BUSINESS INSIDER Laings watch manager Heather Swan and Laura Stockwell, British Heart Foundation Fundraising Manager
GOOD HEARTS
Luxury jewellers, Laings, which has a store in St David’s shopping centre, is pleased to kick off their partnership with British Heart Foundation (BHF) and is looking forward to taking part in fundraising activities to support the work that the BHF funds. Wendy Laing, owner and marketing director of Laings says, “We are delighted as a company to be able to support such a worthwhile charity. It resonates personally with the Laing family as my father [executive chairman of the company] has an ongoing heart condition that has to be managed daily. Contact and support from the BHF has enabled him to cope with this and continue to live and enjoy his lifestyle.” For more: www.laingsuk.com
The Capital Law team
PEDAL POWER A Cardiff and London based legal firm swapped cases for cycling and law for lycra to help raise more than £3,000 for the children’s charity of rugby; Wooden Spoon. Capital Law, a commercial law firm and a people consultancy with more than 140 staff, hosted The Giro D’Capitale, a charity bike ride around Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan to raise money for its official charity of the year. The Wooden Spoon charity aims to change children’s lives through the power of rugby and each year funds around 70 projects, from community programmes and specialist playgrounds to medical treatment centres, outdoor play areas and sensory rooms. Since 1983, they’ve distributed over £26million to more than 700 projects, helping more than a million children. Sixty keen cyclists set off from the Capital Law
offices on Tyndall Street Cardiff at 11am on 15 September to cycle two routes, a 30-mile option taking in Cardiff and the Vale or an alternative 50-mile route taking in the north and east of Cardiff and Caerphilly. Christopher Agius, partner at Capital Law says, “Taking to our bikes to raise money for our official charity of the year has been great. Wooden Spoon makes a real difference to the lives of children facing disability or disadvantage, and we wholeheartedly support its work and ethos that sport and activity can bring change to young people. “The money we’ve raised from the cycle ride will be added to our annual fundraising pot, contributing to our overall targets for Wooden Spoon, which we’ll announce at the end of the year. Thank you to all of our clients and contacts who took part.”
For more: www.capital-law.co.uk
PLAY TIME
(L-R) Princes Gate Trust supporter, Ian Gough, chair of Princes Gate Trust Sam Atkinson, Ty Gwyn pupil Freddie Harry (Vicky and Roger Harry’s son), Vicky and Roger Harry, Ty Gwyn headteacher Diane Stones and Circle IT’s Martyn John
Pupils from Cardiff’s Ty Gwyn Special School are set to benefit for years to come after a kind-hearted donation from Circle IT and Princes Gate Trust has meant that a suite of outdoor gym equipment has been installed. The school, which currently has 191 special needs pupils on its register, received the equipment after a charity ball raised more than £36,000 to fund the outdoor gym. Accessible from all classrooms at Ty Gwyn, the outdoor gym features nine stations which provide an area for physical activity to benefit pupils socially, mentally and physically. Diane Stones, headteacher at Ty Gwyn School, says, “We are absolutely thrilled with the support
and help we’ve had from both Circle IT and Princes Gate Trust in achieving this dream of the play equipment. “We’ve worked together for several months to build a bespoke outdoor gym which will help all our pupils achieve their potential. For pupils at Ty Gwyn undertaking physical activity has a huge effect on both their mental and physical wellbeing whilst also helping to nurture gross motor skills. It’s fantastic that they will now have a place to go to and an outdoor environment in which to thrive.” Cardiff-headquartered Circle IT raised the money through Princes Gate Trust at its charity ball in May. For more: www.circleit.co.uk
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