26/10/10 - Follow Your Dreams

Follow Your Dreams approached us seeking funds to help a local Cardiff man with Downs Syndrome, Andrew Williams, compete in the Kayaking at the Special Olympics in Athens in 2011. We agreed to donate £1,200 toward this worthy cause.

26/10/10 - Progress Prostate Cancer Support Group

Former Round Table member Rhys Lloyd-Thomas recently completed the 3 Peaks challenge to raise money for this charity and one other. Cardiff Round Table agreed to donate £500 toward Rhys' fundraising, which will be split 50/50 between the two charities.

26/10/10 - Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust

Former Round Table member Rhys Lloyd-Thomas recently completed the 3 Peaks challenge to raise money for this charity and one other. Cardiff Round Table agreed to donate £500 toward Rhys' fundraising, which will be split 50/50 between the two charities.

26/10/10 - Sam Greenslade

Sam is a Cardiff lad who suffers from muscular dystrophy, who approached Cardiff Round Table as a last resort, having been trying for several months to raise £11,000 for a new motorised wheelchair. Several charities had offered £250 here and £500 there, but there was still a shortfall of just under £2,000.

Table agreed to fund just under £2,000 and complete the shortfall, enabling Sam to buy his chair.

26/10/10 - Cardiff Chameleons Swimming Club

Cardiff Chameleons was the UK's first swimming club specifically for people with learning difficulties when it was founded in 1959. Since then it has gone from strength to strength and currently has more than 60 members.

www.cardiffchameleons.co.uk

The club approached Table asking for a donation of £500 towards essential repairs for their minibus. Table was happy to support this worthy cause.

26/10/10 - Jean Church- walking the Great Wall of China in 2011 for the Joshua Foundation

Local businesswoman Jean Church is participating in the Great Wall of China Challenge in April 2011 for the Joshua Foundation.

http://www.thejoshuafoundation.co.uk/news_items/news_items_20100615-China_Walk.htm

Table have pledged a donation of £500 to Jean, subject to completion of the challenge!

11/05/10 - £368 donated to Vitalise

In May 2009, Cardiff Round Table donated £368 to Vitalise, which paid towards a respite break for a Cardiff man with Aspergers Syndrome. In May 2010, a 56 year old local man with a subarachnoid haemorrhage went on a respite care break, again partly funded by Cardiff Round Table.

Vitalise is a national charity providing short breaks (respite care) and other services for disabled people, visually impaired people and carers.

Vitalise provides short breaks with nursing and care staff at our accessible Vitalise Centres in Nottingham, Southport, Southampton and Chigwell. At Lanlivery in Cornwall we offer individual, family and group activity breaks and self-catering lodges.

Vitalise also offers inspirational opportunities for volunteers through one of the largest, most diverse volunteer programmes in the UK.
 

11/05/10 - £3,000 to The Sequal Trust

We agreed to donate £3,000 to The Sequal Trust, to fund speech equipment for Carmelle Seargent, a 28 year old Cardiff lady with Cerebral Palsy.

The Sequal Trust is a national charity which fundraises to provide communication aids for disabled people, of all ages, throughout the U.K., with speech, movement or severe learning difficulties. These disabilities include Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Downs Syndrome, Muscular Dystrophy, Motor Neurone Disease, Stroke, Cancer or Road Traffic accident victims, to name but a few.

You can read more about their work amongst the disabled community on their website www.thesequaltrust.org.uk
 

25/01/10 - Echo Sparklers Campaign

HERE are the groups to benefit from Cardiff Round Table / Echo Sparklers £5,000 cash giveaway:

SOBIS Young People’s Club, Sully — IT equipment — £100.

Only Boys Allowed, Williamstown Primary School — Books — £400.

Grangetown Friendship Club — Running costs — £100.

15th Penarth Scout Group — Cooking and camping equipment — £250.

Friends of Willowbrook, Willowbrook Primary School, St Mellons — Playground equipment and restoration of school pond — £320.

Trelai Youth Centre — New TV for the tuck shop — £150.

Barnardo’s Cymru Caravan Holiday Scheme, Grangetown — Upkeep of scheme — £300.

Whitchurch Hockey Club — Goal keeping equipment — £150.

St Catherine’s Church, Llandaff — To asphalt a pathway around the church — £200.

