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Charity & good causes
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For 20+ years we have raised
money
and supported charities, good causes, churches
& organisations
some of which are listed below.........
Our farewell
concert was
at Flemington-Hallside Church on 7th Feb 2020
one month later we were in a pandemic..... covid-19
[PiggeryBrae
performed to raise money for good causes]
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St
Vincent's School for the Deafblind with
Andy Cameron
Feb.2005
30 Fullarton Avenue, Tollcross, Glasgow,
Strathclyde. G32 8NJ Telephone: 0141 778 2254
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Parksprings Care Home, Dementia awareness week
June 2017
Stonehouse Jubilee Club, Dementia awareness
concert Nov.2017, 2018
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One charity event near home getting a local
woman who attended the voluntary care club a new wheelchair......
2004
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Cambuslang & District Voluntary Care
Club. 2004,
2005,2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2012,
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
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Children
1st concert, Cambuslang &
Rutherglen branch .... see their webpage.
Mar.2006, Nov.2007
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Mary's
Meals concert at St.Joseph's Church
Blantyre. May.2017 |
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we gifted a RNIB digital radio to a local
Cambuslang man who is now blind, Apr.2008
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Ciaran Pryce appeal
... Ciaran is a 15yr old local boy who whilst playing
rugby for his school in Oct,2007, suffered a serious neck
injury which left him tetraplegic (paralysed from the neck
down) A trust has been formed to cater for Ciaran's long
term needs. PiggeryBrae donated £500 |
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CHAS
the Childrens' Hospice ...
donations to this charity. Aug.2006,
Apr.2008,
Dec.2008, Dec.2009, Feb.2010, Jun2013,
Feb2014,
Nov.2014, Nov 2015, Apr.2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
2021
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Scottish Freemasons Charity
work
We were invited along to entertain at a meal
organised by the Masons to
donate a cheque for over £37,000 to CHAS
the Childrens' Hospice
May.2004 |
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Cambuslang
& Rutherglen
Reachout
Trust Christian
charity 2016,
2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 |
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Care &
Retired
Homes
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Abbeyfield Home Rutherglen, Port Glasgow Home,
Eastfield Seniors, Newarthill Seniors
Glenview Home, McCarthy Stone Rutherglen,
Parksprings Care Centre
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Local Cambuslang girl raising funds to go to Africa to
provide dental care for two weeks to the poor.
Nov.2010 |
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PETAL
People Experiencing Trauma & Loss
Cambuslang &
Rutherglen Community Health Initiative::
Mar.2010, Feb.2014
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Cambuslang
Chest,
Heart & Stroke club - Christmas
party Dec.2011
Stonehouse
Jubilee Club - Nov.2017,
Nov.2018 |
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Lymphoedema
Support Network - July
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Bridgeton
Burns Club Halloween Suppers
at Merchant House, George Square, Glasgow
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Rotary
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various
Burns Suppers from 2005 onwards
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Carradale village ( Mull of Kintyre ) gala
weekend for the RNLI
Aug.2004, Feb2014
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St.John's
Hospice Cancer Charity fundraising
walk.
April 2006
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The
Haven
in Blantyre is a registered charity which
provides holistic support to people affected by
life-limiting illness. Cancer
/ Multiple Sclerosis / Motor Neurone
Disease
Nov.2007, Apr.2008, Nov.2014
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St.Andrew's
Hospice in Airdrie, April
2008 |
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Royal
Order of Scotland Dinner -
Cambuslang & Rutherglen Reachout Christian
charity. Jul.2006 |
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PoppyScotland |
providing
practical help in time of need to all who
served in the Armed Forces and their
dependants.
Nov.2006.2007.2009.2010,
2011,2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
2021
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Erskine |
Founded in 1916.
Re-building shattered lives, restoring dignity and
providing
first class care to ex-Service men and women both young
and old.
Nov.2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
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Prostate
Scotland
are a Scottish charity set up to provide
information, advice
and help on prostate health and diseases of the
prostate. Nearly 1 in 2
men in Scotland will be affected by prostate disease
at some stage of
their lives and 1 in 11 are likely to develop
prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in
Scotland.
