Byte Night Golf Day tees up £4,135 for Action for Children

Byte Night Golf Day tees up £4,135 for Action for Children

Byte Night Wales has held a charity golf day in glorious sunshine at St Mellons Golf Club in Cardiff on the longest day of the year. The fundraising event saw business people raise £4,135 for Action for Children, which supports disadvantaged children, young people with and their families throughout Wales and the UK.

The golf day is part of a series of fundraising events that make up Byte Night, the largest sponsored sleep out that returns to Wales on Friday October 5th for the third year. These crucial funds will go specifically towards preventing youth homelessness in Wales.

Young people across Wales benefit from Action for Children services building better lives through the attainment of accommodation, education, training and personal wellbeing support.

David Morgan, Barclays’ Relationship Director, Byte Night Wales board member and organiser of the golf event, said: ‘We had an absolutely brilliant day of golf in wonderful weather. The camaraderie and networking were excellent but never far from our minds were the young people Action for Children supports.

‘We’re so passionate about raising much more money and awareness of the issues our young people face and this golf day puts us in great heart ahead of the big sleep out in October. To raise over £4,000 was tremendous too so I’m very grateful to all those who generously gave their time and money to Byte Night Wales.

Barclays, KPMG, BT, Acorn, Capgemini, Eversheds, SPTS and SRM Fire Consultancy were just a few of the 16 Welsh businesses that participated in the event with Eversheds emerging as winners after a very competitive round of golf. The legal firm edged Barclays onto second place with SRM Fire Consultancy coming in third.

The golfers went on to enjoy a raffle after their round of golf, which included a range of prizes, such as meals out for two at prestigious local restaurants and some top quality golf gear.

If you would like to find out more about Byte Night, please visit www.bytenight.org.uk or contact the Byte Night team on bytenight@actionforchildren.org.uk