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Support for the Taf Quality Time Club (the QT Club), which provides a lively meeting point for families coping with dementia-related illnesses, has been coming from all points of the compass over Christmas. Donations totaling £500 have been received from Scotland, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Dorset, adding to all the support the club has been receiving from friends and supporters in Wales. Club chairman Reg Wyeth, from St Clears, included information about the club in his Christmas message to friends across the UK without expecting such a surprising and welcome outcome. He said “The response was quite overwhelming and every Christmas card my wife, Pam and I received seemed to bring with it a generous donation. It was very touching, especially at Christmas, to receive such help and support when we needed it most”. The funding has already been used directly to support the activities organised by the QT Club. All who came along to the December Christmas party meeting were able to see at...

For the first time in the west Carmarthenshire area, there will be a meeting group for carers and their loved ones who are coping with dementia-related illnesses. The Taf Quality Time Club, or The QT Club in short, has been set up to provide a meeting point for the carers and those for whom they care within a reasonable distance of their homes. The first meeting of the new club takes place on Friday, October 4 at 2pm in the St Clears Boating Club clubhouse in St Clears, which is near the bridge on the road to Laugharne. Club organiser, Reg Wyeth, who founded the club said “When families are coping with debilitating illnesses, it is especially important for the carers to be able to share information and learn from those who have greater experience. The QT Club will be a warm and friendly place for doing just that as well as somewhere for having some fun together.” The launch of the QT Club will be the occasion for fun and games with a sing-along planned as well as a musical quiz and ...