Caritas Chamber Choir evening raises over £1200!

St German's church in Splott was packed on the evening of the 27th to hear the Caritas choir, and the Supporter's group were delighted to be there to help out with the organising, it was a lot of fun serving drinks, selling raffle tickets- and the musical backdrop was stunning. Of course it was a great opportunity to spread the word about what WaterAid too! 

The choir were superb, and once again we would like to thank them for choosing to support WaterAid- the evening raised over £1200 - this will go a long way in providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene to people.

If you'd like to help us out during events like these get in touch via wateraidcardiff@gmail.com - we always need more volunteers and we can vouch that it's a rewarding experience!

The Caritas Choir's next event is 14th November in St Woolos Catherdral, Newport- we can vouch that it will be worth getting a ticket (via caritaschoir22@gmail.com)

There were at least 120 people present at St Germans, interested to hear about WaterAid!

Left to Right: Aimee, Angela, Daniel & Rhiannon

Music for Kings and Queens - St Germans Church 27th June

Are you free on Thursday 27th June? We are supporting a choral event in St Germans church, Splott by the new chamber choir Caritas.

The setting and the singing will be superb- and there will be refreshments! All proceeds go to WaterAid- tickets (£10) available via caritaschoir22@gmail.com.

Coastalong 2012

Cardiff WaterAid Supporters group would like to extend their thanks to everyone who participated in this year's Coastalong event in Cardiff Bay.

It was a really enjoyable day out, and in addition to the sponsorship money we also had a really successful collection around Cardiff with help from the students at Coleg Bryn Hafren.

August 2012 Meeting.

Following our busy stand at The Eisteddfod, the next group meeting will be on Weds 22nd, 6 pm at the Council Chamber, Cardiff University.

Previous minutes here.

Meeting Weds 13th June

Our next meeting is on Weds 13th June, please note the new time of 6pm at the Council Chamber, Cardiff University (Park Place).


We have a lot planned for the rest of the year including the Eisteddfod and Coastalong, so as ever we'd love to see new faces!

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Minutes from 2nd May

Read the latest minutes from the 2nd of May's productive meeting here.

Eisteddfod 2012

Mae WaterAid wedi trefni stondin yn Eisteddfod 2012 yn Llandw, ac mae angen gwirfoddolwyr arnom ni! Darllenwch mwy yma...

The Cardiff WaterAid supporter's group will be at the WaterAid stand in the National Eisteddfod. We need welsh speaking volunteers, read more here (in Welsh).

Meeting 07/03/2012

Meeting 7th March 2012 will be in room 0.52 in the main Cardiff University building, Park Place, Cardiff at 7.30pm (on the right once you go through the main double doors)


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Minutes for 18/1/2012

Wednesday's meeting was great, with some new people present and lots of ideas for the year ahead!

Minutes

As you'll see from the minutes, we have a lot planned for 2012 so why not come along to our next meetings...

Date of next meetings

7.30pm Wednesday 7th March 2012 – Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff

7.30pm Wednesday 2nd May 2012 – Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff

First Meeting of 2012: Weds 18th January

Our next group meeting is on Wednesday, 18th January (7.30pm).

Location: Room 0.52 at Cardiff University building opposite the Students Union and parking is available in the car park directly outside. When you enter the building Room 0.52 is immediately on your right (see map below).

A chance to plan out our activities for 2012- as ever we'd love to see new faces!


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Meeting 28th November 2011

We had a really productive meeting on the 28th, plenty of great ideas lined up for 2012!

See minutes here.

Meeting Monday 28th November

Our next group meeting is on Monday, 28th November (7.30pm).

Location: Room 0.52 at Cardiff University building opposite the Students Union and parking is available in the car park directly outside. When you enter the building Room 0.52 is immediately on your right (see map below).

We will discuss ideas for fundraising over Christmas, and plans for World Water Day in March. If you've seen or read about our previous events (Coastalong, Wine into Water etc) and would like to get involved in supporting WaterAid we'd love to meet you!

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Wine Into Water October 2011

The first wine into water event took place on Friday night and not only did we raise £200 for WaterAid but we learnt a lot about wine and had a brilliant time into the bargain- see the pics below!

Sam and Karen from Majestic answered many questions about the French and Chilean wines, and there was also smoked salmon and cheese on hand to match to various wines.

If you attended on the event and would like to try some of these wines again, they're available in Majestic Cardiff Bay and they included:

Whites: Chateau de Sancerre 2009, Chablis (Boudin), Chardonnay "Llanuras de Camarico"
Reds: Villa Maria Pinot Noir, Chateau Boutisse, Peter Lehman Shiraz.

