Herbert R Thomas (HRT) estate agents recently conducted an auction that raised over £5,000 for the charity Breast Cancer Care.
Andrew Thomas, director and auctioneer at Herbert R Thomas conducted the auction at the event, which took place at the Wales Millennium Centre.
Over 420 people attended the event, which also included a dinner, silent auction and speeches from survivors who talked about their experiences in fighting cancer.
Players from the Welsh rugby team including Jamie Roberts, Dan Lydiate, Jonathan Davies and Rhys Priestland also took part in a special fashion show where they walked with cancer survivors.
The prizes included lunch with Welsh International Mike Phillips, a week long holiday to Portugal, a luxury holiday to South Africa, and a box at the Principality Stadium for the Judgement Day rugby tournament.
Breast Cancer Care aims to provide information and offer emotional and practical support to people affected by breast cancer, and bring people affected by breast cancer together. The charity campaigns for improvement in standards of support and care, and promotes the importance of early detection.
Andrew Thomas said: “I was delighted to have been asked to be involved with the Breast Cancer Care charity event. It’s such a worthy charity and I am thrilled with the amount of money we raised at the auction.
“We highly value being part of the local community, and we know that the money will be going towards providing much needed support to people affected by breast cancer in south Wales.
Catherine Hooper, events officer at Breast Cancer Care said “We were really pleased that Andrew was able to help us with the auction. It raised a fantastic amount of money and we are very grateful for the support from the HRT team.”
This is the latest charity auction hosted by Andrew Thomas, after recently conducting an auction in London for Restart Africa, which raised over £40,000.
HRT supports many charities by sponsoring events such as Mair’s Walk in Bridgend, which raises money for Velindre, and hosting MacMillan Coffee Mornings.
Founded in 1926, Herbert R Thomas is a multi-discipline property agency specialising in residential sales and lettings, commercial property transactions, property development, auctions and agricultural services.