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Hi,

As with any charity, we always welcome offers to help raise money.  If you have any ideas eg Coffee morning ; concerts ; skittle matches ; car boot sale please let us know via the. email and we can help with sponsorship forms; leaflets; banners and importantly collecting tins.

Also if you are planning on running eg marathon like John Vlahos, then we now have Face up vests which we can give  you to wear.  These  were kindly purchased by our trustee Peter Manning – we are indebted to him for his generosity.

Every penny helps so please think hard and if you can help we would be eternally grateful

Due to the success of our fund raising , the charity has money  to use for the benefit of Head and Neck cancer patients- all is used for the patients.

It was discussed and agreed by the trustees, that a management committee should be set up to oversee the support group, look how to distribute small grants as well as fundraising. Two consultant colleagues – Sandeep Berry  and Liam Addy have agreed to set up this group which will represent all people who look after our patients and we will also be looking for at least two patient representatives .

We will update this in the very near future but please refer to the small grants policy document and application form

Great news- John Vlahos- one of our patients but also a trustee has managed to get a place on the 2020 London Marathon. All the monies raised will be for Face up.

Please watch this space for regular updates. In particular we are launching our Virgin just giving charity site soon and the good news for John is that he will be starting training very soon and we will have a weekly update on Face ups answer to Mo Farah !!!

We would like to extend our thanks to the children, their families and staff  at Fleur-de-Lis Primary School, Blackwood for their kind donation of £175.00.

It is greatly appreciated and will help provide much needed resources that aid everyday life for people with Head & Neck Cancer.

Thank you John Hawkins & Rhiwbina Dental for your long term support, we at Faceup Cymru would like to say a big thank you.

October marks 50 YEARS of a dental surgery in Rhiwbina.
We are so proud to be able to present this donation to John Hawkins, founder of the original dentist on Heol Y Deri. This phenomenal amount was raised at the Rhiwbina Summer Festival, with all proceeds going to Faceup Cymru. John works very closely with this wonderful charity as a survivor himself. Thank you John, for being such an inspiration and for passing on this wonderful practice and it’s patients to Nick.

The fabulous soprano Anne Wilkins will be visiting St Edward’s for the first time. Let’s give her a warm St Edward’s welcome. She will be accompanied by the wonderful Sian Davies. Don’t keep our lovely Coffee Concerts to yourself, tell a friend, neighbour or someone in the shops!                

A big thank you to Jayne Thomas who kindly organised a special concert at the St Andrews Church in Roath. This involved the Cwmbach Male Choir who entertained with classical Welsh choir songs and special guests – the Choir Roźenice from Croatia. They sang traditional Croatian melodies and then the choirs joined to sing two songs together.
This was an outstanding evening , really appreciated by the full house present at the church.

Please see some photos of the evening.

I also attach a list of forthcoming concerts – I would encourage you to attend

This should be a wonderful evening, if your free this Wednesday (12th Sept) come along an enjoy  the wonderful sound of the Cwmbach Male Voice Choir, plus, special guests Choir Rozenice  from Croatia.  Ticket are £10 each and available on the door, all proceeds go to Faceup Cymru.