Posts Tagged ‘local support’
Celebrating ‘Our’ Salmon Queen, Freya
Tweedmouth Salmon Queen 2019 and 2020 – Freya Weatherley-Ryan was crowned Tweedmouth Salmon Queen in 2019, retaining her reign the following year due to the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic which didn’t allow the 2020 ceremony to take place. We were so honoured when Freya nominated The Berwick & District Cancer Support Group as her…
Read More‘What’s going on in Lowick ‘ Facebook Group Raises £340 for our Cars!
‘What’s Going on in Lowick’ Facebook Group was launched during lockdown and has created quite the community hub for the amazing people of Lowick. Julie Edmison, Brenda Thompson and Carol Macleod created a ‘boozy night in’ hamper and raffled it in aid of our cars raising a very impressive £340. Thank you ladies and to…
Read MoreWinners of our online 2020 Flintstone raffle prize draw
Our online raffle draw winners with their hand crafted, one of a kind Flintstone inspired prizes! Thank you to Steve Bird for his brilliant Fred and Dino wooden creation and for Suzanne at Quay Interiors for the super finishing touch car fabric, and for so kindly displaying Fred and Dino in her shop window on…
Read MoreCo-op Funeralcare Christmas Tree Memorial
Each year our good friends at Tweedmouth Co-op Funeralcare set up a Christmas Tree and invite people to place a paper bauble on the tree to remember our loved ones no longer with us. It’s a beautiful way to show our memories at this time of year. For 2020, and with everyone’s safety of uppermost…
Read More“Yabba Dabba Doo!” Fantastic Flintstones Raffle Fundraiser !!
UPDATED we have a SECOND PRIZE !!!! Our good friend and very talented supporter Steve Bird (with an inspired touch of brilliance from Suzanne at Quay Interiors!) has, once again, created for us one of his unique, handcrafted ‘Lego’ inspired wooden models, this time featuring everyone’s favorite Stone-Age, Bedrock resident, Fred Flintstone. Along with his…
Read MoreHoly Island to Berwick Walk in Remembrance of Margie Nicholl
Each year Eddie Docherty Mullins, along with family and friends, organises a walk from Holy Island to Berwick in remembrance of Margie Nicholl. The walk is usually scheduled to coincide with Margie’s birthday in June, sadly, and for obvious reasons, it was not possible this year at that time. We are thrilled to report however…
Read MoreCarol’s ‘Lockdown Bingo’ raises £1500 for our cars!
During the last few months our friend and client, Carol Ditchfield has been doing something quite remarkable for the people of West End, Berwick and indeed The District. Carol has been running ‘West End Saturday Lockdown Bingo’. Obviously these events have been strictly controlled by Carol and her fabulous team of helpers and they safely…
Read MoreGenerous Donation from the Berwick Inner Wheel
We would like to extend our tremendous gratitude to Sheila Budzynski and all her colleagues at the Berwick Inner Wheel for their continued support and recent very generous donation of £4500 to our Cars. In Sheila’s final year as Chair, The Berwick & District Cancer Support Group was selected by the organisation’s president to be…
Read MoreKaren’s Fabulous Face Mask Fundraiser
We were contacted recently by Karen Edwards who decided to make a small dent in her big collection of fabric in aid of our Cars, and has been busily beavering away making face masks, selling them to family, friends and her work colleagues at Morrisons Berwick. To date Karen has made over 200 face masks,…
Read More‘Lock Down Upon Tweed’ online music festival Fundraiser
Set a date in your calendar for 24th May, and put on your dancing shoes as our friends at the Music in Berwick Upon Tweed Facebook Group are planning a ‘mini online music festival’ with local bands and soloists – and it promises to be a memorable ‘lockdown’ event ! A TotalGiving fundraising page for…
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