Mental health charity receives £3,500 donation

A local mental health charity has received £3,500 from employees at two local companies to help support its work.

Ponthafren, which has offices at The Armoury and provides services throughout north Powys, has received the money from staff at SJ Roberts Construction and Lowfield Timber Frames, following fundraising over the past year.

Teams from the sister companies undertook a series of fundraising events that included both the Welshpool and Newtown 10k runs, Brynkinalt Running Festival, Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon, the Oswestry 10k, and a series of bike events.

In doing so, they raised £3,500 which will support the charity in its provision of positive mental health support services across mid-Wales.
 
Managing Director of SJ Roberts Construction, Mike Sambrook, said: “The dedication that the teams at SJ Roberts and Lowfield Timber Frames have once again demonstrated to raising funds for a charity that they feel a connection with is quite phenomenal.

“The events that they’ve got involved in require significant personal commitment and this is reflected in the support that they’ve received.  Of course, getting involved in events is one thing, raising a sum such as that which we’ve today handed over to Ponthafren is quite another, and for that we must extend our thanks to not just the teams here, but to everyone who has supported us with donations.”
 
The teams also rolled out a series of cake sales, raffles and an office sweepstake.  

Darren Jarman, MD at Lowfield Timber Frames, said: “As a keen runner myself, I thoroughly enjoy the sporting events that we get involved in each year but to ensure that our fundraising efforts are inclusive across the whole business, it’s important that we don’t focus solely on these.
 
“We’ve received some fantastic support from local businesses who have donated prizes to our raffles and our cake sales are often of a ‘Bake Off’ standard."