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charity skydive Dawsons Property Agents for Ty Olwen

We Jumped for Charity

Last Sunday the 4th of August a team of brave souls from Dawsons took to the sky in a small aircraft and threw themselves out at 12,000ft with Skydive Swansea.

The Team:

Calloum Thomas Dawsons Property Skydiving for Ty OlwenCallum Thomas

Joe Chiffi Dawsons Property Skydiving for Ty OlwenJoe Chiffi

Ricky and James Dawsons Property Skydiving for Ty OlwenRicky Purdy & James Bolan

Gemma Dawsons Property Skydiving for Ty OlwenGemma Burgin

Bronte Dawsons Property Skydiving for Ty OlwenBronte Evans Hope

The reason for this brave feat was to raise money for local charity hospice Ty Olwen. After the jump, delighted and relieved, the team met up with Dawsons Senior Partner Chris Hope to present Helen from Ty Olwen with a cheque for £2,567.

Joe Chiffi Dawsons Property Skydiving for Ty Olwen

Callum, our Auction Negotiator, said “What a truly amazing experience! What made it even better was raising money for a charity that is close to a lot of people’s hearts in Swansea Ty Olwen.”

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Well done guys!

Aims of the Ty Olwen Charity

Registered Charity Number 511339 founded in 1981

The aims of the Ty Olwen Trust are:-

  • To relieve patients of the Ty Olwen Palliative Care Service who are suffering from cancer and life-limiting diseases by the provision of amenities, equipment, services and facilities not normally provided by the National Health Service.
  • To extend such service and amenities to patients suffering from cancer and life-limiting diseases who require medical and nursing support in all care settings.
  • To assist the family or dependents of patients suffering from cancer and life-limiting diseases who are in necessitous circumstances in particular as a result of these illnesses.
  • To promote and support research into the causes and treatment of cancer and life-limiting diseases at Ty Olwen and to assist in the dissemination of the results thereof.
  • To award bursaries to enable nurses and other staff and helpers to undertake specialised training courses.
TEAM DAWSONS RAISING MONEY FOR HUNTINGDON'S DISEASE ASSOCIATION

Team Dawsons Join Industry Charity Canoe Event

TEAM DAWSONS DO IT FOR DOM 2019

Ricky, Chris & Tom are joining numerous other industry colleagues to canoe the River Wye for their friend and Huntingdon’s Disease sufferer, Dominic Subbiani.

Team Dawsons are canoeing 31 miles down the River Wye from Hoarwithy to Monmouth, stopping in Ross-on-Wye in the evening for a fundraising festival!

There are over 100 property professionals joining us in the challenge, so far, and it is turning out to be one of the biggest charity events the industry has ever seen.

By day we will be taking to our canoes and covering 31 miles of river and rapids, by night we will continue to raise money with a charity auction and games to help raise more funds.

The event is on the 4th and 5th September and both starts, and ends, in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

Huntingdon’s Disease

Is a progressive brain disorder that causes uncontrolled movements, emotional problems, and loss of thinking ability. It is essentially a fatal disease which currently has no cure.

About Dom

Dom is loved by many in the industry, due to his easy-going nature, his kind and thoughtful approach and fantastic sense of humour. He has has been in the property industry for many years and runs a successful estate agents and holiday lets business, called FBM in Haverfordwest.  The agency is also part of the Fine & Country network, alongside Dawsons, so we all know Dom very well and are delighted to take part in this amazing event.

If you are able to spare a few pounds, all donations are hugely appreciated.  It is hoped that Do It For Dom 2019 will bring the fundraising total over £100,000.

https://www.justgiving.com/companyteams/TeamDawsonsDIFD19

Team Dawsons take on a sky dive for Ty Olwen Trust

Dawsons sky dive for the Ty Olwen Trust

We are jumping 12,000 feet out of a small plane for Ty Olwen Trust because we support this amazing local Morriston charity.

6 members of the Dawsons team will be taking to the sky in a small aircraft on Sunday 4th August and jumping 12,000 feet, in the hope that they land safely and look a little like the Wales Airshow skydiver on the video!

Along with the Sky Dive, we are carrying out various other charity events to put towards our fundraising:

Music in The Quadrant, Swansea

On 25th July one of our sales negotiators Laura-Jane took to the microphone in The Quadrant shopping centre and sang requests for donations.

