Glamorgan Telecom is very proud to have The Wooden Spoon as their nominated charity for 2008.
Wooden Spoon is rugby's charity supporting mentally, physically and socially disadvantaged children and young people. Spoon has committed to over £15 million in spending for a variety of projects for children and young people. It has organised over 2,000 events and had over 25,000 ties worn by its loyal members and supporters. Hardworking staff and volunteers have achieved all of this since the birth of the charity.
It all began on a fateful day in Dublin in 1983 when England’s Five Nations season ended in disaster with defeat by Ireland leaving them languishing at the bottom of the table.
A group of English supporters were presented with a Wooden Spoon by their Irish opponents to mark this historic occasion. On returning home the proposal to play golf for the spoon attracted the interest of fellow English supporters. Over 100 people attended that golf day in Farnham and by the end of the evening £8450 had been raised. The funds were cashed in for a minibus purchased for the Park Special Needs School in Aylesbury. The charity was born...
Glamorgan Telecom is the leading provider of telecommunications solutions across Wales and the West and is very proud of the support that both customers and staff have shown to raising funds for the Wooden Spoon Charity.
It was a very exciting day for Glamorgan Telecom’s Financial Director Adrian Price when he was able to donate a significant amount of money to Bob Harris of the Wooden Spoon Society.
Glamorgan Telecom is regularly involved in Charity Events whether it be Golf Events or Cardiff and London Marathons and look forward to many more days where support can be given to the Wooden Spoon throughout 2008.
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