Lady Alice Bowling Club - Toys donation
November 2023:
Lady Alice Bowling Club - Secretary Joe Carruthers hands over magnificent donation of 60 toys and £205 from members.
Senior Charity Champion
September 2023:
Margaret Sneddon, a great friend and supporter of our charity ispresented with the Senior Charity
Champion 2023 award in recognition of her generous charitable work across our community.
John & Michelle Laird's Generous £3500 cheque
June 2023
Local business man John Laird and his wife Michelle who are prolific benefactors to our charity
present a cheque for £3500 to trustee George Wall.Provost
£5000 cheque from Nan's Foundation in New York.
May 2023
Former Provost Ciano Rebecchi presents a cheque for £5000 from Nan's Foundation in New York.
The Foundation was set up by Nan's son Bill in her memory to alleviate poverty on local children.
Nan never forgot her roots despite living in New York for many years and took a keen interest regularly
in providing generous contributions across Inverclyde.
Baxterstorey Easter
April 2023
Baxterstorey present a large volume of Easter Eggs for local children
Paul Harris Fellowship - Robert Wilson
A Paul Harris Fellowship is a prestigious Rotary award, the highest accolade that Rotary can present to honour those
local people it deems to have given outstanding service to the community, seen here with Robert Wilson
Blu Marine £8000 donation December 2023
BluMarine Managing Director Craig McCoo presenting his company's magnificent donation of £8000 for
childrens Christmas gifts,pantomime and Santa's Grotto & Carnival visits along with a Christmas
Spectacular Party at Elev8 in Greenock.
Craig's compassionate generosity reached out to over 400 children who enjoyed a magical Christmas.
Succession Wealth donation
Managing Director Robert MacDonald of Succession Wealth in Gourock with a magnificent personal
donation of £1500 matched by the Succession Wealth Group for a wonderful amount of £3000 which
will assist with costs for approx.
180 local children as our holiday guests in July 2023.
Christmas Party at Elev8 2023
90 children with their parents partied at Elev8 with music and games from Beano's Disco
on Christmas Eve.
All were treated to a lovely Christmas Dinner with trimmings.
OGAC Donations Christmas 2022
Reverend David Burt of Old Gourock & Ashton Church handed over a wonderful collection of toys
and gifts from the members to distribute locally for Christmas.
OGAC continue their truly great engagement with us in the community year on year.
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Winter clothing December 2022
Inverclyde Community Fund's magnificent £2000 grant enabled the purchase of 180 jackets to keep
children warm on winter days.
They were distributed to social care and selected nurseries locally.
St Columba Kilmacolm Christmas 2022
St Columba's Junior School Kilmacolm pupils present a superb total of 150 gifts for local children at
Christmas for the fifth successive year.
A truly marvelous contribution for the JS to make Christmas a special day for many local children.
STV Winter Fund
SCORES of families who are struggling with life in lockdown received vital support from us courtesy of the STV Children’s Appeal at Christmas 2020 with issue of F&F and Morrison food vouchers each valued at £50 along with infant clothing.
Children in Poverty Inverclyde received £3,600 through the STV Winter Fund and put the money to good use immediately.
Pat Burke and George Wall, Trustees from CIPI enlisted the help of local councillor Tommy McVey whose ward comprises of high unemployment and deprivation along with several nurseries and health nurses to identify the families most in need of help.
A total of 36 families were each gifted £100, in the form of £50 in Morrisons vouchers and £50 in Tesco F&F clothing vouchers.
STV Winter Fund donations-health visitors Inverclyde.
STV Winter Fund award St.Francis Nursery PG
STV Winter Fund Award Lady Alice School donations.
Bluebird Nursery donations STV Winter Fund
Holly's Generosity
Young Holly of Greenock saved her birthday money and with family financial donations,
provided a magnificent collection of toys/games for distribution to less fortunate children