What a great evening we had tonight at the David Livingstone Memorial Primary School Christmas Fayre! So many wonderful local businesses were on display with some fantastic stalls and plenty for all the family to see and do. Many festive goodies and stocking fillers and some fun games for kids of all ages. Even the […]
You may have read earlier in this week the inspiring story of brave local lad Daniel Dixon. Aged 20, Daniel was involved in a horrific bike accident in 2020 and subsequent spent 3 long years in Hairmyres Hospital but has now recently left! Courtesy of our amazing Simm Endeavour award funding, today we were delighted […]
Have to say, we LOVE the new 23/24 football strips at Calderside Academy, Blantyre this year. Sponsorship was made possible due to our fantastic Supporters Group, using July 23 subscriptions. Thanks so much for the continued support and hope you’re enjoying all the extra news. Good luck to all the S1-S4 teams!
Back in July, we put up an article asking for Blantyre people to nominate family and friends who they feel deserved a little gift from us, for something they have recently done, endured, or simply as a wee pick me up to put a smile back on faces. We have a good response and picked […]
It’s the end of another month! Our June Supporter donations are going to Calderside Academy to provide football kits for the 2023/2024 season. We’ve handed in £300 as sponsorship of the new school football strips for high school pupils (both girls and boys teams) which will have Blantyre Telegraph logo on each new kit. Depute […]
We were absolutely delighted to be invited along to the annual Simm Endeavour Awards today at Carrigans, Blantyre. Various organisations within the Blantyre community were thrilled to collectively be awarded £8,750 for good causes, by a gracious sponsor. Children and adults alike attended by invite and were generously treated to drinks and a meal, before […]
Fundraising for Blantyre good causes over the last couple of months continues to go brilliantly, with thanks to our Supporters Group subscriptions. Added to our overall fundraising total to date, it means Blantyre Telegraph (and its readers) have now raised a whopping £49,592 to 284 local good causes since the page started in 2011! Fundraising totals are […]
Fundraising for Blantyre good causes over the last couple of months continues to go brilliantly, with thanks to our Supporters Group subscriptions and kind public donations. Added to our overall fundraising total to date, it means Blantyre Telegraph (and its readers) have now raised a whopping £48,427 since the page started in 2011! Blantyre Telegraph primary purpose […]