We heard recently that Crossbasket Nursery is collecting Easter Eggs to brighten up the Easter holidays for the sick children at Yorkhill Hospital. It’s easy to forget that many children are seriously ill in that hospital, spending all their time there. Crossbasket Nursery is a frequent supporter of Yorkhill Hospital. What a wonderful thing to do […]
What is the world coming to? It’s come to our attention that earlier in February, a drill machine was stolen out of St Andrews Church Hall, in Church Street, just off Glasgow Road. A local man, who stays nearby was kindly giving up his time and effort to repair the Church Halls Billiard table, which […]
Using part of our January sales revenue, we have gifted £50.00 to Breast Cancer Care, via the just giving page of Paula Veverka Photography. Paula has many women through her High Blantyre studio who have had or been affected by cancer, and she takes great delight on those occasions in photographing these women to make […]
With gifts and football strips donated to Blantyre’s children last month, we wanted to do something with this months donations for the local Environment around our town. So what better way than making a donation to local environmental group, The Friends of the Calder. This morning, after collating December sales of Blantyre Telegraph, we met […]
We’re proud to announce today that we’re the official 2016 sponsors of Auchinraith Primary School’s football team. Thanks to the kind people of Blantyre who have been buying the offline newspaper, all proceeds last month went towards buying brand new football kits for the school, with our lovely “Blantyre Telegraph” logo on the front! The […]
One of our favourite parts of the month, is when we’re able to make donations and gifts to individuals and organisations around Blantyre. As you probably know by now, all 100% of the sales of the Blantyre Telegraph offline newspaper go entirely to local good causes. It’s through the kindhearted people buying the paper, that […]
If you recall back to Spring 2015, a wind mast was proposed for Loanend, on the outskirts of Blantyre. Despite Blantyre heavily objecting by petitions to the Council’s office, the 50m mast was put up. NOW, the new proposal is for an even HIGHER large Wind Turbine to be placed directly behind the cottages at […]
As Halloween approaches, we thought we’d treat the kids at High Blantyre Primary School to some Halloween treats and goodies. Today, as the school was closing, we dropped by and handed in £50 worth of sweets, crisps, kwenchy cups and Halloween decorations. Pictured is High Blantyre’s head teacher and her staff in the school reception. […]