Cancer support charity Maggie’s is inviting you to see your city in a whole new light while raising vital funds to help people with cancer. Maggie’s Culture Crawl – a 10K sponsored walk taking in iconic and cultural highlights – will take place in Glasgow on 2nd June this year and take in highlights such as […]
Now here’s something you don’t see every day! The Western Desert Recce Group have just acquired a replica full sized WW1 wooden tank. The SSCIO Charity based in High Blantyre plans to refurbish and take it to various events. Here’s a sneak peek to show you with these photos. These wooden tanks were built and […]
Local women, Gail Duncan and her sister Stacey are taking part in a sponsored walk from the gates of Ibrox Stadium to the Stonefield Tavern in Blantyre. The siblings are part of a larger group which will include some Rangers Football Club legends as well as staff and regulars of the pub. They sisters have […]
The great thing about this time of year are the many tremendous stories of kindness and volunteering taking place all over Blantyre. Like this next story. Local football team Bardykes Rovers 2016s raised £808 in such a short space of time enabling 129 bags of essential shopping which was delivered last week to Hamilton food […]
Well done to the kids of Blantyre Celtic YFC who managed to collect so much food for the Blantyre and Hamilton Foodbank! A huge amount of food was dropped off last week. The kids collected over 150kg!! Local kids doing their bit! The guys from the food bank were incredibly grateful. Well done to everybody […]
The people of Lanarkshire have once again ‘stepped-up a gear’ despite tough times, to raise over £72,000 in the months from September to November, for cancer support centre, Maggie’s Lanarkshire. Locals took up various challenges in a bid to match-fund the £50,000 Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer Challenge that philanthropist and well known biscuiteer, Sir Boyd Tunnock […]
The Haven to promote our Festive Hamper Raffle which will help raise funds to support our services? Following last year’s success, we are delighted to once again present The Haven’s wintry, wonderful, ‘𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗹𝗲’! The Haven have been delivering emotional, practical and bereavement support to individuals, carers, families and friends in Lanarkshire for over […]
Blantyre man Derek Whiteford is taking part in a charity event throughout November for Movember. The challenge he’s accepted is to run 400 miles inside the 30 days of November. On average, this equates to 13.3 miles per day but some days are longer or shorter than others. Derek told Blantyre Telegraph, “In the 1st […]