One of Tenby’s trustee Cancer Research Shop volunteers has given the charity another boost after raising over £700 for the charity - following another annual festive Christmas cake sale.

Maureen Lower MBE a volunteer at the Tenby shop located at Tudor Square has been making and selling real traditional Christmas cakes to aid various charities for the past 28 years, and over the festive period, she set about once again making and selling her own festive treats.

A native of Birmingham, Maureen, who lived in Berlin for 42 years, and now resides in Kilgetty, was awarded the MBE from Her Majesty the Queen in 2003 for her volunteering work, and the German Medal of Merit.

After bringing a group of 34 elderly and people with disabilities over to Tenby from Berlin on holiday as part of her volunteering work, nine years ago, Maureen fell in love with Tenby and it’s surrounding area and decided that it was where she would like to live if and when she returned home to the UK.

“I have been in Wales for six years now and this is the sixth donation to the Cancer Research I’ve been able to make from the Christmas cakes,” said Maureen.

“I only baked 81 cakes in 2020 because I was unable to drive to Berlin with my order of around 34 cakes to sell there, due to the pandemic.

On Monday Maureen, who has volunteered at the shop every Sunday for the past six years, and her pooch Sammy presented a donation of £700 (plus a further £92 from the sale of marmalade) to Tenby Cancer Research Shop manager Laura Williams the manageress at the Cancer Research Shop in Tenby and assistant manager Sally Turner.

Maureen would like to thank the following for their help in donating towards her charity baking: Sharen Bevans of Tesco in Pembroke Docks who donated £25; Sian Rees of Morrisons in Haverfordwest who donated £30; Upton Farm in Pembroke Docks who donated 12 kg of brown sugar; Tenby’s Jewsons branch who donated a canvas for the cake base; Kilgetty Co-op for donating 4 kg of mixed fruit; Robbie in Saundersfoot who donated lots of eggs; Gill’s Kitchen at Carew Market who gave a large discount on the cake decorations; and Joe and Mayi in Kilgetty who assisted with decorating the cakes; Linda Williams from Kilgetty for her donation of £60; and also thanks to her customers who have supported Cancer Research UK.