Pendine fundraisers have their cake and eat it!

Here at Pendine Park we had our own version of the Great British Bake Off in aid of charity.

Staff and residents had afternoon tea with cakes and raised a cake tin full of cash for the local branch of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society.

Well-being and Activities Co-ordinator Susie Owen explained branch members attended monthly coffee mornings there and said:

"We have two residents with MS and two of their friends, who are also residents, have joined the Wrexham branch of the MS Society so they can learn more about MS.

We hold the afternoon tea and cake sale event every year as a way of raising funds for the charity as well as raising awareness of the condition.

The monthly meetings started off as a way for residents with MS to talk through their problems but it has developed into a general get-together and a way to meet socially.

We welcome members of the Wrexham branch of the MS Society into Pendine. It's a chance for them to share their experiences and support residents who have the condition."

The MS Society is campaigning to improve treatment and care to help people who have MS, for which there is no known cure, to take control of their lives.

MS is a complex condition and has numerous symptoms which can be different in each sufferer.

Pendine resident, Sue Mullally, 68, a member of the Wrexham branch of the MS Society, has had since she was in her late teens. She said: "I was diagnosed when I was living in London. I worked as a secretary and personnel manager.

It's a progressive disease but I have to say it's been quite kind to me in a way.I have suffered from MS most of my life but I have only been confined to a wheelchair for the last six years or so.

I enjoy other members of the Wrexham branch of the MS Society coming in and sharing tea and cakes.It's an opportunity to meet up and talk with other people who have the condition and share a few experiences.

The afternoon tea and cake sale are enjoyable events and Pendine Park takes MS and other medical conditions very seriously.

Staff have a lot of different skills and that's important as no two people suffering MS have the same symptoms. It's also good they support the event by providing tea, coffee and plenty of cakes.