A charity, the Swansea Valley Miners Appeal Fund (Charity Registration Number 1143974), was launched on 17 September and had raised £30,000 within a day of its establishment. The charity was launched by Peter Hain, but is now administered by the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (CISWO, charity reg no 1015581) while Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales agreed to become its Royal Patron. On Sunday 18 September prayers were said at church services across South Wales to remember the dead. Sporting tributes were paid by Swansea City F.C. which held a minute's silence at its ground on the afternoon of 17 September, while the Welsh Rugby team dedicated their win at 18 September's World Cup match against Samoa to the families of the miners.