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.

Arts and Crafts Exhibition

Congratulations to Mrs Elaine Thomas who raised £50 at the Gowerton Arts and Crafts Exhibition this week by selling her craft items.

Football Tournament

A football tournament was held at the Elba in Gowerton this afternoon organised by Phil Barrow, our community policeman The teams came from Gowerton Comprehensive, Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr, the Welcome to Gower and the Police. Here are some photos of the action:







The final was played between the teams from Gowerton School and Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr, with Gowerton School the eventual champions. Here is the winners' cup:



Thanks to the helpers (some pictured below) who sold tea, coffee, pasties, soup and hot dogs. The total raised in the afternoon was £71.70.

Grovesend November

Well done to the ladies who did the refreshments in the Grovesend Farmers' Market this month and raised £38 :)

An excellent morning at the Christmas Craft Market

The Christmas Craft Market was held this morning at St John's Church Hall, and we made £245 for the Pelican Crossing Appeal from the tea/coffee, cakes, raffle and "Guess the name of the Bear".

This was an excellent effort - so many thanks to Rhian Davies who organised the Market, Elaine Thomas, Maureen Saysell and Joanna Leeuwerke who manned the raffle, and Gaynor Thomas and Louise Chittenden who made the tea and sold the cakes. And of course, all the stall-holders for bringing their wares!



Maureen and Louise

Elaine Thomas manning the raffle

£101 for Ink Cartridges

We have received another payout from the used Ink Cartridges collection people, £101.76, taking us across the £7,000 mark!

If you have any used HP, Lexmark, Dell or Canon ink cartridges, please pop them in an envelope and send them to:

Cash For Cartridges (Ref: R00837)
Freepost
RLZL-EUJG-ZYEL
13 Main Street
Keyworth
Nottingham
NG12 5AA

No Epson cartridges or any toner cartridges, please!

A great way to raise money from stuff we'd normally throw out!

Christmas Market this Saturday!

On Saturday 8th November, Rhian Davies is organising a Christmas Craft Market at St Johns Church Hall in Gowerton - 9.30am to 12.30pm. There will be refreshments for sale in the hall, so come along and snap up your Christmas shopping early!