Charity Truck Run raises £4,600 for Action for Children

The Porthcawl Truck Gathering’s annual Truck Run between Swansea and Newport has raised over £4,600 for Action for Children. Last month’s truck run started at Pont Abraham Services on the western end of the M4 with trucks and lorries driving 70 miles in convoy along the motorway corridor to Magor Services, just east of Newport.

Around 70 vehicles took part in this popular event as they celebrated the immense contribution of drivers and their lorries to keeping Britain going, particularly during the pandemic. Graham Edwards organised the event along with Royston, Darran and Emma Galvin and presented the cheque for £4,656 to Nina Rice from Action for Children at an event in their honour at Hi Tide in Porthcawl on Saturday 24th July.

Graham said: ‘We chose Action for Children as our charity this year as their frontline staff have been working flat out to help vulnerable families and children who, in many cases, have found themselves without an income for the first time because of coronavirus. The truck run proved very popular again this year and we’re thrilled and very proud to have raised over £4,600 for Action for Children knowing we’ll be helping families that need it most in our communities.’

Nina Rice, Action for Children’s fundraising Regional Manager for Bristol, Bath and South Wales, added: ‘The Porthcawl Truck Gathering crew have been unbelievably kind and generous with us from the word go and we can’t thank them enough for raising a fantastic amount of money Action for Children. I’ve loved working with them and for them to put on a presentation night for us was the icing on the cake. Thanks again to the brilliant Porthcawl Truck Gathering and all who helped raise money that will make a huge difference the children and families we proudly support.’