{"id":87755,"date":"2018-01-05T15:30:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T15:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=5650577b181f1fba82c4e8b2657285a0"},"modified":"2018-01-05T15:30:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T15:30:10","slug":"press-release-maggies-swansea-is-dvlas-charity-of-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=87755","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Maggie\u2019s Swansea is DVLA\u2019s Charity of Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Staff at the agency will take part in a wide range of fundraising events and activities throughout the coming year to raise money for the charity, which supports anyone in the Swansea and surrounding South Wales area affected by cancer.<\/p>\n

Last year, DVLA handed over a cheque for over \u00a350,000 to the charity Mind after a year packed full of fundraising efforts by its staff.<\/p>\n

Fundraising activity in the previous year included members of staff skydiving, cycling from Paris to Swansea, taking part in a national \u20183 peaks challenge\u2019 and a team from DVLA entering the JCP Swansea Half Marathon. A \u2018Music for Mind concert\u2019 held by DVLA saw the staff choir performing show-stopping songs. Through the course of the year, staff also ran raffles, sweepstakes and cake sales, with every opportunity raising funds for the good cause.<\/p>\n

On hearing the news Lucia Osmond, Centre Fundraising Manager for Maggie\u2019s Swansea, said:<\/p>\n

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The team at Maggie\u2019s Swansea is delighted to be DVLA\u2019s Charity of choice in 2018. As a local service we rely solely on the kindness and efforts of our supporters, so the funds raised in 2018 by the staff at DVLA will make a significant impact on the work we can continue to do for our service users in the local area.<\/p>\n

Maggie\u2019s Swansea has worked with DVLA for some time, providing health awareness sessions and have supported many employees at Maggie\u2019s. So to have this official partnership is very exciting and we look forward to working with DVLA in the year to come.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Oliver Morley, DVLA Chief Executive added:<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m immensely grateful to all our staff who really do rise to the challenge and give so much of their own time to raise thousands of pounds for our nominated charities. Together, with Maggie\u2019s Swansea we can make a huge difference and I\u2019m delighted that we\u2019ll be working to support this terrific cause in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Press office<\/h3>\n
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\nDVLA Press Office
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\nLongview Road
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\nMorriston
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\nSwansea <\/span>
\nSA6 7JL <\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n Email<\/span>
\n press.office@dvla.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm – only for use by journalists and the media:<\/span>
\n 0300 123 0791\n <\/p>\n

\n Out of office hours – only for use by journalists and the media:<\/span>
\n 0300 123 2407\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Staff at DVLA have chosen Maggie\u2019s Swansea as the agency\u2019s charity of choice for 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}