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The Wynnstay Hotel Oswestry

A big thank you to all the guests who attended the wine tasting evening on Tuesday 29th November for raising a fantastic sum of £600 for The Charloette Hartey Foundation. The evening was hosted by Momentum Wines and The Wynnstay Hotel. A huge thank you toMr & Mrs Clarke for their cheque for £300 to the foundation, making the grand sum of £900.

Applewood Wealth Management was given the opportunity to invite a group of people to sample the fine wines supplied by Momentum Wines followed by a four course gourmet meal prepared by The Wynnstay's Michelin Star Executive Head Chef Alan Dann.

The evening was enjoyed by all. Karl Hartey said " the food, wine and service was exceptional" being known somewhat of a critique by his wife Helen, Karl could not praise the food quality enough and recommends that our local community should go sample the delights of a Michelin Star Chef Alan Dann.

Click here to view all photographs taken during the evening

Ben Richards presents a chequeto The Foundation

Karl receives a cheque from Ben Richards "our sponsor raising squaddie" after he completed a 26 mile/marathon tab on the 2nd July 2011. Karl Hartey took great pleasure in congratulating Ben on his continued fund raising efforts for the Foundation. In October Ben ran the Cardiff Half Marathon in a respectable time of 1 hour 44 mins and raised over £200 for the foundation.

The recent speed march tab was conducted around the area of UNPA or to Ledra Palace, Nicosia, Cyprus. Nine of his squaddie colleagues joined Ben on raising over £400 for the Foundation. Karl said "With people like Ben onboard the foundation will always be strong, Charlotte would have been proud".

Charity Gala Dinner raises a grand total of £2256 for the Charlotte Hartey Foundation

We are pleased to announce that the recent Charity Gala dinner at the Lion Quays Hotel raised a grand total of £2,256!

We would like to say a massive thank you to all our clients and guests for making the evening a fantastic sucess. We do hope all who attended enjoyed the night.

The Cycling Boys made it!

Finally the Mountain Biking Vicar Stuart Jermy, Karl Hartey and Paul Seager cycled to the top of Snowdon on Saturday the 4th April 2011 after a hard 2.5hr trek up the Lamberis Pass.

The guys decided to return to the 3560 ft mountain and this time cycle it after  their first attempt in January was blighted by snow and turned into a push rather than a cycle!

This time the weather was in there favour. Karl said “The climb was tough at times, but the decent was well worth the effort” The sponsorship money collected in total was just over £2,500 for the Foundation.

Picture from left to right:
Karl Hartey, Stuart Jermy and Paul Seager

The Foundation pledges £3000 to Oswestry Youth Cafe

Karl Hartey attended the AGM at the Oswestry Youth Cafe on the 31.4.11 to present a cheque of £3000 on behalf of the Charlotte Hartey Foundation. This donation will help towards the running costs and maintenance of the Youth Cafe.

Ben Richards completes Gosport Half Marathon

Massive thank you to Ben Richards for running the Gosport half marathon in a fantastic time of 1.40mins and raising a grand total of £225.

Charlotte’s Inquest

After 15 months of campaigning we finally had the opportunity to ask the tough questions “what went wrong” – to the Doctors under oath. The Inquest heard an external review identified several shortcomings in the care given to Charlotte. Dr Scott, confirmed that if Charlotte had been diagnosed with Tonsillitis and prescribed the correct medication, the outcome could have been different .

Also under some difficult questioning Dr Perret-Jones, hospital consultant confirmed she had not read the notes and placed Charlotte in the wrong ward.

The independent report found twelve failings, with recommendations to put right with immediate training.

The inquest was very difficult and emotional, but by raising awareness, hopefully the hospital will action the recommendations so our campaign was worthwhile. I wish to thank everyone for there continued support, especially with the petition, as this was the key that opened the door to the inquest.

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The Charlotte Hartey Foundation Donates £1,232 to the Great Ormond Street Hospital

Karl Hartey receives a cheques from George Hatzimihail for £1,232.45. The hotel had been holding Quiz nights and collecting donations throughout the year. The money will be donated to The Great Ormand Street Hospital, London.

Karl said " He was very surprised by the donation and overwhelmed with the sum of money." Karl has taked the decision to pass the money on to Great Ormond Street Hospital to benefit the Children and would like to thank George personally and all the Hotel staff and guests for their contributions."

Lake Vyrnwy half marathon raises £164 for the Foundation

Paul Seager completes the Half Marathon after doubting his distance running in a time of 2.12mins. Paul said "I am really pleased to have completed the Half Marathon, my first and possibly last race. I would like to thank all those who sponsored me, raising a grand total of total of £164, and well done to the all of the 1346 runners on the day - good effort!"

If you never knew about the challenge or would like to make a donnation please do so by visiting: http://www.justgiving.com/Paul-Seager-Half-Marathon or call in at Applewood Wealth Management on Salop Road

Charity Abseil for Paul & Sandra

Please sponsor Paul Seager or Sandra Wyn for their forthcoming charity abseil on July 31st 2011, at Oswestry Firestation. The intrepid duo aim to raise £200+ for the foundation. The event has been organised by the Oswestry Rotary Club. All donations are most welcome. To sponsor the duo online visit:

Paul: www.justgiving.com/paul-seager

Sandra: www.justgiving.com/Sandra-Wynn

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Neurodisability Coach Trip 2011

For the second year running the Foundation has pledged £800 to The Neurodisability suite at Meadowbrook Care Home, Gobowen, Oswestry. Elin Jones a resident at the Care Home wrote a wonderful letter to the foundation praising last years coach trip as one of the highlights of the year.

The foundation was touched by the request and is pleased to announce it will be able to sponsor the annual seaside visit for a second year and wish all the residents a fantastic day out. They plan to visit Llandudno in July. Watch this space for a full report by Elin.

Charity Frost Fayre raises £276.21

A huge thank you to Bellan House and Claire Rogers

We would like to thank Claire (crumbilicious) for organising such a sucessful and well orgainised event, and to all the stall holders that attended. The school was alive with independent traders selling all kinds of wonderful merchendise from table bags to fine jewellery and wonderful photographic prints.

We are very grateful for the fantastic donation and thank you all kindly.