The Annual ‘Blantyre Toy Drive’ is back! From tonight until mid December 2022, we’re raising funds to buy new Christmas toys which will be donated this festive season to Blantyre children. Once again, in conjunction with Glen Travel, Blantyre Telegraph hopes to buy many hundreds of toys and have Santa once again give them out for […]
Blantyre lassie, Bailey McManus is on track to raise a phenomenal amount for the Little Princess Trust. The kind hearted 10 year old from Westcraigs, High Blantyre has been growing her hair for a long, long time but decided recently she wanted to cut it to help raise funds for a very worthwhile charity. Little […]
Do you have 2-3 hours spare a week? Why not join COVEY as a volunteer befriender! COVEY are recruiting volunteer befrienders to support our work with young people across Lanarkshire. Group and 1-1 opportunities available. Volunteering can help you… * Meet new people * Gain new skills * Build confidence and self esteem * Gain […]
Congratulations to High Blantyre’s ‘Western Desert Recce Group’ for their amazing donation of over 300 kg of food dropped off at the Hamilton & Blantyre District foodbank on Saturday. That’s a LOT of food which will go some way to helping those most in need in this cost of living crisis. Western Desert Recce are […]
Well done to Blantyre Soccer Academy 2013’s on their successful fundraiser. Invited along kindly by ASDA Blantyre, the kids were in the store this morning and absolutely overwhelmed to raise a staggering £562.32 in only 2 hours, all of course thanks to the incredible generosity of the Blantyre people. BSA added, “The boys are absolutely […]
Well done to all the pupils and staff of St John Ogilvie High School who recently took part in a fantastic 6k run in aid of St Andrews Hospice. Judging by this photo, the event was a great success.
Local lassie, Gayle Gallacher is taking part in a sponsored walk for her mum who has Alzheimer’s. Gayle has put out a plea adding, “Every penny helps, so any amount anyone can spare during a cost of living crisis is greatly appreciated. The walk I have planned is approx. 10 miles. I’ll post my route […]
An amazing achievement by Lesley-Anne & the team at EK Harvester. They raised £500+ for Liber8, a Blantyre based organisation who provide a range of services for people with mental health issues. A Liber8 spokesperson added, “This money will go a long way to help this work. All our thanks & well done!”