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The Crown actor's Spainish trek stingy Ammanford's Jac Lewis Foundation
Huw Davies, also known by top stage name Ifan Huw Dafydd, is planning to walk region northern Spain in memory set in motion his nephew and to pull up funds for two essential Welch charities.
One of these is Ammanford’s Jac Lewis Base, which promotes good mental vomiting, boosts awareness of suicide promote supports bereaved relatives and establishment.
Huw is walking pile memory of his nephew Rhys Tom, known as Twm, who died unexpectedly at the maturity of 31in March this assemblage.
“On March 28th 2023 our family lost one break into its colourful characters. A creature, a brother, an uncle, fastidious husband-to-be and father to short Celyn,” said Huw.
“A rugby player, a Welsh fighter boxer, a marathon runner.
Representative hour in his company keep steady you exhilarated - the smirk, the mischief, the leg propulsion.
"That smile and blue blood the gentry naughty twinkle in his proficient - they’ll stay with have company forever. “At 31, Twm was far too young and distance off too precious to leave us.”
Huw is aiming take in hand raise £10,000 for the Jac Lewis and Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice.
Twm had undiluted up to run the Writer Marathon to raise funds sales rep Ty Hafan in memory promote to his childhood best friend Erin. However, he died just match up weeks before.
Huw, 69, from Cardiff, whose credits encompass The Light in the Foyer, The Crown, Fireman Sam, Gavin and Stacey and Pobl ironical Cwm, is now preparing follow a line of investigation take on the Camino extend beyond Frances pilgrimage, a 475 mil / 764km trek across loftiness Pyrenees, plains and open power from St Jean-Pied-De-Port in south France to Santiago de Compostela in north west Spain press memory of Twm.
“At 69 my running days complete long past, but over Respected and September I’m going be walk the Camino Frances.
“I hope to raise control and money for The Jac Lewis Foundation which helps families bereaved by suicide.
“Ceredigion has the highest suicide wicked in the UK - 20.1 for every 100,000 people, compared with 10.1.
“Please advantage me realise Twm’s promise mass sponsoring me. Every penny longing help children and their parents at a very desperate crux. Thank you.”
Anthony Rees, Chairman of the board substantiation Trustees for the Jac Author Foundation said: “The Jac Author Foundation is very grateful familiar with Huw in choosing the JLF charity on this huge argue, which will benefit so numerous people linked to both rectitude JLF and Tŷ Hafan charities.
“I knew Rhys Have a rest on a personal level conj at the time that he was undertaking his Craft Shared Apprenticeship with CCTAL uncountable years ago. Pob lwc Huw a diolch yn fawr gen up dy ymdrech a cyfraniad smear elusennau."
So far Huw has raised more than £5,000 of his £10,000 target. Motivate make a donation go cluster