Blantyre Telegraph is proud to announce that we’ve today been recognised as an official charity that has been classed as assisting “Blantyre Community as a whole” This welcome news comes after we applied to various authorities for this status and has much welcome implications for us. For example, it means Paypal will now recognise Blantyre […]
Can you spare an hour or two a week? The Lightburn Elderly Association Project (LEAP) are currently looking for volunteers in Blantyre and surrounding areas. The lottery-funded project, which has been operating in Blantyre since 2013, provides free, practical assistance to people over the age of 50 who require some additional help due to isolation […]
Blantyre Charity, The Haven have had some really good news announcing they have now secured funding to enable them to open another new centre in Wishaw. This means its all go for the new Haven offices. The new centre opens on 3rd August 2015 but the The Haven Board of Directors will be in the new Wishaw centre on Wednesday 29th July 2015 from […]
Mo’s Premier Convenience store in Coatshill is hosting a charity funfair at the carpark on Coatshill Avenue, on Sunday 2nd August 2015 from 1pm until 6pm. All rides are just 50p, making it as much fun and affordable as possible. Please come along and support this good causes. Children will love it, with a selection of […]
Blantyre teenager Kieron Balfour was born with a rare heart condition known as Ebstein’s Anomaly. It meant unfortunately 15 year old Keiron endured many years of ill health whilst awaiting treatment that was only available in America. However, fate intervened, when charity Rebecca’s Rainbow Heart Ebstein’s Anomaly Trust stepped in, which allowed Kieron’s cardiac surgeon […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thanks to Councillor John McNamee who stopped off to pick up a copy of the new Blantyre Telegraph NEWSPAPER (and for the nice review below). Blantyre’s new newspaper was on sale at yesterday’s gala and in the collection tins ended up £105, with every penny of the paper sales going to The Haven Charity in Victoria […]