Category Charity

Photographing My Rugby Heroes

admin September 20, 2019 1 Comment Blog, Event Photography, Jonathan Davies, Legends Hospitality, Rob Jones, Rugby, Sean Holley, Sports, Sports Personalities, The Events Room, Welsh Charitables, Wooden Spoon

I am a huge rugby fan. My performances on the pitch were only good enough to get me into the Kingston Polytechnic Rams RFC 4th XV, but my motivational skills (or some say my vocal prowess) gave me the honour of captaining the side. However, I found my true love of the game holding a... Read More

5 Mountains In 55 Hours Story for National Walking Month

admin May 23, 2019 0 Comments 5 in 55 Mountain Challenge, Blog, General, Ty Hafan

May 2019 is the UK's National Walking Month and I thought it would be good to tell the story of the Tŷ Hafan 5in55 Mountain Challenge. This is when a group of Dads, Uncles, Sponsors and Tŷ Hafan staff took on the challenge of walking up and down five of the biggest mountains in the... Read More

Wales vs Ireland and I Have A Ticket!

admin March 12, 2019 0 Comments 5 in 55 Mountain Challenge, Blog, Charity, Ty Hafan

It is Wales vs Ireland at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday 16th March. The penultimate game of the 2019 Six Nations Championship. And the Wales team has the opportunity of creating history. By beating Ireland, Wales will secure their 4th Grand Slam of the Six Nations era. Their third under the Gatland coaching... Read More

5in55 Crowned Just Giving Fundraising Team of the Year 2018

admin November 21, 2018 0 Comments 5 in 55 Mountain Challenge, Blog, Charity, Ty Hafan

"And the winner, of the [Just Giving] fundraising team of the year, and I hope I pronounce this right," announced Shaun Stafford, "is the Tŷ Hafan Dads!" It was the point at which he expressed concern about his pronunciation that we all knew we had won. We were all already rising from our chairs before... Read More

Support Through The Tŷ Hafan Dads Group

admin October 26, 2018 0 Comments 5 in 55 Mountain Challenge, Blog, Charity, Ty Hafan

Tŷ Hafan invited my wife, Jackie, and I to speak at their 2018 Big Top Ball at The Exchange Hotel in Cardiff. Tŷ Hafan, one of the UK’s leading paediatric palliative care charities with a children’s hospice located near Cardiff, offers care to children and support for their families, throughout Wales. After my wife had… Read More

Walking 130 Miles and 50 Hours For Ty Hafan 5in55

admin June 4, 2018 0 Comments 5 in 55 Mountain Challenge, Blog, Ty Hafan

Training for the Ty Hafan 5in55 In a month's time, on 4th July 2018, a group of Dad's from Ty Hafan will be in a mini bus for 12 hours on their way to Ben Nevis in Scotland. On the 5th July, they start climbing the mountain, the first stage of the gruelling Ty Hafan... Read More

Special Bryan Gunton and Jasper Blakeley Magic Show For #5in55

admin March 21, 2018 1 Comment 5 in 55 Mountain Challenge, Event Photography, Ty Hafan

The brilliant elite magicians, Bryan Gunton and Jasper Blakeley, are staging a one-off special performance for just 20 people at The Small Space (Wales's 'Smallest Theatre) in Barry on 7th June 2018 (changed from April 2018) with all the proceeds going to the Ty Hafan Dads #5in55 mountain challenge. Book your tickets now by emailing paul@paulfearsphoto.co.uk... Read More

#5in55 Walking Mountains for Ty Hafan

admin February 28, 2018 1 Comment 5 in 55 Mountain Challenge, Charity

Climbing 5 Mountains in 55 Hours for Ty Hafan The #5in55 challenge started with a telephone call from Gareth Jenkins at Ty Hafan, the young person's hospice based in Sully, just outside Cardiff in South Wales. "What do you think about photographing next year's [2018] Ty Hafan Dad's challenge? We are going to climb 5... Read More

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