HIGHLAND CROSS

Highland Cross 2010

Highland Cross participants have raised an amazing new record amount of £196,640 from the 2010 event breaking the previous record by nearly £20,000. In addition, over £15,500 was also received via gift aid during 2010.

 

On 17th November 2010 the following four charities were presented with:

  • Birchwood Highland received a cheque for £30,000 towards the refurbishment of their mental health recovery centre.

  • Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland received a specially adapted minibus to help continue their support work throughout the North of Scotland.

  • Lochleven Community Minibus Association received a vehicle to allow them to continue their work with the elderly, disabled and disadvantaged in southern Lochaber.

  • Seagull Trust received a cheque for £40,000 towards the construction of their new vessel, based in Inverness, to take disabled people on cruises on the Caledonian Canal.

Libby Waugh (Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland) sits at the wheel of the new vehicle handed over by Calum Munro (Highland Cross) at Hawcos showroom in Inverness.  Picture courtesy: N G Paterson Photography.

 

The remaining funds raised in 2010 have been distributed in smaller grants to charities across Highland selected by the Highland Cross Independent Charity Selection Panel.

 

The top fundraising team for 2010 was again headed up by William Gray, along with team mates Martin English and Richard McGrail. Together they raised an incredible £13,738.60!  Once again the organisers wish to thank most sincerely all competitors, sponsors and volunteers who work together to make Highland Cross such a success year after year.

 

Highland Cross handover: (left) Alec Keith of Seagull Trust (£40,000), John Palmer of Birchwood Highland (£30,000), Calum Munro and John Fraser of Highland Cross, Libby Waugh of Chest, Heart and Stroke (minibus) and Bob Burns of Lochleven Community Minibus Association (minibus).  Picture courtesy: Gary Anthony SPP Photographer.

 

Vehicle Donation to Partnerships for Wellbeing

Highland Cross were delighted to see the launch of the new vehicle for the local patient transport service.  Surplus funds from Highland Cross 2010 were used to largely fund the vehicle and its use will be funded by an agreement with NHS Highland.  The service will meet the needs of patients who have challenges in getting to Doctors' and Hospital appointments.  This vehicle is the latest of over 40 vehicles that Highland Cross has helped fund for various causes across the area.

  

Highland Cross / Partnerships for Wellbeing

L to R:  Ros Philip, Primary Care Manager, South East Highland CHP, NHS Highland. Michelle Cowie, Manager, Partnerships for Wellbeing. Calum Munro, Highland Cross. John Fotheringham, Chairman, Partnerships for Wellbeing. Photograph courtesy of Ewen Weatherspoon/Partnerships for Wellbeing.

 

Highland Cross 2009

Participants have raised a record £176,729 from the 2009 event.

 

Over £15,000 was also received via gift aid during 2009.  On the 18th November 2009 the four principal charities were presented with their vehicles, and further sums were sent out to other charities in response to their requests for funding for various smaller projects.

 

The four main charities to benefit were:

  • Highland Disability Sport

  • Merkinch Community Centre

  • Multiple Sclerosis Society - Inverness & Nairn Branch

  • Skye and Lochalsh Mental Health Association

The top fund-raising team in 2009 was that of William Gray, Douglas Stewart and Jane Brewster who raised over £7,000.

 

Once again the organisers wish to thank most sincerely all competitors, sponsors and volunteers who work together to achieve this result.

 

Highland Cross 2008

£174,213 raised in 2008, another new fundraising record!

 

Since 1983, Highland Cross has now raised over £2.5 million! The 4 main charities to benefit were:

  • Children 1st received £34,000 to complete their family centre at Killen on the Black Isle.

  • New Start Highland - Tenant Support Scheme received a vehicle to allow them to move trainees and materials.

  • Shopmobility Dingwall received a specially adapted minibus to transport clients wheelchairs.

  • Shopmobility Lochaber received a specially adapted vehicle to allow them to extend their service into the remote and rural parts of Lochaber.

14 other charities are currently being issued with cheques for smaller amounts, totalling over £37,000.

 

The organisers wish to thank all those who helped in any way to achieve this record figure.

 

Highland Cross 2007

£173,806 raised by participants this year! An all time record for Highland Cross!

 

The participants in Highland Cross 2007 have done an outstanding fundraising job and broken the previous fundraising record by over £30,000!

 

The main charities who all received vehicles to support their work are:

  • Visual Impairment Services Highland

  • Inverness Handyperson’s Scheme

  • Highland Hospice

  • Ballachulish Abbeyfield Society

The National Trust for Scotland are also receiving 8 specialist powered scooters to allow disabled people to access NTS properties in the North of Scotland.

 

As well as the vehicles and scooters, over £40,000 is being distributed in smaller grants to various charities across the North of Scotland.

 

The organisers once again wish to thank everyone involved with the event - the competitors, the sponsors and all the volunteers who came together to make the event happen.

 

Highland Cross 2006

Record fundraising year for the Highland Cross!

 

Highland Cross competitors have raised £141,240, a new record figure.  This has enabled the four principal charities for 2006 to benefit as follows:

  • L'Arche Inverness has received £33,000 to purchase specialist equipment for their new workshop facilities.

  • Disability Snowsport has received a specially adapted minibus.

  • Cameron House are receiving a specially adapted minibus.

  • Ross-shire Special Needs Playscheme are receiving a specially adapted minibus.

In addition to the primary causes, the participants' success will allow a range of other causes to benefit with donations of smaller sums.

 

The Organisers wish to thank everyone involved in making this happen - the competitors, all those individuals and companies who sponsored them, the volunteers who turn out each year to help with staging the event and all sponsors and supporters of the Highland Cross.

 

Highland Cross 2005

Highland Cross breaks the £2 million barrier!

 

Over £134,000 raised again by participants this year!

 

The participants in Highland Cross 2005 have done an outstanding fundraising job and once again raised a tremendous sum for Highland Charities.

  • Eden Court Theatre received £35,000 to enhance facilities for disabled patrons and performers

  • Chest Heart and Stroke received £40,000 to expand their Survivors of Stroke service across Highland including providing a base in Lochaber

  • Shopmobility Highland received £36,000 to purchase specialist equipment for their outreach activities.

In addition to the primary causes, the following charities have also benefited through the donation of smaller sums:

  • Barnardos’ Springboard

  • Caberfeidh Horizons

  • Family Mediation Highland 

  • Highland Developmental Co-ordination Disorder Group

  • Highland Homeless Trust

  • MS Therapy Centre

  • Nairn Sports Medicine Clinic

  • Partnerships for Wellbeing

 

Highland Cross 2004

Over £134,000 raised by participants!

  • Lochaber Hydrotherapy Pool Appeal have received £45,000.

  • Highland Heartbeat Appeal have received £45,000.

  • Seaforth House Respite Centre Vehicle Appeal have received a specially converted bus to allow the centre to transport patients to events.

In addition to the primary causes, some of the other charities to benefit are:

  • Scottish Society for Autism's Highland Office - £2,500 for audio visual aids for their outreach work.

  • Uphill Ski Club - £5,000 to buy special ski sleds for disabled skiers.

  • Age Concern in Ross-shire - £2,500 to buy exercise equipment for mobility classes for older people in Ross-shire.