Copy of Copy of Ty Olwen

The team spent the morning entertaining the shoppers on one of the hottest days of the year and managed to raise £443.19 from cash donations and are still collecting online for a prize donated by Boots at The Quadrant.

Ty Olwen donations raise money online with Dawsons Property

Ty Olwen donations raise money online with Dawsons Property

Ty Olwen donations raise money online with Dawsons Property

The Ty Olwen Trust

The Trust set out to relieve patients of the Ty Olwen Palliative Care Service, who are suffering from cancer and life-limiting diseases by the provision of amenities, equipment, services and facilities not normally provided by the National Health Service. As well as this they also provide support to family members and dependents, along with promoting and supporting the research into the causes and treatment of cancer and life-limiting diseases.

Dawsons Property will be donating all proceeds of the skydive to the hospice, in order to aid the funding needed to continue the fantastic work they are doing on a daily basis. We thank you in advance for your support and donations.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/dawsons-fundraisers

Dawsons food drive 2019 for the Trussell Trust

RAN Foodbank 10,000 items to the Trussell Trust

Last week all of the Dawsons offices became collection points for a special estate agency incentive across the UK, headed by our agency charity Agents Giving and the national Relocation Agent Network.

This annual event is incredibly important because Foodbanks across the UK are being used more than ever before.  During the week, at Dawsons, we collected for Trussell Trust foodbanks in Swansea, Llanelli & Lifepointe.

swansea trussell trust foodbank

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019

The Trussell Trust charity supports a nationwide network of food banks and provides emergency food and support to people locked in poverty, along with campaigning for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.

In the UK, more than 14 million people are living in poverty – including 4.5 million children. The Trussell Trust supports more than 1,200 food bank centres in the UK to provide a minimum of three days’ nutritionally-balanced emergency food to people who have been referred in crisis, as well as supporting people to try and resolve the crises they face.

Between April 2018 and March 2019, food banks in the Trussell Trust network provided a record 1.6 million food supplies to people in crisis, a 19% increase on the previous year.

It takes more than food to end hunger but helping with food donations is a start and that is why this annual campaign is of huge importance to use at Dawsons.


Collection Day

Firstly we head to Morriston sales, to pick up 341 items, including a cheeky monkey.

Next to Morriston lettings, to pick up 189 items
Andrea is a cheeky monkey!

Next to Morriston lettings, to pick up 189 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Sarah hopped into the collection bucket but just couldn’t give her away!

and then to Gorseinon office to collect 105 Items.

 

Matt & George trying to get taken away from Gorseinon office
Matt & George trying to get taken away from Gorseinon office

635 items delivered to Lifepointe.

Next, we headed to:

Sketty office to collect 107 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Collecting from Sketty office

Killay office to collect 43 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Collecting from Killay office

Llanelli office to collect 174 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Collecting from Llanelli office

Deliver to Llanelli Foodbank 324 Items (Met with Claire & Colin who were so incredibly grateful)

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Claire & Colin, volunteers at Llanelli Foodbank receiving their items

Final trip:

Mumbles office to pick up a whopping 798 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Mumbles Office Collection

Marina office to collect 158 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Collecting from Marina office

Swansea sales office to collect 450 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Swansea sales collection

Swansea lettings office to collect 269 Items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Swansea lettings collection with Kate & Kelly

And with a hugely packed van

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
Barely any room left in the delivery van

Our final delivery was made to Swansea foodbank  of 1675 items

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
From L to r: James, Gemma, Kate & Simon at Swansea Foodbank

We’d like to say a massive thank you to our board man Adrian from who drove from branch to branch last Friday along with our amazing food drive co-ordinator Gemma.  Plus, of course,  a huge well-done to all of our friends and local contacts who got involved and helped to achieve the amazing total of:

2661 items for Dawsons Food Drive 2019
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Dawsons are supporting local food banks and collecting items from all offices in 2019

Supporting the nation’s food banks & tackling poverty in the UK

All of the Dawsons offices are taking part in the #RANFoodbank10k along with our industry charity Agents Giving for a fabulous fundraising event to support the nation’s food banks & tackle poverty in the UK.