2012,
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
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NPWGS North
Parish Washing Green
Society.
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Richard
Cook "....a
note of thanks on behalf of my brother Richard Cook and
myself to thank you for your generous gift towards
Richard going to Blackpool illuminations with his two
carers 5-9 Oct.2009. The money has been a major support
in helping us cover the costs of the carers and the
support he needs.... thank you for your kindness."
Miss A.Cook (sister)
[
Richard is known to the Rev.Leslie Milton Cambuslang
Parish minister, who informed us of the planned holiday
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Bridgeton
Business Club, Rutherglen
Burns Club, Burnside
B.C. Uddingston
B.C. |
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Newark Care
Home, Port Glasgow
2005 |
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Supportive
Training and Recovery For Individual Stammerers
Nov2011
The Starfish Project - is
a non-profit
making project
for training people who
Stammer
to both control and gain
confidence over something that has controlled them.
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Ashwood
Scotland Foundation a charitable trust in
West Lothian
Jan.2007 |
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Dalmarnock
Primary School
anniversary concert Mar.2005 |
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Carntyne
Pensioners Group, Marfield Street, Glasgow. Jan.2010 |
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Boys Brigade Cathkin
District. 217th Gilbertfield, 229th
Glasgow, 246th Glasgow |
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Boys Brigade Stedfast
Association Glasgow. |
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Girls
Brigade
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Cambuslang Parish Church & Flemington-Hallside
church
Carronvale Girls Brigade, 25th May 2002
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Cambuslang
Parish Church Pipe Band, funds
to our local pipe band to help with band
instruments May
2016 |
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S.W.R.I.
Scottish
Womans Royal Institute,
Dailly Nov.2004 Bargrennan Group, Glentrool
Village,
May2009,
Dunlop WRI Nov2009,
Auchincruive
WRI Feb2010, Dundonald
WRI
Apr2011,
Craigton WRI
Nov2011, Symington
Jan2012, Dunlop
Jan2013, Sandford
Nov2014,
Loans
Rural Mar.2016,
Fenwick WRI
Mar.2017, Hawksland WRI Dec2017,
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Maggies Centre Glasgow ...open
to everyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, and also
to their families, friends and carers. Apr.2008,
Jan.2010
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Local boys club football team fundraiser, Cambuslang
Boys Club (2009s), 2019
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MacMillan
improves
the lives of people affected by cancer locally. They
provide practical, medical, emotional and financial
support and push for better cancer care. Cancer affects us
all.
In
2007 we donated £200 to the West Scotland branch.
Donations sent 2007, 2010, 2011,
Feb2014, Nov.2014, Nov 2015, Apr.2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
2021
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Motor Neurone
Disease Scotland Apr.
2016
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Prince
& Princess of Wales Hospice,
Feb 2014
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Clic
Sargent Caring for children and young
people with cancer. .2010 |
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Friends of
the Beatson May
2013, Nov.2014
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Coeliac
Charity 40th anniversary dinner at the
Millennium Hotel, George Square, Glasgow, Oct.2010 |
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Enable Scotland ( Rutherglen & District
Branch ) promotes the welfare of children and adults with
learning disabilities, meeting their needs and help develop
their capabilities. In 2007 we donated £150 |
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Eva Burrows Day
Centre
care facility for the elderly & infirm in
Halfway, Cambuslang |
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Healthy
n Happy is
the community development trust for Cambuslang and
Rutherglen.
They are a
community owned organisation, governed by local people
and all their work
is directed by local
priorities.
Jun2017
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Christain
Aid over
£500 raised at Rutherglen Churches concert April 2015
over £650 raised at Rutherglen Churches concert
March 2018 |
See Photos from various Churches
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2000
to
2020 |
91Churches
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6th
September 2016,
Oor Will was
delighted to be asked into the studio to be
interviewed by radio presenter Derek McCutcheon about
GlescaPals
and of course
PiggeryBrae
13th June 2017,
CamGlen radio
presenter Derek McCutcheon interviewed
PiggeryBrae : Alastair, Fergi, Ian & Will. |
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PiggeryBrae
a get together of folk music, humour &
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