Charities to receive £100,000 windfall from insurance giant

FOUR charities in South Wales are to each receive £100,000 in funding from insurance giant Admiral.

Admiral, which employs more than 7,000 at sites across south Wales in Swansea, Cardiff and Newport, has confirmed donations over the next two years totalling £400,000 to charities Llamau, Maggie’s Royal Voluntary and Wooden Spoon.

Maggie’s supports those affected by cancer in South Wales with centres in Swansea and Cardiff. The donation will part-pay for clinical psychologists at the two centres.

Royal Voluntary Service, which has more than 20,000 volunteers, supports thousands of older people whether in hospital or at home. Admiral’s donation will allow it to recruit fulltime community engagement developer workers.

Wooden Spoon is a rugbybacked charity supporting physically, mentally or socially disadvantaged children. The £100,000 from Admiral will fund at least two projects in South Wales to help brighten the lives of children with life-limiting illnesses.

And Llamau is a charity that is working to eradicate homelessness for young people and vulnerable women in Wales. The donation from Admiral will enable Llamau to a open a new Learning 4 Life centre in Newport.

The charities were chosen by Admiral following an employee vote for the types of causes most important to them. The causes selected were those brightening the lives of children with life limiting illnesses; supporting cancer care facilities and charities; improving the lives of vulnerable elderly people and helping homeless people.

Several charities sitting within these causes were invited to submit proposals, with one charity in each cause selected to receive the funding.

Admiral’s chief financial officer, Geraint Jones, said, “We’re really pleased to be able to make these donations to four fantastic causes which we hope will have a positive and long lasting impact on our local communities.

“Giving is a big part of Admiral and our staff undertake a great deal of fundraising in the offices and many spend a lot of time volunteering in the community. It was really important to us to choose causes which were close to their hearts.”