Bringing big smiles to little faces

Our vice chairman Joe McAllister hands over tickets for Elev8 and cinema tickets for distribution to local children who will not have a holiday.
Those able to attend were representatives from Aileymill Nursery, Hillend Childrens Centre and Kinship services.
We purchased 100 Elev8 tickets and 300 cinema tickets for children to look forward to and enjoy.

March 2023:

The Regent Club have donated over £12000 to us since our foundation.

Committee members John and Billy are pictured.

December 2023:

Baxterstorey staff present over 80 toys to us from staff at Nat West Mortgage Centre in Greenock. Grateful thanks to manager Gosia,

Fiona and Pamela, for their promotion of our charity in the Centre.

November 2023:

Lady Alice Bowling Club -  Secretary Joe Carruthers hands over magnificent donation of 60 toys and £205 from members.

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.

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

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.

April 2023

Baxterstorey present a large volume of Easter Eggs for local children

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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'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.

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

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

Staff and children of Bluebird Nursery are presented with toys and selection boxes..

Beatrice Foundation donation purchased a new Christmas tree,santas,reindeers and decorations too!.

Kind hearted Inverkip brothers Nathan and Aaron, sold bags of chocolate reindeer and reindeer food,

to donate a large donation of toys from £150 raised.