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The team at Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants in Carmarthen played their part in the World's Biggest Coffee Morning for the cancer charity Macmillan. Staff baked a dazzling range of cakes and treats for the morning and opened the doors of the firm's conference room to customers, friends and the public. The event raised £608 for the charity. David Butler, director of Clay Shaw Butler, said: "It was a great effort by the staff. They worked very hard on providing a feast for all visitors. Everyone entered into the spirit of the event and we raised a wonderful sum for Macmillan." The World's Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan Cancer Support's biggest charity fundraising event. The charity asked people across the UK - and sometimes further afield - to hold a coffee morning, where donations on the day are made to Macmillan. In 2013, 154,000 people signed up to the coffee morning, raising a record £20 million for c...

The Chair of Carmarthenshire County Council is organising a Twmpath Tachwedd Halloween Hoedown in aid of Macmillan Cancer. Cllr Siân Thomas is organising the event for the Macmillan ward in Glanaman Hospital where some new hoist equipment is desperately needed. The Twmpath will take place in the Amman Centre in Ammanford, at 7.30pm on Friday November 2. The cost is £12, but all profits will go towards purchasing this equipment. Cllr Thomas said: “There will be a live band and a ‘caller’ to make sure everyone knows the steps, as well as a warming ‘cawl’ and plenty of cakes. So if you fancy a twirl around the floor, or a lesson in how to do a ‘dozey doo’ with friends old and new, do support this cause.” Anyone who wants to come should contact Siân Thomas on 01269 842151 to let her know and can then collect their tickets at the door. She added: “Penygroes people are nothing if not determined to be known as good fund raisers for their favourite charities. Recently the Macmillan Coffee Mor...

Carmarthenshire County Council Housing staff have been pulling out all the stops to raise money for cancer support charity Macmillan. They chose the charity at a staff conference last year and set a target of £2,000. In the last 18 months, they have held numerous events, including dress-down days, bake-off competitions, cake stalls, quiz nights and auctions. Their final event was a coffee morning and cake stall, which was held at the end of September during Macmillan’s national coffee morning fundraising event. Council Chair, Cllr Siân Thomas, congratulated the team during this week’s full council meeting.

Story about the new Macmillan and Relate partnership in West Wales. Help offer for cancer patients | This is South Wales

The Macmillan cancer charity and Relate Cymru are joining forces to offer a new counselling service in the Hywel Dda and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg health board areas. Macmillan have approached Relate – the UK’s leading couple counselling service - to provide free relationship counselling to people affected by cancer. Macmillan are funding the equivalent of a full time post across South West Wales. The position is being divided up between three Relate counsellors who, as Macmillan Professionals, will be able to cover the geographical spread of the service area. The project will be officially launched at the Relate offices in Carmarthen at 3 St Peter’s Street, Carmarthen, on Tuesday, October 11, between 4.30 and 6pm. Claire Lewis, one of the new Macmillan Relate Specialist Counsellors for South West Wales, said a great deal of care and thought had been put into the launch of the service. “There is a need for free relationship counselling for people affected by cancer and this service will h...