National charity the Little Princess Trust is the latest to receive £1,000 after it was nominated by a member of staff at Your Conveyancing Services, whose clients raised the funds by taking part in the Foundation’s Charity Lotto.
Jodie Hayes, a Conveyancer at Your Conveyancing Services, nominated the Little Princess Trust, a charity that provides real hair wigs, free of charge, to children and young people who have lost their own hair through cancer treatment and other conditions, after contacting them to donate her own hair.
Jodie, 27, from Cardiff, has just cut off her own long blonde hair, donating an incredible ten inches of hair to the charity.
She said: “I had very long hair which I loved but for a few years I had been thinking about how amazing it would be if I donated my hair to a charity if I ever decided to have it cut.
“I started researching different charities who accepted hair donations and I came across the Little Princess Trust. I was really moved when I read about their fundraising and the research they undertake into childhood cancer.”
She added: “I finally decided to take the plunge and cut my hair earlier in the year and it is now on its way to the Little Princess Trust! I nominated them for a donation from Convey Law because the work they do in supporting children with cancer is so unique and so valuable.”
Kim Musson at the Little Princess Trust said the charity had supplied over 2,000 wigs to children and young people over the last year as well as “providing funding for research into kinder and more effective treatments for childhood cancers”.
She said: “Thanks to our amazing supporters, like Jodie, we are really making a difference and are able to provide free, real-hair wigs to children and young people experiencing hair loss as a result of cancer and other medical conditions. It costs £550 to manufacture the wigs and provide the wig-fitting service.
“We are also truly grateful for the £1000 donation and for the kindness and generosity of everyone at Your Conveyancing Services and the Conveyancing Foundation.”
Your Conveyancing Services has donated vital funds to help two charities, the MS Society and Many Tears Animal Rescue in Wales after raising thousands of pounds through The Conveyancing Foundation’s innovative Charity Lotto.
Both charities have received £1000 each after they were nominated by staff at Your Conveyancing Services, whose clients raised the funds by taking part in the Foundation’s Charity Lotto.
Jess Smith, Operations Director at Your Conveyancing Services, nominated the MS Society after personal experience of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) through caring for her father.
She explained: “The society and the vital work they do is a subject very close to my heart as my father has been suffering with MS for the past 10 years and I have witnessed first-hand the outstanding work the society does.
“They work tirelessly to support those both recently diagnosed and living with MS. Their long terms goals are helping people live well with MS, connecting people and making sure their voices are heard and working to find effective treatments and to prevent/cure MS.
“They ensure MS suffers have sufficient social care and support to live independent lives, ensure those with MS receive the correct disability benefits and ensuring all MS sufferers have access to the right treatment no matter their situation or background. They also fund pioneering research into MS treatments and cures, having invested over £227 million since 1953.”
She added: “I can honestly say that the funds donated by Your Conveyancing Services from the Charity Lotto will make a real difference to sufferers’ lives.”
It is estimated that 110,000 in the UK are living with MS and 5,200 people are diagnosed with the disease each year.
Your Conveyancing Services also donated £1,000 to a unique animal rescue centre in Wales, Many Tears.
Many Tears Animal Rescue in Carmarthenshire primarily takes in ex-breeding dogs who are no longer required as well as dogs on ‘death row’ in pounds and those whose owners can no longer look after them.
The centre, which rehomes an estimated 3000 plus dogs a year, was nominated by Rebecca Johnson, who works as a Conveyancer at Your Conveyancing Services.
Animal lover Rebecca said she has admired the centre for some years since she started visiting it and following them on Facebook.
She said: “Their facilities are incredible and always clean and the dogs are happy and healthy. I would rescue them all if I could!
“When I got the chance to nominate a charity for a donation, I thought of them straight away because they are a relatively small charity and they need every penny they can get so they can carry on saving dogs and finding them homes.
“They are amazing and work so hard to find foster homes and permanent homes for dogs all over the UK.”
The charity urgently needs funding for veterinary and rehoming costs as it has grown rapidly since its foundation in 2004.
MTAR spokesman Jenna Chung said:
“With the help of our staff, fosterers and other volunteers we provide a special and loving environment to help all our dogs adapt and find permanent, loving new homes. All potential adopters are interviewed and homes vetted and we do our utmost best to find the right home for each dog.
“All our dogs are spayed/neutered, microchipped, inoculated and wormed but in addition to this, we get many dogs in need of specialist veterinary care.
“Some of the most frequent problems we encounter are dogs who arrive here with eye and heart problems, along with those with liver shunts and joint problems. Any treatment is required is financed by donations to the rescue which enable us to ensure each dog receives the specialist care it needs.
