Maggie's Glasgow

Local Fundraising Events

Kirsty Hodge Community Fundraiser for Maggie's Glasgow can be contacted by e-mail on kirsty@maggiescentres.org or telephone 0141 330 3368.

• Maggie's Wunderburdz

  Saturday 14th June 2008

  

  34 Maggie's Glasgow staff, volunteers and centre-users walked 26.2 miles through the night on Saturday 14th June at The Moonwalk in Edinburgh.

  To sponsor the ladies please click this link www.justgiving.com/wunderburdz.

  Find out about why Samantha, aged 13, is doing the Moonwalk this year.

• Glasgow Women's 10k Race

  May 2008

  

  The 2007 Maggie's 10k team raised over £20,000! We were absolutely delighted with the total raised but just as importantly the 10k was a brilliant way to raise awareness of Maggie's and the support services we offer.
  
  If you are interested in taking part in the Glasgow 10k for Maggie's Centres please get in touch with Kirsty on 0141 330 3368 for a registration form, sponsor sheets, information on how to set up an online giving page and a Maggie's T-shirt.
  
  Further, we are having a open night for the 10k in Maggie's Glasgow on Tuesday 6th May between 6pm and 7pm. This is a great opportunity to meet others running the 10k for Maggie's, to have a look around the Centre and find out more about the support services we offer. Tea, coffee and cake will be provided!

• A HUGE thank you from Maggie's!

  We would like to thank everyone who has helped us to raise money for Maggie's Glasgow.

• Endurance Race across the Sahara Desert for Maggie's

  Spring 2008

  

  A huge thank you and congratulations to James Quigley, who ran the Marathon des Sables for Maggie's Glasgow and raised just under £5,000.

  James was the 181st runner out of 900 to cross the finishing line!

• What an Active Friend!

  April 2008

  

  Tom Moore, the manager of The Rock in Hyndland, Glasgow, has been fundraising for Maggie's Glasgow. 

  On Friday 11th April 'Johnnie and the Flatliners' held a gig at The Rock - the night was a roaring success.

  On Sunday 6th April Dot and Donna from Guerlain and Biotherm (@ House of Frazer) hosted a ladies night to raise funds for Maggie's.  A team of tarot readers from the Scottish Psychic Centre came along to provide entertainment.  A range of top end cosmetic hampers and goody bags, generously donated by Guerlain and Biotherm, were raffled off throughout the night, raising over £300.

  After the week of fund and awareness raising, the team at The Rock raised a grand total of £604.

  Tom plans to host more events over the next couple of months.  We would like to thank Dot, Norman & co and the customers at The Rock without whom none of this would have been possible.

• Special Gig for Maggie's by Ex-Simple Minds Stars

  Friday 14th March

  

  Ex-Simple Minds stars, now of Fourgood Men, along with another Scottish group Skerryvore came together to put on a concert to raise funds for Maggie's Glasgow. 

  The concert took place in Bearsden Burgh Halls on Friday 14th March and was organised by Cath Howden (pictured).  Cath is a huge supporter of Maggie's and has organised several fundraising events over the past few years. 

• The Orpheus Club present Jekyll & Hyde the Musical for Maggie's

  Tuesday 4th to Saturday 8th March

  

  The King's Theatre in Glasgow hosted the musical Jekyll and Hyde in aid of Maggie's Glasgow from Tuesday 4th to Saturday 8th March. 

• £600 raised by pupils of Lochgilphead Primary over Christmas 2007!

  

  The P6 & P7s of Lochgilphead produced a pantmime called "Hagbane's Doom" whilst the P1-P3s produced a Nativity Show for the school, parents and friends.
  
  The pupils decided to send the money raised at their silver collection to their local Maggie's Centre to help us continue our excellent work.
  
  Click here for more photos of the pantomine and show

• Kirsty Wark's Banana Bread

  

  Delizique, a delicatessen in the West End of Glasgow, sells Kirsty Wark's Banana Bread with all proceeds coming to Maggie's.  Staff at Delizique have said that once people try the banana bread they just keep coming back for more.
  
  After seeing this, a small gallery along the road from Delizique decided to support Maggie's too. Mansfield Park Gallery are currently exhibiting the work of Scottish Artist Helen Wilson and one of the pieces she has painted for the show is entitled 'A Portrait of Kirsty Wark's Banana Bread' - it is a beautiful little painting 8"x 8" and priced at £500, the subject of course is self explanatory. Helen and the gallery's owner Victoria Cassidy decided to donate all the proceeds from the sale of the painting to Maggie's Glasgow.

• Maggie's Fashion Show raises over £12,000!

  

  The Fashion Event of 2007 was held in aid of Maggie's Centre in Oran Mor, Glasgow. The events hosts included Glasgow's comedian Sanjeev Kohli, Maggie's Patron and TV Presenter Kirsty Wark and Scottish broadcaster Shereen Nanjiani. They led the night which saw American pop vocal artist Ashley Ballard wow the crowd with her performance, followed by a fashion show of 12 young, contemporary designers from Glasgow, with styles ranging from contemporary chic,  Bohemian, funky couture, knitwear to Harris Tweed reinvented, hats and accessories.