New Start 4 Life, Bargoed — Running costs — £100.

Rhiwbina Football Club youth team — Help towards strip, equipment and floodlit training ground — £150.

Meadowbank School, Gabalfa — Sensory room — £300.

Children’s Community Nursing Service Saturday Club, Llandough Hospital — Paints, paper and crafts — £200.

1st Pentwyn Scout Group — Two dining shelters — £250.

Rainbow of Hope, homeless charity and drop-in centre for asylum seekers, Llanishen — New computer — £200.

Llanishen Methodist Community Hall — New disabled toilet — £200.

Pencoed Contact Group — Running costs — £100.

Wildmill Youth Club, Bridgend — New pool table and musical instruments — £100.

Cardiff Whales Swimming Club — Running costs — £200.

Al-Islah Saturday School, Grangetown — IT equipment — £100.

Hospital Radio Glamorgan, UHW — Equipment to broadcast live events — £400.

Senior Citizens’ Day Centre at Canton Uniting Church — Freezer — £250.

Splott Pump Track — Helmets for BMX racing, bikes, repair kits and transport — £150.

Serenity Female Voice Choir, Marshfield — Printed T-shirts with choir’s logo — £300.

Personal donation — From a woman to help an elderly neighbour — £30.

25/01/10 - SOBIS Young People's Club, Sully

£100 donated towards IT equipment for SOBIS Young People's Club in Sully

25/01/10 - Only Boys Allowed Reading Scheme

£400 donated toward the cost of books for the scheme

www.rhonddacynontaff.com/article.aspx

25/01/10 - Grangetown Friendship Club

£100 donated

25/01/10 - 15th Penarth Scout Group

Donation of £250 towards the cost of Cooking and camping equipment

25/01/10 - Friends of Willowbrook Primary School

A donation of £320 towards playground equipment and restoration of the school pond

25/01/10 - Trelai Youth Centre

Donation of £150 for a new TV for the tuck shop

25/01/10 - Barnardo’s Cymru

A donation of £300 was made toward the caravan holiday scheme.

http://www.barnardos.org.uk/who_we_are/in_your_region/wales/wales_about.htm

25/01/10 - Whitchurch Hockey Club

A donation of £250 was made toward goal keeping equipment

25/01/10 - St Catherine’s Church, Llandaff

A donation of £200 was made to asphalt a path around the church

25/01/10 - New Start 4 Life

This group in Bargoed seeks to promote healthy living opportunities and support people who have suffered cardiac illnesses. We donated £100 toward running costs.
 

08/09/09 - Cardiff Round table Supports British Heart Foundation

Cardiff Round table donated £400 to Gareth Griffiths who is walking along the Great Wall of China to on order to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.

05/05/09 - Bristol Volunteers for Development Abroad

Cardiff Round table donated £500 to BVDA. The money assisted Nia Griffiths, a psychology student at Bristol University to visit Uganda and help make a water tank and a well in a small village.

BVDA are a Bristol based charity that enables students from Bristol University to take part in small scale developments abroad. BVDA sends students to Uganda, Nepal, Rwanda and india to tackle to roots of problems in small communities and villages with the main aim of making all solutions sustainable.

For more infomration see: http://bristolvols.wordpress.com/

07/04/09 - Italian Earthquake disaster fund

Cardiff Round Table donated £500 towards a Round Table UK fund to aid those affected by the recent Earthquake.

In total Round table UK donated over £5500.

12/02/09 - Finley's Fund recieves £1000 donation

Last year Cardiff Round Table were pleased to donate £1000 to Finley's Fund. A thankyou card for the donation were recieved from Mark, Karen and Finley.

12/01/09 - Foundation housing given £300

Foundation housing were given £300 to purchase items their clients desperately needed that unfortunately the community care grants had denied them.

19/12/08 - Tai-hafan are given a warm and freindly Christmas party

Cardiff Round Table donated money to help Tai-hafan provide a very warm and friendly Christmas Party to 57 vulnerable women and their children. More information on the work of Tai-hafen is available on their website http://www.tai-hafan.co.uk/.

01/09/08 - Association of Childrens Hospitals

Cardiff Round Table donated £468 to the Association of Children's Hospices.

