Bristol Channel swimmers raise £8,000 for charity
A team of 13 firefighters swum the Bristol Channel to raise cash for sufferers of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). And they raised a whopping £8120.70 for the Welsh PTSD charity Healing The Wounds. The money was handed over at a special presentation ceremony held at Swansea Guildhall attended by The Lord Mayor of the City & County of Swansea Councillor Ioan Richard, Councillor Tony Colburn and representatives of the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service. Many of the firemen involved in the swim were unable to attend the presentation ceremony as they were responding to the tragic accident at the Gleision Colliery. The cash was handed over to Healing The Wounds by Andrew Francis on behalf of the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service. In return, Councillor Richard presented Mr Francis with a framed photograph showing the swimmers arriving home at Knab Rock, Mumbles, Swansea. Officers from the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service swum 36 nautical miles in aid of H...