We took time out today to meet up with Barry Watt of Blantyre Community Committee and were delighted to hand over the sum of £250.00! The significant sum is intended to help out with the running costs of this years Festive Event, which will take place at the Leisure Centre and nearby McAnulty Public Park […]
Cruden Building has donated £1,000 to the David Livingstone Memorial Primary School and Nursery in Blantyre to fund brand new play equipment! The Glasgow-based firm is building 14 new houses and cottage flats at Morven Avenue adjacent to the school. The donation is part of the firm’s commitment to investing in local communities. Gordon Lee, partnering […]
We’re still looking for a little help with our March Fundraiser. We’ve been trying to raise £80 to plant lots of ‘Livingstone Daisies’ seeds to help beautify Blantyre’s park flower beds with blooming colour, this coming summer. £41 from the £80 target has already been achieved on our new fundraising platform, which also hosts many […]
It was sweatbands and glowsticks at the ready last Tuesday 4th December 2018 when Clubbercise held a fundraising evening for all the community. The local keep fit group met in St Andrews Church Hall and raised £100 which has been donated to Blantyre Community Committee, the organisers of Blantyre’s outdoor annual events. A spokesperson for […]
With thanks to our sister website “Blantyre Project” and the books bought there by Blantyre people over the last few weeks, a total of £221.22 has today been donated into Blantyre Telegraph towards our fantastic July Competition! 5 Lucky readers taking part in the pinned competition at the top of this page will each win […]
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/
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 […]
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 […]