Paul Adamson

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Children from the Cardiff cancer unit receive Christmas gifts from Santa

10 children recently received early Christmas presents as a result of the 2019 JAM Fund Cardiff half marathon team. Each child received £250 worth of gifts which were on their list to Santa. The man himself made an early appearance to deliver them in person and the children were amazed

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“Mitch’s Peaky Blinders” party helps raise funds!

A huge thank you to Mitch Fenton, his family and friends who have helped raise over £500 to help the jamfund !!! ( and a great day it was too!)

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JAM Fund recognised by Prime Minister and Welsh Minister at 10 Downing Street

On March 1st 2018 Paul and Denise Adamson were invited to represent the charity at a function inside 10 Downing Street held by the Welsh Minister Alun Cairns MP. The event was held on St David’s Day to recognise people and groups within Welsh society who were making a

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Concept CCTV donate security system to JAM-Fund free of charge

Pictured are Lewis and Jordan with Ellis Smith of Concept CCTV After a recent burglary in which equipment belonging to the charity was stolen, local security firm CONCEPT CCTV were amazing in their response. The company donated and installed an infra red camera system and security lighting system to help

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Ellie May receives her new pink princess bicycle

Five year old Ellie May from Barry receiving her pink princess bicycle from Daniel Ladner. Dan raised the funds for the bicycle by running in the Cardiff Half Marathon for the JAM Fund in 2017. Our thanks to Dan who has been able to see directly how his fundraising has

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P pod chair for Ivona

12 year old Ivona Nedelcheva from Barry in her new p pod chair which cost in excess of £1000 and is custom fitted. Ivona suffers from a rare condition known as Lennox Gastaut Syndrome. Ivona’s Mum thanked the charity, explaining that Ivona had been forced to sit in a

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Jam-Fund in the Glamorgan Gem

Recent coverage in the Glamorgan Gem newspaper detailed donations to the following children:- Sebastian from Barry received a £2000 donation towards an “Eye Gaze” machine which will cost £8500! The new and very clever machine captures Sebastian’s eye movements and translates these to letters and phonics on a

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Jamie's Plaque Presentation

Presenting plaque to Bob Sandal of Woodcraft Folk Kingswinford on the occasion of their new meeting hut being built which was partly financed by the JAM Fund.

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£6,000 garden makeover to help Tilly

The JAM Fund was very please to be able to create a new user friendly garden for Tilly from Barry, South Wales. A 53 square metre area of soft rubberised surfacing was supplied by RTC Safety Surfaces of Burnley to enable Tilly who is affected by cerebral Palsy to play

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Barry cycling team conquer the mountains

Darren, Dave, Dave and Stuart Three of Paul's work colleagues took on the Cambrian Mountain challenge over several exhausting days to help raise more funds for the JAM Fund and raised well over £2000!!! thanks to the boys for your monumental efforts!

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Damien, Dave & Mitch ride for the Jam-Fund

Each year Mitch does a ride to raise money for his old old shipmate Paul. This years was the Maid Marion 75miler around Nottinghamshire The team consisted of (left to right) Damien Numan, Dave Hatton, and Mitch Fenton. Collectively we've raised about £400 so far, with donations, cheques

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HMS CORNWALL REUNION

Paul was a shipmate of this bunch of motley individuals and met up with them at recent reunion in Plymouth where the boys had a collection for the JAM Fund. The money (£310) was donated to a nine year old boy who is affected by autism

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Mrs Mya Marsh receiving a cheque (and cash) for the sum of £645.

The money was donated by the crew of the Northern Explorer oil rig (where Mrs Marsh's husband worked (£300) and the original crew of HMS Cornwall (£310)

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Jamfund and the sailors of H.M.S. Cornwall support Children's Hospice South West

At a recent reunion of the sailors of H.M.S. Cornwall in Falmouth, a collection was taken and £500 raised, the Jamfund matched this to increase the donation to £1,000. This amount was donated to "Children's Hospice South West" who support children with life

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J.A.M. Fund charity invited to the House of Lords

The J.A.M. Fund charity was very proud to be invited to attend a reception recognising the advances in treatment and consequent improvement to childhood cancer survival rates in the last 25 years. The event took place at the House of Lords, London, in June 2013. Hosted by Baroness

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Barry Olympic Boxer presents signed team shirt

Andrew Selby (Barry based Olympic boxer) presented JAM Fund chairman, Paul Adamson, with a London 2012 Olympic Boxing shirt signed by the British boxing squad members. The shirt will be auctioned along with other signed sporting memorabilia to raise funds for the charity. The JAM Fund would like to thank

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Yorkshire fundraisers raise £2,000 for JAM Fund

Two charity boxing events held in Yorkshire have raised £2,000 for the charity as well as thousands more for other charities. Leeds based boxing promoter Mr Gary Atkin, a family friend who knew Jamie personally, organised the very successful events to help several charitable organisations. In September 2009,Gary

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WHEELCHAIR MINIBUS HANDED TO MARTIN HOUSE HOSPICE

The JAM Fund was delighted to hand the keys to a brand new wheelchair adapted Renault Master minibus to Martin House children's hospice in October 2008. The minibus keys were handed to Martin House representative Stuart Andrew, by Leeds Rhinos Rugby League team coach Brian Mclellan. The funds

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CARDIFF HALF MARATHON 2007

On behalf of the JAM Fund and of my family, I would personally like to thank all JAM Fund team members for their hard work and for representing us in Cardiff . The team looked great and we were very proud of every one of you. I hope you all enjoyed

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1940s revisited JAM Fund style

In July 2006 The Jam Fund held a 1940s themed Summer vening Ball. This was held at Barry Memorial Hall and was attended by the Royal Navy,RAF and Welsh Guards. Over 200 people attended the event, entertainment was provided by the Swansea based big band "Swingshift" who

Patrons

Simon Weston OBE

Simon who is already a patron of other very worthy charities heard about the Jam-Fund and wanted to show his support, and kindly sent us this letter... Dear all, I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Jamie when we made a film together for the Welsh Blood Service

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Jonathan Hill

ITV Wales news presenter I'm delighted to be involved with the JAM Fund because I know it makes a real difference to the lives of very brave children and their families. Because it's a small organisation the funds go straight to help the youngsters who need

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Brian Hibbard

As a charity and family we have been saddened by the news that Brian passed away earlier this month after a brave and prolonged battle with illness. Brian and his wife Caroline have been supporters of our charity for a number of years and attended events when we asked. Brian

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David Swallow OBE

David is headmaster of Barry Comprehensive school and has been a major supporter of our fund. David was awarded the OBE in June 2003 for services to education.