Christmas Ball Success
Thanks to the hard work of everyone involved in its organisation, the 2019 Christmas Ball went down as a huge success and raised an incredible £1,200
Meet the Committee
As our first term on the 2019/20 Swansea Gambia Link Committee heads into the final weeks, we thought it’d be good to take a brief pause from visa form-filling and Christmas Ball planning to introduce ourselves properly. Below is the SGL Committee for 2019/20 with some fun facts to get to know us (where provided!). …
Bonfire Bonanza
The Swansea-Gambia Link Charity held a bonfire bonanza to raise money. They hosted a house party with mulled wine, roasted marshmallows and sparklers and then headed down to the beach to enjoy the firework display in Swansea bay! It was an amazing time and £100 was raised for the charity.
Halloween Bake Off
The new 2019-2020 Gambia Link Society started their fundraising year on the sweet side with a Halloween Bake Off. Some incredible cakes were brought in and judged by our very own Paul Hollywood (Carl!), and it was Lauren who won a much coveted handshake as well as a free ticket to the Winter Ball. It was …
Goodbye!
It’s been a day of emotional goodbyes today, with Fatoumatta leaving this afternoon and our goodbye potluck lunch for everyone! These last two weeks have gone so fast; thank you so much to our colleagues for the beautiful painting!
Gambian Student Visit 2017
Very sadly its coming to the end of our exchange student’s visit for this year, so we thought we would take the opportunity to look back over the past couple of weeks. We’ve had some great food (thanks to the second years, Arian and Henry’s BBQ!), sightseeing in Cardiff, and some great football and volleyball …
Auction of Promises 2017
A little late coming but we wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone that made the evening a success this year.We managed to raise the money for the Gambian student exchange and did it in style. Thank you to our fab photographer Jordan for all of these great photos!
SGL charity gig – 23/02/17
We are hosting a gig at the end of February to continue our fundraising effort for this year, scheduled for 23/02/17. It will be a fantastic event which is being held at Divas nightclub on Swansea University campus, with sets from two critically acclaimed South Wales based bands – Rag Foundation (www.ragfoundation.co.uk) and Ofelia (www.ofeliaband.com). …
A welcome from our new SGL committee for 2016/17
As of October 2016, there has been a new committee taking over the reins of the running of The Swansea Gambia Link. We have been settling into each of our roles over the last couple of months and have been getting stuck in with fundraising to allow us to bring over 4 medical students …
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Breakfast with our Gambian students
We’re having a great time getting to know and hosting our Gambian students. Having already introduced them to beach volleyball (and the joys of the ever-changing Welsh weather!), last night our wonderful SGL committee chair Marianne so kindly cooked for us all. With Ramadan ending this weekend, we wanted to celebrate with Muhammed, Yusupha, Amie …