We’re asking all of our local friends to help us to collect items of food between 13 – 20 June with the aim of collecting 10,000 items across the Relocation Agent Network!

All of the offices will have collection bins, even one tin of food will help so please support us so please do what you can.

SUGGESTED ITEMS: Breakfast cereals • Soup • Pasta • Rice • Pasta sauce • Tinned beans • Tinned meat • Tinned vegetables • Tinned fruit • Tea or coffee • Sugar • Biscuits • Snacks

Thank you!

Office addresses on this link:

http://ow.ly/3US150uaq3i

Dawsons supporting the UK Food Banks in June 2019

Easter Bunny visits Morriston Hospital Children's Ward at Easter

Easter Cheer for Children at Morriston Hospital

Hospitals can seem like scary places and there is nothing worse than being cooped up in a hospital ward when all of your friends are enjoying a special occasion, such as celebrating Easter.

That is why 2 of the dedicated Dawsons marketing & charity team, Callum Thomas (Swansea Auctions) and Gemma Savage (Mumbles Lettings) headed to Morriston Hospital Children’s Ward with a little Easter treat this weekend gone.

Dawsons Marketing Team head to Morriston Hospital

Dressed like a beautiful Easter Bunny and armed with lots of goodies, including colouring & craft kits, and eggs (of course) the dynamic duo put a smile on the children’s’ faces (and, admittedly, terrified a few too!).

Dawsons Marketing Team head to Morriston Hospital

Dawsons Marketing Team head to Morriston Hospital Dawsons Marketing Team head to Morriston Hospital Dawsons Marketing Team head to Morriston Hospital

We really care about our local community and love to get involved with helping out.  The guys were buzzing when they returned and hope they made some of the Children’s Easter special.

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You can find out all about visiting the Children’s Ward at Morriston on this link.

If you are interested in our Charity & Community work, please get in touch with Callum Thomas on

☎︎ 01792 646060

Dawsons supporting Period Poverty UK for Swansea Schoolgirls

Period Poverty, what it is and what can be done?

Period Poverty has a very low profile, yet it causes a huge impact on a girl’s school attendance, affecting education and causing mental health issues due to the stigma attached to menstruation.

Today, we know that 48% of girls aged 14-21 have been made to feel embarrassed by their periods, while 71% have felt embarrassed buying sanitary products.  It is estimated about 137,000 girls in the UK will miss school each year because of a lack of sanitary products or access to them. Feminine hygiene costs approx. £400 per female per annum and many young girls or their families cannot afford this expense.

More than two-thirds of women have had to use improvised menstrual protection at some point, while 51% of women have either suffered from period poverty or know someone who has.

Period poverty is set to be a key theme in International Women’s Day celebrations on Friday, March 8.

What can be done?

Firstly, talking about periods, and ending the taboos that surround them, means we can better equip every girl with the products and information she needs to manage her periods effectively, without shame or embarrassment.  This is something that every girl growing up in the 21st century doesn’t just deserve, but should be able to expect.

On top of that, we can help to ensure that all of the local senior schools have a supply of free sanitary products to hand out to those in need.  To this end, we have decided to use all of our Dawsons offices as Donation Points and we urge you to give us help with a cause, which simply does not get talked about.

Our aim is for all of the Dawsons Office to collect feminine hygiene products throughout March and all products collected will be distributed to local comprehensive schools by our staff.

Drop in products up until March 31st 2019

Items needed:

Collection of Sanitary Products for Senior Schools in Swansea
Photo courtesy of The Red Box Project

Sanitary pads, tampons and panty-liners of all shapes and sizes, please.  Along with plain cotton briefs, opaque black or navy tights, deodorants and wet wipes.

#EndPeriodPoverty
#CommunityKindnessMatters
#Swansea #nogirlshouldgowithout

 

If you can donate but are unable to call into an office, please consider using an online delivery service and placing your order to be sent to our MUMBLES office:

Dawsons Estate Agents:

77 Newton Road
Mumbles
Swansea
SA3 4BN

Tel: 01792 367301

Email: mu@dawsonsproperty.co.uk

Opening Hours:

Monday – Friday from 9.00 a.m to 5.30 p.m

Saturday – 9.00 a.m to 4.00 p.m.