“The rescue has grown considerably since it first opened and it has been so difficult to keep going during the pandemic with all our planned fundraisers having to be cancelled so donations such as this are vital for us to continue and we are so grateful.”
Your Conveyancing Services is one of a growing number of companies raising funds for charity through The Conveyancing Foundation’s Charity Lotto where clients of any legal practice or property company can donate a voluntary £10 at the end of their transaction, giving them a chance to win £500 in a monthly draw.
Managing Director Lloyd Davies explained: “Charitable giving is very important to us as a company and asking staff to nominate charities is a great way for them to benefit from the funds they have helped to raise by enabling them to choose charities close to their hearts.”
Georgia Davies from The Conveyancing Foundation said the Lotto had helped companies raise over £800,000 for their chosen charities over the last decade.
She explained: “We can help any legal practice or property company raise money through the Charity Lotto. It’s a simple mechanism where clients can donate a voluntary £10 at the end of their transaction, giving them a chance to win £500 in a monthly draw.”
She added: “I am delighted to see some of the funds raised by Your Conveyancing Services clients going to such deserving charities as the MS Society and Many Tears Animal Rescue.
“We are very keen to help others fundraise for their own charities through our Charity Lotto so please do get in touch.”
The Conveyancing Foundation can be contacted for further information on setting up a Charity Lotto at info@conveyancingfoundation.org.uk or 01633 261794.
The Conveyancing Foundation has donated funds from its innovative Charity Lotto to help two national charities, the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (SANDS) and the Epilepsy Society.
Both charities have received £1000 each after they were nominated by staff at Your Conveyancing Services, whose clients raised the funds by taking part in the Foundation’s Charity Lotto.
Lauren Forbes, a Conveyancer at Your Conveyancing Services, nominated SANDS as a worthy recipient of a charity donation in recognition of the support her brother and his wife received after their baby Finn was tragically stillborn at 32 weeks in 2013.
She said: “SANDS really helped my brother Kyle and my sister-in-law Hannah when their little boy Finn was stillborn. Even when they went on to have their daughter April, who is now 7, my brother found it hard to walk past the delivery suite Finn was born in when he visited April and Hannah.
“SANDS provided vital help and support to them after an awful tragedy that no one ever expects to go through when they have a baby. As their experience showed, it is not an event you can just get over but something that is always with you that you learn to live with through the invaluable help of organisations like SANDS.”
Funds donated to SANDS support anyone affected by the death of a baby. The charity works in partnership with healthcare professionals to ensure that bereaved parents and families receive the best possible care and it promotes improvements in practice and funds research to help reduce the number of babies dying.
The Conveyancing Foundation, which raises money for charity through its Charity Lotto where clients of any legal practice or property company can donate a voluntary £10 at the end of their transaction, giving them a chance to win £500 in a monthly draw, also made a donation of £1000 to the Epilepsy Society.
The Epilepsy Society is the UK’s leading provider of epilepsy services. Through their research, awareness campaigns, information resources and expert care, they work for everyone affected by epilepsy in the UK.
The society was nominated for help by epilepsy sufferer Stefan Lewis-Davies, who works in the Finance Department of Your Conveyancing Services.
Stefan, who was only diagnosed in 2013, said the society helps to provide vital support to sufferers and also raise awareness of the life-threatening condition.
He said: “I have suffered multiple seizures over the last 8 years, the most recent towards the latter end of 2020. Each seizure can be different and life-threatening.”
Stefan, who has a 5-year-old daughter and a baby due imminently, said his daughter was very frightened when she saw him having a seizure and it was crucial to raise awareness “to anybody who has suffered any kind of seizures that it could be epilepsy-related and for them to see a consultant immediately” as well as for people to recognise possible seizures in others.
He added: “There are people who suffer with this condition who are worse than me and have seizures every day which is awful.
“Seeing pictures and videos on social media of people who are unable to live a normal life because of this condition is heartbreaking and I feel it is important for people to understand the effect it can have on an individual and their families for the rest of their lives.
“Unfortunately, there is no cure for epilepsy and epileptics, including me, are on medication for life. The funds donated by the Foundation from its Charity Lotto will go to an outstanding cause.”
Georgia Davies from The Conveyancing Foundation said the donations to SANDS and the Epilepsy Society came from funds raised by Your Conveyancing Services clients, adding:
“The funds were made possible through our Charity Lotto. Thank you to all the clients of Your Conveyancing Services who have taken part. Even if they did not personally win the monthly draw, I want them to know what incredibly worthwhile causes the money they have helped to raise go to.”
