From left: Deelana (secretary, Llysfaen Singers), Jenny McDowell (Space 4U), Carol (Llysfaen Singers), Jan (treasurer, Llysfaen Singers) and Anna Bevan (Pedal Power) with members of the choir.
Deelana (secretary, Llysfaen Singers), Jenny McDowell (Space 4U), Anna Bevan (Pedal Power) Joanna (Chair, Llysfaen Singers) and Jan (treasurer, Llysfaen Singers).
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January 2025 - Two local charities benefit from Christmas concerts
Donations from three Christmas concerts, combined with generous donations from choir members, has meant we have been able to donate to two very worthwhile local charities. Cheques for £600 were given to Pedal Power and Space4U. Pedal Power acknowledged the profound difference the charity had made for Joanna Burdett (choir chair) and her husband, Chris, who was living with Parkinson's disease. Before being diagnosed, Chris was involved in a cycling club and used to cycle twice a week. Accessing this charity gave them both the ability to do something together and meet new people - significantly improving their wellbeing, too. Pedal Power provides a wide variety of different specialist bikes for people of all disabilities. It also has specialist bikes for children and takes these out into local schools for those children who have significant additional needs in order that they may enjoy cycling. True to its vision, it employs people with disabilities in its workshop and café and has an army of volunteers escorting disabled or minority groups on short rides in the area. Jenny McDowell, from Space4U, explained that the charity, based in Splott, helps asylum seekers and refugees who have been placed in Cardiff by the Home Office and that the money would be used to support drop-in sessions. Currently, the charity sees around 70 to 80 people at its Monday and Thursday sessions. Besides a clothing bank, Space4U provides a food bank, English classes to enable clients to reach a level to study at college, a playgroup, help with applications for asylum, companionship and a weekly community meal. Where possible, asylum seekers and refugees help at the charity, giving them an opportunity to contribute to the running of the group and share their talents and culture. Full article will appear in the Lisvane Link. |
Previous Donations
Donation Jan ’25:
£1,200 raised from donations at three Christmas concerts. £600 each to Pedal Power and Space 4U
Donation Dec '23/Jan '24:
£1020 raised at the Ty Mawr concerts. Including an extra donation of £1000 from a Lisvane resident, we have donated £1010 to Air Ambulance Wales and £1010 to AP Cymru (a charity based in Taffs Well that supports children with neurodivergent conditions and their families.)
Donation 2022
Xmas 2022 donations of £1343 to Huggard Centre for the Homeless and £1343 to Sightlife including £2000 donation from a Lisvane resident
Donation in 2021
£165 to Lisvane Men's Shed and £165 to LATCH ( in support of a donation from Lisvane Parish Church in memory of Martha Pugh)
Donations in 2019
Llamau ( charity for young homeless) and the Cardiff Food Bank - £200 each
Donations in 2018
Tŷ Hafan ( children’s hospice) and Welsh Hearts ( a medical charity) - £100 each
Donation To Velindre Cancer Care (2017)
Velindre Fundraising supporter, Melissa Haggert was on hand to receive the cheque for £500 from Llysfaen Singers Choir member, Jan Jones. (See Below)
Donation to "Forget-me-not-Chorus" (2017)
Choir member, Chris DeSouza presented the second cheque of £250 to the “Forget-me-not Chorus” co-founder, Kate Woolveridge. (See below)
2016 Donations
The Lisvane Festival concert raised £500 that was divided equally between two charities, “Believe” and the “Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association (PSPA)”. During 2016 the choir also took part in a concert arranged by the Huggard Centre that raised nearly £1100, and the Choir took part in the Christmas tree lighting event that raised £200 for the Velindre hospital charity.
2015 Donations
The choir donated £250 to each of two charities, Music in Hospitals and LATCH.
2014 Donations
As Lisvane's community choir, we are proud to support the Lisvane Old School Development Fund. In July 2014 the choir donated £1000 to the redevelopment fund. (See below)
£1,200 raised from donations at three Christmas concerts. £600 each to Pedal Power and Space 4U
Donation Dec '23/Jan '24:
£1020 raised at the Ty Mawr concerts. Including an extra donation of £1000 from a Lisvane resident, we have donated £1010 to Air Ambulance Wales and £1010 to AP Cymru (a charity based in Taffs Well that supports children with neurodivergent conditions and their families.)
Donation 2022
Xmas 2022 donations of £1343 to Huggard Centre for the Homeless and £1343 to Sightlife including £2000 donation from a Lisvane resident
Donation in 2021
£165 to Lisvane Men's Shed and £165 to LATCH ( in support of a donation from Lisvane Parish Church in memory of Martha Pugh)
Donations in 2019
Llamau ( charity for young homeless) and the Cardiff Food Bank - £200 each
Donations in 2018
Tŷ Hafan ( children’s hospice) and Welsh Hearts ( a medical charity) - £100 each
Donation To Velindre Cancer Care (2017)
Velindre Fundraising supporter, Melissa Haggert was on hand to receive the cheque for £500 from Llysfaen Singers Choir member, Jan Jones. (See Below)
Donation to "Forget-me-not-Chorus" (2017)
Choir member, Chris DeSouza presented the second cheque of £250 to the “Forget-me-not Chorus” co-founder, Kate Woolveridge. (See below)
2016 Donations
The Lisvane Festival concert raised £500 that was divided equally between two charities, “Believe” and the “Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association (PSPA)”. During 2016 the choir also took part in a concert arranged by the Huggard Centre that raised nearly £1100, and the Choir took part in the Christmas tree lighting event that raised £200 for the Velindre hospital charity.
2015 Donations
The choir donated £250 to each of two charities, Music in Hospitals and LATCH.
2014 Donations
As Lisvane's community choir, we are proud to support the Lisvane Old School Development Fund. In July 2014 the choir donated £1000 to the redevelopment fund. (See below)
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Jan 2023/24
Donations to the Air Ambulance and AP Cymru. Donations to Lisvane Men's Shed, LATCH, the Huggard Centre, and Sightlife. Following their successful concert in June '17 as part of the Lisvane Festival, the Llysfaen Singers were pleased to make donations to two local charities. In the first of these, the Choir has made a donation of £500 to the Velindre Cancer Centre in Whitchurch, in order to help further its aims in providing personalized and effective cancer care. As the premier Cancer Centre in Wales, Velindre is well known for providing high quality radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments, care and support to cancer patients. The second donation of £250 was made to the “Forget-me-not Chorus”, a Cardiff-based charity that supports people with dementia and their families through weekly singing and creative workshops. The charity was formed in 2012 by founders Kate Woolveridge and Sarah Teagle, who had both been working with the group since 2010 under the umbrella of Welsh National Opera and Cardiff & Vale Alzheimer’s Society. |
