Dafydd Oliver is fundraising for The Noah's Ark Appeal

Gwlad's Autumn Fundraiser - Charity No1 - Noah's Ark Appeal

Gwladrugby Fundraiser

on 28/11/2009

Last Autumn's Gwlad team

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Team members:

Taliesin Siôn Evans Cox, Dai, Rae, the Gwlad 1st XV, Ben De La Roubaix, Ladyraven, Walker, Clunk, Postie, Sie Gyfara, cardiffthomas, Dill the Dog, Dafydd Oliver

Raising money for

The Noah's Ark Appeal

Charity Registration No. 1069485

The Noah's Ark Appeal was set up to build, equip and further support the first dedicated children's hospital for Wales. After having raised over £12m to support phase one of the hospital, we are now looking ahead to the day phase two is open and are now aiming to raise a minimum of £4m. This will buy vital state-of-the-art equipment in the new critical care unit for children needing intensive and high dependency care. It will also purchase a special 'open' MRI scanner that allows parents to lie by the side of their child; this machine has lights, colour and music to distract the child. We really appreciate your support in helping us continue our work. Please see our website for the latest news and more details on how we have helped sick children to date.

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Dafydd Oliver

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Raised: 110%

Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £550.00

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My story

Thanks for taking the time to visit one of Gwlad's two JustGiving pages - inspired by Tal's story. Dai and Rae's little boy, Taliesin Siôn Evans Cox (Tal), was born 13 weeks early on August 21st 2009 - he weighed in at 1lb 4oz.

The story of how he's fighting to survive has inspired the members of Gwladrugby.com (a Welsh rugby website) to raise some money for appropriate charities. Our two chosen charities are Noah's Ark and Bliss - the overwhelming support on Gwlad is for the Noah's Ark Appeal for the Children's Hospital For Wales, it's a Welsh charity and they need funds for phase two of the hospital. Bliss works with families of premature babies - they're directly related to Tal's experience and they're not a very well known charity, so a few extra pounds might make a lot of difference to them. So - please give some money to both charities. If you were planning on donating £20, please consider giving £10 to each one. The link to Gwlad's other fundraising page is here: http://www.justgiving.com/Gwlad-Bliss/

Each Autumn International series and each Six Nations tournament sees a Gwlad fundraising rugby match - where the money raised is normally split between the chosen charity and Gwlad itself (towards the upkeep of the site, server costs etc.). There has been such a response to Tal's plight that the demand was there to raise money independently of the game and the website. Therefore ALL the money raised on our JustGiving pages will go to the charities - i.e none of it goes to Gwlad itself.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.

	Go hard Daf :) Donation by Chris Cook 25/11/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Achos dda Donation by Anonymous 24/11/09	£5.00
	Good work Daf - see you Saturday Donation by Old Fat Prop 24/11/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Good cause, good luck. Donation by John Goodman 22/11/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Excellent cause Donation by AKJ 20/11/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anonymous 20/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Pob lwc i chi gyd, yn enwedig y front row! Donation by Aled Mills 20/11/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Shine on you crazy fool, try not to break anything :) Donation by Garrett Coakley* 19/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Go Daf....Great cause. Go Go Go Go. Donation by Chris Oakley 17/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Gwlad is much to sht for my liking Donation by Jane Ingram/tripodjw* 17/11/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Daf - a truly worthwhile cause. x Donation by Deborah Davies 17/11/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anon 16/11/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Loads of luck! I hope you have a fantastic day and raise lots of money for the appeal. Donation by Hannah Price 11/11/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	wish I could be there to see my action husband xxx Donation by Emily Price 08/11/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Ioan Nickson 06/11/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Daf, need to see the action photos. Donation by Graham Lewis 03/11/09	£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
	Pob lwc all and go Tal! Donation by Welsh Al 31/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Gethin76 30/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Keep it up! Beer money, schmeer money. Donation by Llanelli Exile 22/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	That's my beer money gone for tonight, but a deserved cause. Keep fighting Donation by Erogenous Jones 22/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Gareth 21/10/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	A pleasure to contribute. Go Tal! Donation by hmmm/Mark O 21/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Keep getting stronger Tal. Good luck in the game boys. Donation by Jon in Toronto 17/10/09	£25.00
	Really, really proud of you! Donation by Heather Price 09/10/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	great idea - worthy cause. Gwlad isn't always rubbish Donation by Dai Banjo 29/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Well done for organising this, Daf Donation by Barbara Currie 25/09/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	A fine cause. Donation by Northern Exile 24/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	To Daf and all of Gwlad, thankyou ever so much for your continued support, Dai (LJ), Rachel (Mrs LJ) and Tal. Donation by David Cox 24/09/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	All the best to Tal & family mun. Donation by leg 23/09/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	A very worthy cause. Donation by Bairdy 23/09/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£550.00
Offline donations:	£0.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£146.67

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