Sunday – Closed

Burry Port Raft Race

Dawsons to sponsor Burry Port Raft Race again

Dawsons is delighted to be the principal sponsor of the Burry Port Raft Race for a second year.

The event this year takes place on Saturday, August 11.

“We sponsored the event last year and we had no hesitation in doing it again this year, especially as it raises valuable funds for both Burry Port RNLI and Afia Children’s Football Academy Foundation in Africa,” said Dawsons’ Senior Partner Chris Hope.

Burry Port Raft Race poster
Burry Port Raft Race poster

“We have an office in Llanelli and many of our staff are from the Burry Port area and again we will be entering our very own Dawsons raft. We are just hoping that, despite great efforts by our crew, they go a bit better that they did last year!”

There are plenty of prizes for those involved including best dressed raft, first raft to sink, best dressed crew, last raft over the line and worst dressed raft.

If you need any further details or an entry form you can email burryportraftrace@yahoo.com

L-R Naomi Webborn, Dawsons’ Lettings Department Coordinator, Chris Hope, Dawsons’ Senior Partner, and volunteers at Swansea Foodbank at City Church in Dyfatty.

Dawsons supporting national food collection campaign

Dawsons Property is supporting a week-long campaign to collect items for Swansea Foodbank next month.

The special collection, which is part of Relocation Agent Network’s national fundraising event called #OneThousandItemsofFood, will take place between June 14 and 21 in conjunction with the Trussell Trust.

During the week there will be collection points in all of Dawsons’ branches across Swansea & Llanelli with special bins to be provided by their Dawsons’ reward card partner Exall & Jones.

The foodbank has become part of the social landscape of society with one in five people living below the poverty line in the UK.

Chris Hope with Kristina Williams of Swansea Foodbank
Chris Hope with Kristina Williams of Swansea Foodbank

“We are very grateful to Dawsons to their commitment to this food collection campaign,” said Kristina Williams, Assistant Manager at Swansea Foodbank.

“We tend to have a lot of contributions around Christmas time and harvest festival, but contributions tend to tail off a bit during the spring and summer so Dawsons’ commitment is both timely and welcome.”

Swansea Foodbank, which provides emergency food and support to local people in crisis, is open in several locations around the city on different days and times.

Swansea Foodbank is part of the Trussell Trust’s national foodbank network and is supported by churches across the city to help people in times of crisis.

Swansea Foodbank volunteers
Swansea Foodbank volunteers

Dawsons is asking customers and staff to donate two items each of non-perishable food such as tins and packet food.

Chris Hope, Senior Partner at Dawsons, said: “We are absolutely delighted to be part of this campaign as part of the Relocation Agent Network which is running #OneThousandItemsofFood throughout the UK.

Unfortunately, we live in times when foodbanks have become a necessity for a part of our society, so we are determined to make this campaign as successful as possible, therefore all our branches will be collecting items between June 14 and 21.”

To find your local foodbank visit www.trusselltrust.org. Find out what supplies they are currently in need of and what items they have enough of.  Foodbanks also accept essential non-food items such as toiletries and hygiene products. They also accept clothes and toys.

 

Dawsons represented at Swans DSA Christmas party

Dawsons delighted to be part of Swans players’ surprise for DSA members at Christmas Party

Dawsons were proud to be represented when the Disabled Supporters’ Association (DSA) were treated to special guest appearances from Tammy Abraham, Swans Ladies star Emma Beynon and DSA ambassador Lee Trundle at their annual Christmas party.

The guests took part in games, a Q&A session and sang Christmas carols before meeting DSA members at a party held in the Liberty Stadium.

“Dawsons has sponsored the DSA members throughout 2017 and we were delighted to be part of the surprise event,” said Leon Atolagbe, Dawsons Residential Lettings Office Manager.

Launched in 2013, the DSA is continually growing. With 75 members at present, the DSA aims to offer inclusivity to Swans supporters, whilst bringing families and friends together.

The DSA intends to improve facilities and policies that affect the disabled supporters, putting the views of the association to the club and other bodies.

The DSA is looking to build on its foundations and develop an even stronger relationship with Swansea City. All Swansea City disabled supporters are welcome to join, and this includes their family, friends and PAs.

CAPTION: Leon Atolagbe (with red tie at the back) is pictured with DSA members and guests