25th July 2016 at the Wales Heart Institute, University Hospital of Wales, from 14:30 onwards
We will have a talk from Joanne Hawkins about her trip to Killimanjaro for Faceup Cymru.
All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you there 
Next support group 8th Feb 2016
8th Feb 2016 at the Wales Heart Institute, University Hospital of Wales, from 14:30 onwards
All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you there
Kilimanjaro Fundraiser raises 10K for Faceup Cymru!!
Joanne’s Kilimanjaro Fundraising Dinner & Dance Friday 27th November
On behalf of Faceup Cymru can I thank everyone who attended the Kilimanjaro fundraising dinner & dance on Friday night and making it such a memorable and enjoyable evening. The event was sold out, 20 tables and 191 guests enjoyed a three course meal, charity auction and raffle followed by dancing until late into the night.
I would like to thank each and every person I approached looking for auction prizes for their generosity and support and am delighted to report that the auction made £3720. Thank you also to the generous and kind hearted auction bidders and auction winning bidders who made that total so amazing.
In addition I would like to thank every person who supported my request for raffle prizes and for all the guests who purchased raffle tickets. I would also like to thank my daughter Anneka who kindly placed 5000 raffle tickets in 200 envelopes and then folded each and every ticket in preparation for the draw. I am delighted to announce the raffle made £1775.
Caroline Turner on behalf of Usk Farmers Club Committee kindly nominated my Kilimanjaro Challenge for Faceup Cymru as the recipients of their 2015 charitable donation and made a presentation towards my fundraising on the evening for £800.
In addition, Autocenters Limited, Queens Hill, Newport presented a cheque for £1000 towards my target and supported me during the evening by hosting the auction, a task made difficult by the only malfunction of the night, the volume of the function rooms audio system didn’t stretch to the back of the room and guest couldn’t fully hear the auction leaving poor Alex Richardson to shout and leave the evening with little or no voice.
I have been overwhelmed by support and generosity and positive feedback form the evening and have been asked to consider making the event an annual one, of which of course, I would be delight to do.
I am also delighted to announce the event raise a staggering £10,000
Joanne Faceup Cymru Trustee
Faceup Cymru Halloween Bash big success!! Thank you to all who organised and attended it
The Penarth Conservative club had a very successful Faceup Cymru Halloween Bash back on the 31st October, which had a live band and DJ. Thanks to all the hard work of Jean and Nigel Cridland the night was a great success. We are so grateful to the Penarth Conservative Club for all their generosity in hosting this successful event, especially to Kay Guy and her colleagues. We would also like to give a big thank you to Aileen and Alwyn Bush who have helped make it such a memorable occasion. It was great to see the event was well attended particularly by members of the Faceup Cymru Support Group with family and friends. The money raised will hopefully go to helping and supporting more patients going through head and neck cancer treatment and post treatment.
The Conservative club have not received all of the money yet, however at present the total amount is £1130, what a fantastic result.
We look forward to plenty more events like this, in the future.
Here are a few photos of the night, which shows that fun was had by all……..
Congratulations to Claire Fisher Faceup Cymru speech and language therapist!
A big congratulations and thank you to Claire Fisher who ran the Cardiff 10K and raised £165 for Faceup Cymru.
Claire is a specialist head and neck cancer speech and language therapist, who works with head and neck cancer patients at University Hospital of Wales. Her post has initially been funded by charity money from Faceup.
Congratulations to Christine, who successfully completed the Cardiff 1/2 maraton for FaceupCymru !!
Christine 32, has been a keen runner for the last 2 – 3 years. She works in Companies House, Cardiff as an administrator. Christine wanted to help raise funds for Faceup Cymru, as her Great uncle died of throat of cancer. John Smith was treated by Mr Fardy and thought very highly of him. Lynne (Christines mum) who works at UHW says as part of his family, we wanted to give something back to show our appreciation of Uncle John’s care.
Faceup Cymru wants to say a big congratulations to Christine for all of her hard work, it is much appreciated.
Kilimanjaro Fundraising Dinner and Dance- 27th Nov 2015
Kilimanjaro Fundraising Dinner & Dance
Raising funds for Face Up Cymru
Friday 27th November 2015
The Hilton Hotel, Newport
(just off junction 24 of M4)
Three course meal followed by tea / coffee
Charity Auction
Dancing until late
(Pre- Christmas warm up)
Tickets: £35 each
Contact details: Joanne Hawkins
www.joannebritannia@hotmail.co.uk
Mobile: 07718 197933
Enjoyable meal at the Copthorne Hotel.
We had a successful event at the Copthorne hotel on the 11th August, thanks to Peter Blaney and the Chefs at the Copthorne hotel for organising this.
The Chefs did an excellent job of providing food which is suitable for previous head and neck cancer patients and there was something which everyone could try. We also enjoyed a presentation by Head Chef on kitchen equipment and recipes which he thought might be helpful. What was most important though was the friendship we enjoyed with each other and the sharing of experiences which helped and encouraged us all.
Look out for the next meal, which is on the 10th of Sept at the same venue, everyone is welcome!!!!!