The Foundation also helps other businesses to set up their own Charity Lotto to raise funds for charities they wish to support. It has helped companies raise over £800,000 for their chosen charities in the last decade.
Georgia Davies explained: “We are very keen to help others fundraise for their own charities through our Charity Lotto. It’s a simple idea which most clients are happy to support when they are buying or selling their house but its end results are incredibly powerful as it enables the Foundation to make much-needed charity donations.
“We are dedicated to helping any other company that is interested to set up their own Charity Lotto and start fundraising for the causes they care about.”
The Conveyancing Foundation can be contacted for further information on setting up a Charity Lotto at info@conveyancingfoundation.org.uk or 01633 261794.
Convey Law’s Managing Director, Lloyd Davies, has set out on an intrepid summer challenge along Britain’s longest ancient monument – Offa’s Dyke – to raise £15,000 for a cause very close to his heart – the Mindstep Foundation, set up in memory of his son Max.
Lloyd and his wife Tracey set up the Foundation to fund mental health research, awareness and support after their eldest son Max tragically died aged 22 in 2018 after a battle with clinical depression.
Along with eight supporters, Lloyd started the 177-mile walk across the famous Offa’s Dyke ramparts along the England-Wales border from Prestatyn in north Wales on Sunday (July 25).
Father of four Lloyd, also Operations Director of the Conveyancing Association, said the walk would be a “pilgrimage” to Max and his “beloved Wales” and the funds raised would be donated by the Foundation to a wellbeing centre at a Welsh school, St Alban’s in Pontypool, where Max volunteered in the summer before he died.
Fellow trekker Richard McLennan, a teacher from St Alban’s, said: “We are attempting to raise £25,000 to provide the school with a wellbeing gym to complement our wellbeing intervention centre The Sanctuary. The gym will provide support for the wellbeing of many hundreds of young people at St Alban’s now and in the future. Some of our youngsters are very vulnerable and, accordingly, face daily challenges that many of us cannot comprehend.”
He added: “Max undertook voluntary work in supporting our most vulnerable pupils and those with additional learning needs. Max was an energetic and deeply empathetic young man who was quick to understand and adopt the school’s “caring” ethos by putting our pupils’ wellbeing at the forefront of how he supported them. He established excellent relationships with our pupils from the start!”
The walk will also mark a very sad milestone for the family – the third anniversary of Max’s death – in August. Max, who was a third-year student at Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent when he died, was a talented rugby player at Monmouth RFC and a former pupil at Monmouth School for Boys in Wales.
Lloyd explained that his son had been struggling for a year with clinical depression before his death and despite regular counselling, medication and total family support, he could not be saved.
He said: “In the wake of our devastating loss, we started to look at the statistics for the sheer number of men who take their own lives every week – over 80 men in England and Wales which is equivalent to over 11 every day and over 4000 a year, and we were driven to try and make a difference.”
They went on to set up the Mindstep Foundation, which so far has raised over £110,00 for mental health research and support.
Lloyd explained: “The Mindstep Foundation was established following Max’s passing to fund research into the causes of suicide and support those who have been bereaved or who are at risk of suicide. As Max’s family, our mission is to take steps, however small, towards ensuring that no one suffers the loss of a loved one to suicide.
“Suicide is a hugely sensitive, complex issue with a multitude of causes. The very nature of a death by suicide means we can never fully know the reasons behind it.”
The Mindstep Foundation has also committed to raising £100,000 over the next two years to help fund landmark work at the University of Glasgow into the causes of suicide.
Lloyd, a prolific fundraiser, who has already undertaken other challenges for the Foundation and raised funds for causes including the Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice in Wales, has sprung back from being hospitalised on a previous charity walk with a septic toe.
He said he had been in training “building up his stamina” after setting up an informal walking club with friends which inspired him to launch the challenge in Max’s memory.
Praising his fellow trekkers, who include family friends and his godson, he said:
“This is a huge undertaking. Offa’s Dyke crosses the mountainous Welsh Marches and was built in 790 AD by King Offa to keep the Welsh in Wales! There are some very tough and mountainous stretches across some stunning landscapes including Wye Valley and the Brecon Beacons.
“I am looking forward to the walk but also realise it will be a very tough challenge. We aim to walk 20 plus miles a day and get to Hay on Wye at the end of the first week and then undertake the rest of the walk as time allows over the summer.
“As a family, we are really grateful to everyone taking part and to everyone who continues to fundraise on behalf of the charity and donate to it in memory of Max.”
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Specialist conveyancer Convey Law has donated £1000 to Bristol Children’s Hospital after its staff joined thousands nationwide dressing up in their wackiest legwear to support Wallace and Gromit’s Wrong Trousers Day.
