CHRISTMAS FAYRE will be held on Saturday 3rd December from 10am - 1pm. Saron Hall is just off Dyffryn Road SA18 3LH. Craft mornings are going really well. Let us all commit to doing what we can to make this a great success.

Macmillian Coffee Morning and Harvest Lunch

Many thanks to all who helped to make the Coffee Morning and Harvest Lunch such a success. It was so good to see the kitchen being used and so busy. Lovely to see friends and neighbours join us. We raised over £400 for Macmillan and over £100 for the lunch. Well done everone. Let us pray it is a start of greater things

Kitchen

It ias good to see the kitchen up and running and thanks to all who have made significant donations for the various items. It is good to see Carol Blackwell and her dad in churcha few weeks ago. Carol has kindly donated a slow cooker to us. Many thanks Carol.

Dementia UK – 30 Miles September Challenge

Both my mum and dad very sadly suffered from vascular dementia before their passing – dad in 2014 and mum in August last year. Two days after the first anniversary of losing mum, I received an email from Dementia UK informing me of the 30 Mile Challenge and they invited me to take part. I thought about if for about a minute and I absolutely jumped at the chance! I got myself signed up and I eagerly awaited the arrival of my # Team Dementia t-shirt. The timing was so perfect – it really felt like the right thing to do to honour mum and dad.

 

Paul and I already had a holiday booked in September in North Yorkshire for a week staying in a village called Staithes not far from Whitby. In the first 10 days of September, I had already walked about 20 miles and Yorkshire added another 26 miles to this total. Paul bought me a portable pedometer that I keep with me at all times and I record my steps at the end of each day on a spreadsheet. I have found a step conversion program online that calculates my mileage. The only downside is it requires me to put in my weight! To date, I’ve walked just over 51 miles and this total will hopefully increase before the end of September

I set up a Whats App group on the evening of me signing up to the challenge. Within 10 minutes of sending out my initial message, I had been pledged about £100. This total has been steadily increasing throughout September. My promised donations now stand at £380. I have been absolutely overwhelmed with everybody’s support and generosity.

If anyone would still like to make a donation, ask me or Sue Hiley to send my Just Giving page link by email.

Alternatively, I can give anyone wishing to donate, my bank account details and I will transfer the money to my Just Giving page myself.

I’m sure mum and dad would have been very touched with the love and support shown to me by everyone – thank you so much Nicky