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.

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.