Velindre Fundraising Reach 30 Million! On September 11th Velindre Fundraising held a very special event at the Angel Hotel Cardiff to celebrate the charity raising 30 Million Pounds. The evening was a chance to look back over the past 12 years and how our incredible fundraisers, donators and volunteers helped us reach this remarkable milestone. It … Continued
We are delighted to have received such fantastic support from our wonderful doctors, nurses and consultants who recently took time out from their busy schedules to raise vital funds for patients and their families here at Velindre Hospital. Velindre had four teams taking part in the Cardiff Triathlon including our CNS nurses, Tracy, Annie and Kate who explained … Continued
Horwich Farrelly, leading specialist insurance law firm, entered the world of the movies when it welcomed the cast and crew of a new BBC film, Dream Horse, to its offices in Cardiff for filming. The firm donated the £4,000 location fee to the Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff which offers specialist cancer treatment to over … Continued
We are delighted to announce that we have organised a very special Forget Me Not 3k walk on July 7th in Pontypridd. This wonderful event aims to bring together everyone who has been affected by cancer, to walk in love, honour or memory of someone special to you. This event will be a short summer … Continued
Emma is a participant on our Great Wall of China Trek 2020. She recently told us about what motivates her to support patients and staff at Velindre Cancer Centre through taking on this demanding challenge… “Everyone has their own motivation for signing up to a trip such as this, whether it’s because of personal experience of cancer & the … Continued
DEBENHAMS CARDIFF HAVE CHOSEN US AS LOCAL CHARITY OF THE YEAR Thank you so much to Debenhams Cardiff for choosing us as their local Charity of the Year! We are super grateful for this incredible support and we are really looking forward to working together over the next 12 months! … Rhian Gibson, Charity Director … Continued
Read in Karyn’s own words her inspiring story about her cancer journey, signing up to the Great Wall of China Trek and finally ringing the bell. Here’s her story… On Monday 6 May 2019 I was so proud to finally ring one of the bells at Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff with family and friends. I say ‘finally’ because it’s … Continued
Dedicated supporter and Metropole Mad Dasher, Judy made the amazing achievement of running the Boston marathon on 15th April 2019 in support of Velindre. This achievement is even more impressive because it was her final marathon of the The Abbott World Marathon Majors, a series consisting of six of the largest and most renowned marathons in the … Continued
Rhod Gilbert’s Tenby ‘Comedy Quiz’ hailed huge success as £9,600 is raised for Velindre. Velindre Patron, Rhod Gilbert took time out of his UK stand-up tour, to entertain 340 guests at the De Valence, Tenby,’. A sell-out crowd were in high spirits following Wales’ Grand Slam success and Rhod kept a smile on everyone’s face late … Continued
Wales Week in London At a reception at Gwydyr House in Whitehall on Monday 3rd December the Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP, Secretary of State for Wales announced a full programme of events to take place across London around the time of St David’s Day; from 23rd February to 9th March 2019. As the official … Continued
