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Photos of last night's Llanelli Rotary Club Ball now on - http://ning.it/hY7gP8 Llanelli Rotary Club Ball

Trostre Amateur Boxing Club are gearing up for a fundraising fight night in memory of former British super-featherweight champion Robert Dickie. Llanelli's Diplomat Hotel will play host to the annual show, which raises cash for charity, as well as much-needed funds to ensure the club can keep going. This year, members have chosen to support the coronary department at Prince Philip Hospital, in memory of Dickie, who passed away in October following a heart attack. Club secretary Del Phillips said: "Robert was with us at the show last year and he presented a trophy for us. He said he was honoured and humbled just to be asked to do it. "Being a humble sort of guy he didn't think he was worthy to do so, even though he was a British champion. "He was talking about trying to get more involved in boxing, by refereeing and judging, but unfortunately he didn't have the opportunity. "He was a friendly, down-to-earth guy and we are honoured to be raising money in h...

Healing The Wounds, the Welsh charity which works to treat sufferers of PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), benefited from a concert organised by the Royal British Legion Club in Llanrumney, Cardiff. Organised by Terry McDonald, the concert featured the band Earth Monkey and included a raffle and ‘throw-in’ of cash. The event raised £2,952. “The Legion club effort was hugely appreciated by the team at Healing The Wounds. They are very interested in the work we are doing to treat people with PTSD in Wales,” said charity secretary Carol Richards. Weblink – http://healingthewounds.co.uk/

Healing The Wounds, the Welsh charity which works to treat sufferers of PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) will be holding a bucket collection in Carmarthen town centre on Monday, May 30. “The people of West Wales have always been very supportive of our aims and we hope they will turn out once again to support our street collection,” said charity secretary Carol Richards. Weblink – http://healingthewounds.co.uk/

The hit choir Only Boys Aloud will be performing at Cefneithin Rugby Club, near Cross Hands, on Saturday, June 4, in aid of the Healing The Wounds charity. The theme of the evening will be ‘Stars In Their Eyes’. Barclays Bank has agreed to match-fund the cash raised on the night. The Healing The Wounds charity works in Wales to treat sufferers of PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder. The Only Boys Aloud choir is trained by the team from Only Men Aloud. For more information, email Jason.mills@cassidian.com Weblinks – http://healingthewounds.co.uk/ http://www.onlyboysaloud.com/

A charity book fair and bric-a-brac sale is being held tomorrow (Saturday, April 23) in Porthcawl in aid of Healing The Wounds, the Welsh charity which treats sufferers of PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder. The venue is The Community Village Hall in Newton. It starts at 10am. For more information, contact Rachel on 07514 299825 or 01656 728281.

Here is the new Clay Shaw Butler 'Looking after business' column from the pages of the Carmarthen Journal - By Ann Thomas, leading Consultant at West Wales Chartered Accountants and Business Consultants Clay Shaw Butler The current difficult economic climate is a challenge for any business in West Wales. Timely, accurate information is vital so that you know where you stand on a day-to-day basis. Accounting software such as Sage can help you achieve this efficiently and add a number of benefits to your basic book keeping function. Bank account – most businesses have internet banking, but can you calculate your outstanding items quickly using your current system? Sage has a bank reconciliation facility where you can see how much your actual bank balance is after outstanding items and what these items are. There is also a facility to link your system to your internet banking where Sage can then also automatically reconcile items. Customers –by using a system such as Sage, a click...