Press release: Velindre is M&A's Charity of the Year
13 May 2010
Cardiff based solicitors have a lot to shout about in May 2010; the firm recently celebrating their 10th Anniversary with a special evening at their the new Cardiff Bay offices. M&A Solicitors also used the event to launch their first Charity of the Year partnership.
Alan Whiteley, Senior Partner, said “We have supported a range of charities in Wales over the years, but given this special anniversary we wanted to focus on one local charity and give them our maximum support. We thought that the fairest and most practical way to do this was by putting it to a staff e-vote and the winner was Velindre Cancer Centre. We are pleased to be supporting them and aim to raise a considerable sum through a range of fund-raising activities over the course of the year”.
Andrew Morris, Head of Fundraising at Velindre Cancer Centre, said “We are absolutely delighted to be chosen by M & A Solicitors’ staff as their Charity of the Year, and look forward to a successful partnership; last year Velindre supported over a hundred thousand patients in Wales, and with cancer on the increase, we need to grow our fundraising activities to keep pace with the new challenges this will throw up. M & A Solicitors’ support will make a significant impact in helping us face that challenge and we are very pleased to be working with them.”
M&A Solicitors is a commercial law firm providing a partner led, “City quality” service at cost effective rates, focussed on the business requirements of its clients. Its approach is to work closely with its clients to ensure they benefit from the best technical legal advice and achieve their business objectives. Its client base includes a large number of leading private sector companies as well as a number of public and third sector bodies. Headquartered in Cardiff Bay, the firm employs nearly 70 staff and provides legal services throughout the UK and overseas in the areas of Corporate, Commercial, Construction, Commercial Disputes, Employment, Insolvency, Projects, Property and Sport.
About Velindre Cancer Centre
Velindre Cancer Centre is the largest non - surgical cancer Hospital in Wales providing Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy and other specialised anti-cancer treatments for over half the people of Wales. We have been providing support and care to cancer patients in South Wales for over 50 years. Every possible effort is made to ensure that each visit to Velindre is as comfortable as possible, and our experienced staff aim to provide high quality care to patients and their families. On average every year Velindre Cancer Centre provides care, treatment and support for over 110,000 out patients and day cases.
It is this commitment to high quality care which means that Velindre is widely regarded as being a Centre of Excellence. We have a fully integrated award winning Therapies team which includes Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Dietetics, Speech and Language Therapy, Lymphoedema and Complementary Therapies.
Velindre Cancer Centre is the first Cancer Centre in Europe to have a totally integrated service for patients in most need – our Active Support Unit provides the highest standards of care and quality support to palliative care cancer patients.
More people in Wales survive cancer now than ever before thanks to early detection and better treatments. It is estimated that by 2015 there will be a 30% increase in the most common forms of cancer in Wales; we are determined to raise the money necessary to enable us to meet these new challenges.
If you would like more information please visit our website www.velindrefundraising.com
phone Fundraising on 029 2031 6211 or email info@velindrefundraising.com.
Contact Andrew Morris Head of Fundraising, or Kylie Parfitt Deputy Head of Fundraising