Carnival team's latest donation to the South West Wales Cancer Centre
Carnival organisers in Swansea have made their latest donation to the city’s cancer centre where one of them underwent lifesaving treatment.
Waunarlwydd Carnival was resurrected in 2015 after a long absence and is now a week-long community festival.
Based around Waunarlwydd RFC, highlights include an outdoor music concert, a quiz and a carnival day parade along with a prize raffle and The Great Waunarlwydd Bake Off competition.
Main photo, from left: Arwyn Taylor, Andrea Jones, trainee consultant radiographer Rebecca Lloyd, Peter Guy and Alison Sandy.
The carnival supports a range of charities – among them the South West Wales Cancer Centre, SWWCC, based in Singleton Hospital, to which it donates £1,000 every year.
The SWWCC is run by Swansea Bay University Health Board and provides a range of lifesaving NHS treatments such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy.
It celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and a fundraising appeal has been launched by Swansea Bay Health Charity, the health board’s official charity, to commemorate the landmark.
The appeal, Going the Extra Mile for Cancer, will support the thousands of patients from the Swansea Bay and Hywel Dda areas who are cared for there every year, as well as relatives and staff.
Among those who have been cared for there is carnival committee chair, Peter Guy.
“We started the carnival back up in 2015 after a gap of about 20 years,” he said. “We aimed to raise money to give to different charities. I then was diagnosed with cancer.
“I was lucky enough to have treatment here. I’m now clear of cancer, so we’ve given £1,000 every year since. It was Golau at the time but now the name has changed to the South West Wales Cancer Fund.
“It's not the only charity we raise money for – the Wales, Air Ambulance, Stroke Association, the British Heart Foundation, and a couple of local charities.
“We have donated more than £30,000 to around 20 or so different charities and worthy causes since we restarted the carnival.”
The carnival week starts with a Proms on the Pitch event with choirs and bands, followed later in the week by a horse racing night, treasure hunt, a football match and a quiz night, all leading up to carnival day itself.
Following this year’s event, Peter, along with carnival committee colleagues Arwyn Taylor, Andrea Jones and Alison Sandy, attended the radiotherapy department to present the £1,000 cheque.
“The quality of care in the cancer centre is brilliant,” said Peter. “I could not have wished for any better.”
Head of Radiotherapy Nicki Davies said: “We are extremely grateful for the continued support from Waunarlwydd Carnival.
“The donations provide additional facilities and support for patients using the centre. Funds have also previously allowed us to invest in research into new techniques, giving the patients of South West Wales and their families the highest level of holistic care.”
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