Lockdown gave a couple the time and inspiration to start up their own clothing business.
Siwan Owens and fianc茅 Owen Sutton, who live in Caergeiliog on Anglesey, had previously had the idea for a Welsh slogan T-shirt company but between work, moving house, and wedding planning they hadn鈥檛 pursued it.
This was until the coronavirus pandemic forced Wales into lockdown.
Siwan said: 鈥淚t was forgotten about - until the end of April that was.
"Whilst clapping for key workers on a Thursday night I turned to Owen and said we鈥檙e missing a trick at the moment and that we should give our idea a go of creating Welsh T-shirts.
"It was now or never.
鈥淚 honestly with hand on heart don鈥檛 think this would of ever have been done if we weren鈥檛 in lockdown as our lives are so busy.
鈥淏ut given the time we鈥檝e had on our hands in the evenings when we couldn鈥檛 go anywhere we thought let鈥檚 have a go at it and see what interest we鈥檇 get.鈥
So Slogan Cymru was created.
Siwan added: 鈥淭hinking we鈥檇 sell to family and friends and nothing more, little did we know that people would take an interest and it would take off worldwide, with our tops having gone to Australia, Canada and Sweden, just to name some of the places.
鈥淎 week after the launch it was very important to me as I work as a Public Health practitioner here in North Wales that we gave back as soon as we can.
鈥淪o we launched our 鈥楧iolch鈥 range and all the money that we received from the sales of the 鈥楧iolch鈥 products would be donated to NHS Charities here in Wales. We managed to raise 拢336.97 from the sale of our 鈥楧iolch鈥 range.
Kirsty Thomson, head of Fundraising, Awyr Las on behalf of NHS Charities Wales said 鈥淭hank you Slogan Cymru for supporting NHS Charities in Wales.鈥
