wales have been thanked by Marie Curie nurses this Volunteers Week – for raising an incredible £2 million between them for the terminal illness charity.
Charities RSPB Cymru and Buglife Cymru have been presented with a cheque for £38,195.89 by former Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Councillor Bob Derbyshire.
Staff based at the Cardiff office of Legal & General, have joined forces with charity Royal Voluntary Service to do a trolley round every Friday afternoon at Velindre Cancer Centre.
Families from Caerphilly climbed up the highest mountain in South Wales, to reach the summit of Pen-y-Fan last Sunday (3 June), to raise money for disability charity Sense.
The terminal illness charity Marie Curie is calling on people across Mid & West Wales to throw a Blooming Great Tea Party this June. Whether it’s a traditional tea party, bake-off style competition, or coffee and cake with a few of your nearest and dearest, all the money you raise will be helping terminally ill people get the support they need when they need it most.
Modern fears are creeping into people’s lives, leaving them scared stiff, according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF), with over half (51%) of residents in Wales admitting they would sooner live with clowns than be without phone signal for a month.
A group of Macmillan professionals from Wales attended The Prince of Wales’ 70th Birthday Patronage Celebration held in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, along with well-known Macmillan supporters.
STAFF from a Wrexham-based outsourced communications provider are calling on fellow businesses to join them in a fundraising drive.
A woman who has overcome breast cancer five times and is now battling leukaemia has spoken movingly about how a makeover service is making all the difference to her life.
A Cardiff family who have raised more than £70,000 for Diabetes UK Cymru in memory of their 13-year-old son are hosting a fundraising Summer Ball on Saturday 2 June.