Teaching assistant plans 40-mile walk for Bronglais Chemo Appeal

With her mum currently having chemotherapy, teaching assistant Carys Jones is organising a 40-mile walk with family and friends to raise money for the Bronglais Chemo Appeal.

There will be a team of at least 20, who plan to complete the 40 miles within 24 hours on 1^st and 2^nd April.

They will start at the rugby clubhouse in Tregaron, where Carys’s mum Glenys is landlady, walk to Bronglais Hospital and then make the journey back to the clubhouse. Ten miles will

be completed on the Friday night, 1^st April, and then they will start again at 5.30am the following morning, aiming to arrive back in Tregaron by 7pm.

As well as Carys, taking part in the ‘Team Jones Challenge’ will be her 32-year-old twin sister Caryl, older sister Gwenan, 33, and their younger brother Aled, 28, plus Aled’s partner Heulwen and a host of friends.

Carys, who works at Ysgol Carreg Hirfaen in Cwmann and lives in Llwynygroes, said: “We wanted to support Bronglais Chemotherapy Day Unit. Mum is currently having chemotherapy there and she says the staff there are brilliant.

“We are so lucky to have a chemotherapy unit close to us and to have a purpose-built new unit with more privacy will be even better. The Appeal is such a great idea.”

“Mum was so pleased when I told her about the fundraising walk I was organising that she started crying!” added Carys.

If you would like to donate to Carys’ fundraiser, you can do so here: https://hyweldda.enthuse.com/pf/carys-jones

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Would you like to support the Bronglais Chemo Appeal? Here’s how:

To donate or set up an online fundraising page visit: https://hyweldda.enthuse.com/cf/bronglais-chemo-appeal or scan the QR code.

For further information on the appeal go to: www.hywelddahealthcharities.org.uk