Scott, from Cardiff, is an ultra-runner – a growing group of runners who cover distances longer than 26 miles. He, together with his brother, has completed a number of extreme running challenges over the last ten years, which has raised over £100,000 for a variety of charities in the UK & US. Since 2015, Scott […]
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Welsh charity City Hospice has relaunched an innovative fundraising campaign to support the day-to-day work of their 14 Clinical Nurse Specialists. Originally introduced in 2019, the ‘Donate a Day’ campaign is inspired by a greater need for palliative care in the community. The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in an even higher number of patients and their families requiring the charity’s support, with nursing staff continuing to provide vital care on the frontline. City Hospice is Cardiff’s local hospice, looking after people with terminal and life limiting illnesses such as cancer, dementia, motor neurone disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The […]
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Sam Warburton, Welsh rugby legend and Cardiff Dogs Home/The Rescue Hotel Ambassador, has received his biggest single donation yet for the refurbishment of the kennels which looks after up to 1000 stray dogs from Cardiff every year. Animal Friends Pet Insurance has given £10,000 to the Cardiff Dogs Home so that the cramped 44 steel kennels that have drainage issues can be vastly improved. Sam has set his sights on raising £500,000 to improve the layout, construction and size of the kennels to provide higher welfare standards for the dogs. The improvements will also mean the kennels will be lighter, […]
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Staff and children from Enfys Hapus Nursery in Cardiff did 100 steps in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore and raised £635 for the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital Charity. The nursery, based in Canton, wanted to do something to honour the inspirational Captain but also wanted to support a charity close to their hearts. Initially, they set their fundraising target as £50 but ended up raising £635. The children, aged between 1 and 7, enjoyed going out in all weathers to do their steps, alongside nursery puppy Rosie. Paige Webbley, nursery manager said “We wanted to do something to honour […]
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A CARDIFF mum who discovered she had breast cancer following a routine mammogram appointment is supporting Cancer Research UK’s latest fundraising campaign, Walk All Over Cancer. Lucia Pavia Mardon was 53 when she attended her third annual breast cancer screening test at Breast Test Wales in Cardiff. She didn’t think there would be a problem as she regularly checked her breasts and couldn’t feel a lump. But after attending the appointment, she received a letter inviting her for further tests. A biopsy revealed the mum of two from Splott had breast cancer. As a result, she had two lumpectomy surgeries followed by 15 sessions […]
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A Cardiff man is getting marathon fit in just six weeks to raise money for a children’s hospice which supported his friends after their baby daughter died. Phill Wilkinson, 32, was challenged by a group of friends to run the 26.2 miles on February 28, despite having never run a marathon, or even a half marathon before. Once his friends started offering up money, Phill decided he would raise money for Hope House Children’s Hospices, based close to his hometown of Wrexham, which supported his childhood friends Steve and Kadie Jarvis after their daughter Frances Isobelle died at just seven-weeks-old […]
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A Cardiff woman is taking on a 24-hour walking challenge to help raise funds for her friend’s seven-year-old son. Nia Thomson, 38, a production manager with the National Theatre Wales met Kasia Thompson, 38, at Freshers Week at the University of Aberystwyth in 2001 when they both joined the karate club. Kasia’s son Leon, 7, from Codsall, West Midlands, lives with cerebral palsy, global development delay and sensory processing issues as well as being non-verbal. Over the last few years the Thompson family and their supporters have raised over £80,000 for a selective dorsal rhizotomy operation carried out at Alder […]
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LORD’S Taverners Wales’ free community cricket programme, ‘Wicketz’, is now running twice weekly sessions at its Llanrumney hub to accommodate the increasing demand experienced since restarting at the end of August. Every Tuesday, youngsters can book to attend one of the two sessions that now run after school from 4:00pm-4:45pm or 5:00pm-5:45pm at Llanrumney […] Latest Cardiff News…
Jeff Aston will run the London Marathon in Cardiff on October 4 in support of Welsh charity City Hospice. A familiar sight on the streets of North Cardiff as a member of the Les Croupiers running club, Jeff has entered every London Marathon event since the inaugural marathon in 1981. His dedication to the event […]
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Cardiff company blue self storage has partnered with local children’s charity Cerebral Palsy Cymru to provide a full year of free storage. Cerebral Palsy Cymru is Wales’ leading charity for children and families living with cerebral palsy in Wales. The charity was founded by a group of families in 1992 to provide specialist therapy and support […]
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