Recognise the contribution of a Tenovus Cancer Care volunteer in your community
Police couple join forces as they take on one of their biggest challenges
A couple from Aberdare working at South Wales Police and Gwent Police respectively are to join forces and tackle one of the biggest challenges of their careers for the charity Crimestoppers – the London Marathon.
Kevin Bennett 2017 Volunteer of the Year
Nominations for the 2018 Tenovus Cancer Care Volunteer Awards are now open! Tenovus Cancer Care, Wales’ leading cancer charity, is encouraging members of the public who have been helped by volunteers from the organisation to nominate them for an award to celebrate their work. The annual awards, now in its eighth year,
recognise the contribution of
volunteers to Tenovus Cancer Care and the diff erence they make to the lives of cancer patients and their loved ones. The charity has almost 2,000 volunteers across Wales. There are seven award categories, fi ve of which are based on the values of
Tenovus Cancer Care: Creative,
Respectful, Bold, Supportive and Inspiring. Awards are also presented for Young Volunteer of the Year, a Group
from Swansea, got Volunteers award, and an
overall award for Volunteer of the Year 2018. Kevin Bennett,
involved with Tenovus Cancer Care in 2013, when he was recovering
from cancer of the tonsils and losing his voice. In 2017 Kevin was named Volunteer of the Year. He said: “Back in 2012 when I started my treatment, which was very diffi cult, I saw a poster for Tenovus Cancer Care’s Sing with Us choir in Swansea. “Joining that choir in 2013 was the best thing I’ve done. The more I learned about what this charity does in our communities, and how valuable and unique their services are, the more I wanted to help them by raising money. If there’s a volunteer you admire for their commitment and dedication to Tenovus Cancer Care, you can nominate them for a Volunteer Award by visiting www.tenovuscancercare.
org.uk/volunteerawards or at your nearest Tenovus Cancer Care shop. Nominations close on Monday 30th April 2018. If you or someone you love has been aff ected by cancer, Tenovus Cancer Care can off er help and support. To fi nd out more call the Tenovus Cancer Care free Support Line on 0808 808 1010 or visit
tenovuscancercare.org.uk
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Carwyn Evans, 51, will tackle the 26.2 miles in London for the fi rst time, although he did run a marathon in a triathlon training weekend last year, while wife Deborah, 57, will be participating in her ninth marathon having already completed the run around London, as well as events in Madrid, Manchester and Snowdonia. For Carwyn, the London showpiece has been a long time coming having deferred due to a niggling hamstring last year. “I’m obviously really looking forward to it. It’s my A race of the year,” he said. “It’s the biggest thing we’re doing this year.”
Deborah will hope that this year will be a bit more memorable than her last London Marathon in 2015. She admitted that enthusiasm probably got the best of her and her memory of the last time she ran, isn’t particularly clear. “After every marathon I have fi nished, I say that’s the last, I’m only doing half’s from now on – a day later I’m planning the next!
“London was my third marathon in 2015. I went too fast to start, dehydrated, and can’t really remember fi nishing.” Carwyn only started running less than four years ago and his training for
London this year has already seen a setback with a stress fracture of a metatarsal in a race on Boxing Day, which saw him have to wear a boot for six weeks.
But having completed over eighty events in the last two years that covered everything from running, to swimming, to cycling, he is confi dent that he can fi nish the run in under six hours, completing arguably his biggest challenge yet, which has received huge support from those around him. Crimestoppers is an independent charity that gives people the people to speak up and stop crime 100% anonymously. Always. Our guarantee of anonymity to those who pass on information about crime has not been broken in 30 years. You can support Carwyn and Deborah on their fundraising page at
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ CarwynandDeborahEvans
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