Sporting colourful and outlandish flares, trousers of all descriptions, shorts and even pyjama bottoms, staff including Managing Director Lloyd Davies, who was resplendent in Austin Powers style flares, took the opportunity to raid their wardrobes in aid of the national charity event on Friday 2 July.
Convey Law staff working from home and in the office took part and shared their photos across social media to show their support for the event which was set up in the name of Bristol-based Aardman Animations’ Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit characters.
Convey Law Managing Director Lloyd Davies said the legal practice was a regular supporter of national and regional charity events including Wrong Trousers Day and the recent Captain Tom 100 Challenge, explaining:
“We have a fundraising culture at the heart of Convey Law meaning we regularly come together to support national and regional charity appeals and events. We find this is not only beneficial to the charities we support but also valuable for staff morale and wellbeing.
“Wrong Trousers Day came at the end of one of the busiest periods in conveyancing history with the Stamp Duty holiday officially ending at the end of June so it was a fantastic chance for staff to come together, have some fun and raise funds for an incredible charity.”
Funds from Wrong Trousers, which is part of the Bristol Children’s Hospital Grand Appeal established in 1995, support sick children and their families from across the entire South West who are helped by the hospital. Pioneering research, life-saving equipment and family accommodation and specialist support staff have all been funded by the Grand Appeal since its inception.
Bristol Children’s Hospital covers the single largest geographic area of any children’s hospital in England, with many of the brave children treated having to travel hundreds of miles from Cornwall, Devon, South Wales and Wiltshire for the hospital’s lifesaving treatment.
Lloyd Davies added: “We cannot think of a better cause to support at Convey Law than one which supports sick children and their families through the toughest of times.”
The Conveyancing Foundation has donated £1500 to help improve a little girl’s life from funds raised entirely through its innovative Charity Lotto.
The charity gave the funds to an appeal for a new prosthetic foot for the four-year-old from South Wales who was born without a right foot.
Little Scarlett Davies currently uses a basic NHS prosthetic but her family are determined to change her life by raising money for a more realistic one.
Stepmother Chelsea Carey, a conveyancer at Convey Law, explained that as Scarlett was getting older, it was becoming more important to help her have as normal a life as possible.
“When she was born, no-one knew how her missing foot would affect her and didn’t know how she would ever be able to walk, but one day, when we were standing there minding our own business, she just stood up and started walking. We were amazed!
“But as she got older, she could clearly see she was different. One day, at an outdoor splash park, she wasn’t wearing her prosthetic as it couldn’t get wet, and children, as they do, were walking past and staring at her and asking their parents ‘what’s wrong with that girl?’. Although she is small, she is so so smart, and could hear and take in everything other people were saying. She just wanted to go home and did not enjoy the trip one bit.”
The family then decided that raising funds for Scarlett to have a realistic prosthetic would be life-changing and launched a £6000 fundraising appeal.
The Foundation, which raises money for charity through its Charity Lotto where clients of any legal practice or property firm can donate a voluntary £10 at the end of their transaction, giving them a chance to win £500 in a monthly draw, was one of the major donors to the appeal.
Georgia Davies from The Conveyancing Foundation said the donation to Scarlett’s family came from funds raised by Convey Law clients, adding:
“When we heard about little Scarlett and how dedicated her family are to improving her quality of life, we were moved to help and give a donation the appeal. The funds were made possible through our Charity Lotto.
“Thank you to all the clients of Convey Law who have taken part. Even if they did not personally win the monthly draw, I want them to know what incredibly worthwhile causes the money they have helped to raise go to.”
The Foundation also helps other firms to set up their own Charity Lotto to raise funds for charities they wish to support. It has helped firms raise over £800,000 for their chosen charities in the last decade.
Georgia Davies explained:
“We are very keen to help others fundraise for their own charities through our Charity Lotto. It’s a simple idea which most clients are happy to support when they are buying or selling their house but its end results are incredibly powerful as you can see in Scarlett’s case.
“We are dedicated to helping any other company that is interested to set up their own Charity Lotto and start fundraising for the causes they care about.”
Scarlett’s Dad Aaron Davies said the Foundation’s donation had now helped them to smash their original target and enable them to pay for a new foot and for further ongoing treatment.
He said:
“It was absolutely the most generous donation we could have wished for. The money we have raised will now fund not just one prosthetic and consultations, but another prosthetic when she grows out of that one in the next 16 months. She is honestly so excited to have this, it’s all she talks about.”
The Conveyancing Foundation can be contacted for further information on setting up a Charity Lotto at info@conveyancingfoundation.org.uk or 01633 261794.