10/06/08 - Sponsor a School in India

Cardiff Round Table give £7000 to help build a School in India. Araswathi Vidyaniketan Mannur. A joint project of Calicut Round Table 69 & Cardiff 26, RTBI. Under Round Table India's National project "Freedom through Education". The school was inaugurated on 10th June 2008.

- Charitable Donation 2009 - 2010

• £250 was given to Joseph Pandeli and Henry Garfield to go on Africamp.
• £500 – Squash Wales – 9/3/10 – Branded tops to wear while in Ireland.
• £5000 – Echo Round Table - Sparkle Appeal Which includes:
  • SOBIS Young People’s Club, Sully — IT equipment — £100.
  • Only Boys Allowed, Williamstown Primary School — Books — £400.
  • Grangetown Friendship Club — Running costs — £100.
  • 15th Penarth Scout Group — Cooking and camping equipment — £250.
  • Friends of Willowbrook, Willowbrook Primary School, St Mellons — Playground equipment and restoration of school pond — £320.
  • Trelai Youth Centre — New TV for the tuck shop — £150.
  • Barnardo’s Cymru Caravan Holiday Scheme, Grangetown — Upkeep of scheme — £300.
  • Whitchurch Hockey Club — Goal keeping equipment — £150.
  • St Catherine’s Church, Llandaff — To asphalt a pathway around the church — £200.
  • New Start 4 Life, Bargoed — Running costs — £100.
  • Rhiwbina Football Club youth team — Help towards strip, equipment and floodlit training ground — £150.
  • Meadowbank School, Gabalfa — Sensory room — £300.
  • Children’s Community Nursing Service Saturday Club, Llandough Hospital — Paints, paper and crafts — £200.
  • 1st Pentwyn Scout Group — Two dining shelters — £250.
  • Rainbow of Hope, homeless charity and drop-in centre for asylum seekers, Llanishen — New computer — £200.
  • Llanishen Methodist Community Hall — New disabled toilet — £200.
  • Pencoed Contact Group — Running costs — £100.
  • Wildmill Youth Club, Bridgend — New pool table and musical instruments — £100.
  • Cardiff Whales Swimming Club — Running costs — £200.
  • Al-Islah Saturday School, Grangetown — IT equipment — £100.
  • Hospital Radio Glamorgan, UHW — Equipment to broadcast live events — £400.
  • Senior Citizens’ Day Centre at Canton Uniting Church — Freezer — £250.
  • Splott Pump Track — Helmets for BMX racing, bikes, repair kits and transport — £150.
  • Serenity Female Voice Choir, Marshfield — Printed T-shirts with choir’s logo — £300.
  • Personal donation — From a woman to help an elderly neighbour — £30.
• £140 – 09/02/10 To help Debbie Mathews to spend her 2 weeks elective (Occupational Therapy) in Croatia.
• £1500? – 15/12/09 – (Peacocks) Giving clothing to children who are in need of winter clothing .
• £750 - 18/10/2009 - Pedal Power charity – Money raised from Taff Trail Cycle Ride
• £200 – 18/10/2009 Sponsored Ailee Judd to go to Madacascar on a HIV prevention research project with pregnant and married women
• • £400 - British Heart Foundation - 08/09/09 - to Gareth Griffiths who is walking along the Great Wall of China to on order to raise money for the BHF.
• £368 - 20/07/09 –Vitalise - To Help towards sending the guest (a 23 year old man with Aspersers) from Cardiff to one of their centres for a holiday.
• £200 -11/06/09 - To help send Carys Thomas to the U20’s nations Cup in London.
• £500 - 05/05/09 - Bristol Volunteers for Development Abroad (BVDA). The money assisted Nia Griffiths, a psychology student at Bristol University to visit Uganda and help make a water tank and a well in a small village.
• £500 - 07/04/09 - Italian Earthquake disaster fund
   

- Cardiff Round table supporting local charities

Since Cardiff Round Table was established it has raised and donated hundreds of thousands of pounds for predominantly local, but also, on occasion, national and international causes.

Listed below are a few recent charities we have supported.

- Charities Commission Website

Check out our page on the Charities Commission website here:

http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/SHOWCHARITY/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=514605&SubsidiaryNumber=0

This shows the amount we have raised over the past several years.