Colleagues from a finance and wealth management group have raised further funds for their chosen charity through their annual golf day.
Staff at Imperial Chartered and Cornerstone Finance Group have been fundraising for the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) since 2021.
The Cardiff-based Group had already raised £50,434 through the annual golf day in previous years as well as activities including raffles, Christmas jumper days, the Cardiff Half Marathon and a 3,000 Squat Challenge.
Now the firm’s sixth annual golf day, held at Radyr Golf Club in Cardiff and supported by former Wales and British and Irish Lions rugby star Scott Quinnell, has raised £11,005, taking the total raised by the group for the charity to £61,439.
The group is now planning a range of additional charity events, with a goal of raising a further £20,000.
MNDA is a charity close to the hearts of co-founder Gareth Morgan as well as Cornerstone Finance Group CEO Haydn Thomas and Cornerstone Commercial Finance managing director Kevin Morgan.
They, along with many other Imperial and Cornerstone colleagues, worked for around 25 years with Markus Matthews, whose wife Christine was diagnosed with MND eight years ago.
A total of 23 teams took part in the golf day, including colleagues, advisers, clients and lenders.
The winning team was made up of Imperial Chartered guests Dai Walters, Danny Egan, Sam Thomas and Leo Llewellyn. Saltus Asset Management took second place, with NatWest coming third.
The event also included a charity auction, with Scott Quinnell presenting the prizes.
The golf day was organised by Gareth and Markus alongside Jon Roberts, Head of Real Estate at Cornerstone Finance Group, and colleague Alyson Hamer.
Gareth said:
“Our annual golf day has become quite the fixture in the calendar. It is an opportunity to bring together colleagues and valued contacts, to spend time together outside of the office and to enjoy some friendly competition whilst raising money for a fantastic charity.
“We are so proud of the generosity of everyone who takes part and we know that their donations make a very real difference to MNDA.
“We’re incredibly grateful too to Scott Quinnell, whose enthusiasm and energy really lit up the charity auction and undoubtedly helped us reach such an outstanding total.
“This year’s golf day may now be over but we’ll keep raising funds for the charity, as well as awareness of the disease.”
The Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan branch of MNDA is run entirely by volunteers and covers Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan and the Rhondda Cynon Taff areas.
It holds regular information and social group meetings for people living with MND and their carers, family and friends which provide an opportunity to meet with other people living with the disease and to share experiences and ideas. It also provides advice and signposts to other services and can provide specialist equipment and access to small grants.
