Blantyre man David Poneszkis has never been abroad in his life. When it was announced that Scotland would be playing football in Portugal, football fan David was gearing himself up for watching it on TV. However, thanks to the kind hearted people of Low Blantyre, David is now set to step on a plane and […]
Blantyre Telegraph makes a donation to Blantyre Foodbank of £25, handed into Mo at his Family Shopper store in High Blantyre. Another donation possible due to the recent sales of the Blantyre Telegraph newspaper. You can download the latest newspaper here https://theblantyretelegraph.wordpress.com/shop/
Les Hoey MBE DreamMaker Foundation is a charity designed for making dreams happen, for special children with cancer and life threatening illnesses. Our donation is a small one at just £10.00, but with every penny counting, it was graciously accepted by the street vendor with a collection tin, at Clydeview Shopping Centre. Blantyre Telegraph is […]
We spotted a real good cause today online, and one we wanted to help with. Katie McHenry from Blantyre is fundraising to support the Little Princess Trust. The Little Princess Trust provides real-hair wigs, free of charge, to boys and girls that have lost their own hair through cancer treatment and other illnesses. Katie is fundraising […]
It is with much sadness that we have learned of the untimely passing of Blantyre man, Graeme Wright who tragically and recently passed away leaving behind his family and young son AJ. A Blantyre fund has been set up by Gail Duncan to help raise money for his family. Please help by donating any amount of money […]
Drew Morrison, a resident at Victoria Care Home, Victoria Street Blantyre, has not been keeping well of late. Upon hearing that he was finding it difficult to move very far, Blantyre Telegraph paid him a face to face visit on 11th June 2015. We’d never met Drew before, so our visit was a surprise to […]
Like many people in Blantyre during June, Angie Johnstone took part in a race to fundraise for cancer charities. Angie, from Blantyre took part in Glasgow’s Pretty Muddy 5k race on 20th June 2015 and successfully completed the run. Through on and offline sales of Blantyre Telegraph, we recognised this as a charitable, good cause […]
As you’ll know by now, the purpose of Blantyre Telegraph is to bring you local news about Blantyre, whilst at the same time raising money for good causes. We’re pleased to say, that thanks to Sales of the Telegraph Newspaper, £200 in cash was yesterday donated to the Haven Centre, in Victoria Street. The Haven […]