Cake

We celebrated with chocolate cake today!

Two further articles

We were mentioned twice more in the Evening Post last night. See below for the articles (click to enlarge)

Press Articles

Here are the press articles which have appeared in the Evening Post this week (click to enlarge)

We did it!

Our fundraising has been on hold for the last month or so as we were put in line for new funding from the Council. Four of our fundraisers went to the meeting and sat in the public gallery and we can tell you that the Council has approved the rest of the funding for our pelican crossing!

There is no doubt that Gowerton would never have been considered if we had not fundraised and met the Council half-way. A massive thanks to everyone who has contributed towards the appeal!

Stay tuned for news of the crossing being installed!

Football Tournament

Well done to all involved in today's Football Tournament held at Gowerton School. Teams came from Gowerton Comprehensive, Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr and the local police, with Gowerton Comp emerging as the eventual winner! A total of £156.70 was raised.

Here are some photos of the event:

Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr team


Gowerton School team with their winners' cup


Phil, Kevin Johns and Maureen


Kevin and friend


Elaine and friend


Sue, Maureen and Anne

Football Tournament in Evening Post

Tomorrow's football tournament was written up in the Evening Post tonight! (click to enlarge)

Evening Post April 2009

We appeared in the Evening Post twice tonight! We are grateful to the Evening Post for keeping our campaign in the public eye. The articles appear below (click to enlarge):

Easter Produce and Craft Market

Well done to everyone on a successful Produce and Craft Market at St John's Church, Gowerton this morning. We raised £264! Thanks go to Maureen Saysell, Elaine and Gaynor Thomas, Louise Chittenden, Jo Leeuwerke and Rhian Davies. And of course, to those who supported the event on a lovely sunny April morning :)

Here are some photos of the event:

Easter Saturday - Produce and Craft Fayre

Next Saturday in St John's Church Hall we are holding a Produce and Craft Fayre, 9.30am - 12.30pm. There will be a wide variety of stalls, as well as a raffle, refreshments, cakes etc. Come along for a cup of tea and a browse!

Llanelli Half-Marathon

Mr Peter Morse ran the Llanelli Half-Marathon last month, raising £100 for the appeal. Many thanks to Peter from all of us - a fantastic effort. :)

Schools' Concert

We have a final total raised by the Schools' Concert in St Catherine's Church - £644. Many thanks to Gowerton Infants' School, Gowerton Junior School, Gowerton Comprehensive School, Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr and Cor Waunarlwydd, all of whom performed at the concert. Also thanks go to Kevin Johns of Swansea Sound who was the compere for the concert, and everyone involved in the organisation of the event :)

We have also received £120 from second-hand books sales at Swansea Metropolitan University, so thanks to those who donated/bought books and to Gaynor for the organisation of the stall.

Our current total is £9287. Our next event is a Produce and Craft Fayre at St John's Church, 9.30-12.30am on Easter Saturday.

No funding from Welsh Assembly

We have heard that our bid for funding under the "Safe Routes In The Community" scheme has been turned down by the Welsh Assembly :(

Two donations

We have received two donations - one of £168 from the Conservative Club, Gowerton and one of £242 from Gowerton Community Council. This brings our current total up to £8,200.

We are still waiting to hear from the Welsh Assembly regarding our application for funding from the Safe Routes in the Community Scheme.

We have a few events coming up - Mark Wells will be running the Llanelli Marathon for us and in April we are planning a Craft and Produce Fair. Also on March 12th there will be a Schools Concert in St Catherine's Church, Gorseinon. Watch this space!

Grovesend Fundraising

Well done to the ladies who do the teas at Grovesend Farmers' Market who raised £65 during December and January. Unfortunately, the Farmers' Market has now closed. We thank the organisers for giving us the opportunity to raise money.