We also had a vote on the favourite wine of the evening, and the Chateau Boutisse was the narrow winner (I voted for the Shiraz myself!)

The Cardiff WaterAid supporters group would like to thank all those who attended for their support of WaterAid, and in particlaur Dean from St Saviour's church (a perfect venue) and Sam and Karen for their patience in dealing with all the questions!

The event sold out a few days prior to Friday, but we will be arranging another one so watch this space...


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Latest Minutes and Wine Into Water

You'll find the latest group meeting minutes here.

PS we now have 15 people coming to the "Wine Into Water" event on Friday 14th Oct- but there's still plenty of spaces available. Join us for a great social night in Splott...

Water Into Wine

Update 13th Oct- please note this event has now sold out! 

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Wine Into Water Friday 14th October In Support of WaterAid

Where: St Saviour's Church, Splott
When: Friday 14 October 7pm
Tickets: £12 at www.wineintowatercardiff.eventbrite.com 

Cardiff Water Aid Supporters would like to invite you to a wine tasting event with Majestic Wine Cardiff Bay at St Saviours Church, Splott.

Wine experts from Majestic will be on hand to talk you through a range of red and white wines, there'll also be an opportunity to match food with wine to find out which foods complement which wines.

In addition to learning about and enjoying the wine, matching with food and socialising with like minded people you'll be contributing to WaterAid!

Tickets are £12 (plus online booking fee of £1.37) - it promises to be a great night!

As little as £15 is enough for WaterAid to enable one person to gain access to a lasting supply of safe water, sanitation and hygiene education.

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Cardiff Bay Coastalong 2011 photos

Saturday was a brilliant day out, about a 100 people embarked from the Norwegian Church at 2pm including babies, children, a tap, walking groups, families, friends and of course the Cardiff WaterAid supporters.

The rain stayed away all afternoon, we even had a few spots of sunshine- and no one got lost either! It was a pleasure to meet and talk to people en route, but was still a relief to get back to the Norwegian Church and mission accomplished.

The route is 6 miles long, and took us about 2.5 hours- did you know that women and children in some of the world's poorest countries walk on average 6km to often unprotected water sources such as rivers or muddy dugouts, and that the average weight carried is 20kg?

So thank you for your fundraising efforts- it really does make a difference.

We've put together a gallery of photos from the day, if you have anymore that we could add please send them to wateraidcardiff@gmail.com

Finally, we'd love to hear what you think about the event- did you enjoy it? Leave your comments below.


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Coastalong 2011 Completed!

Thanks to everyone who particpated in Coastalong at Cardiff Bay, it was a brilliant day and we have plenty of photos, videos and audio- will be posted here over the next few days.

We had about 100 walking on the day - we'll let you know how much money we raised!

If you took any photos on the day and would like them included on our blog send them to wateraidcardiff@gmail.com

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Coastalong Saturday 10th September

We're all set for Saturday, final arrangements in place- so if you're taking part in this year's Coastalong on the Cardiff Bay Trail, Cardiff WaterAid Supporter's group will be there (in our Coastalong T-Shirts!) to answer any questions you have and to help you along the way.

The walk will start at 2pm, and should take roughly 2 hours to do the circular walk. You won't be able to miss our WaterAid banners and flags by the Norwegian Church. There will be stewards along the way to guide you on the right track as well.

If you haven't done this particular walk before, you're in for a treat as you'll pass many historic points, and of course the views over Penarth Head and the Bristol Channel.

In fact you'll be near water throughout the walk- but did you know that 1 in 8 of the world's population don't have access to safe water, so good luck with your sponsorship efforts on behalf of WaterAid.

Water is one thing we in Wales have in abundance but can you imagine life without it...?

2 minute video about what WaterAid are about...

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Meeting 2nd August

Minutes available here...

Coastalong is only 6 weeks away! (10th September)

Register to walk here.

Want to be involved? We need marshalls and raffle prizes so please get in touch.

Next meeting and Coastalong 2011!

Our next meeting will be back in Chapter Arts on Tuesday 2nd August, 7.30pm. 

We're looking for volunteers to help with the Coastalong event which we will be involved at Cardiff bay on the 10th September, it promises to be a great event so we'd welcome your involvement!

If you'd like to participate in this event find more info by clicking the CoastAlong logo.

If you'd like to help out on the day please contact us wateraidcardiff@gmail.com