Fundraising and Support
Amount now owing: £45,000
The Glencoe Heritage Trust receives no grant or public funding, and unlike other organisations, relies solely on donations.
When the Glencoe Heritage Trust land was purchased in 2002, a host of fundraising activities took place, starting with a tea day which raised £600. This was followed by the re-instatement of the traditional Halloween party, which was attended by 50 children, and raised £100. Fundraising activities have continued with some memorable occasions such as The Scots Guards Pipe Band who visited the village in support of the GHT appeal and raised £600, the founding member of the GHT being an ex-Scots Guardsman, the following year, an invitation from the Dundee & Angus branch of the Scots Guards Association was received and accepted, to attend their annual dinner in Forfar, the event raised £220, with a further donation of £500 from a single donor towards the appeal.
The trust decided to hold a Flower Show in the village hall, and the inaugural Glencoe & District Flower Show took place raising £600 towards the appeal.
This has now become an annual event, and provides a facility for the community.
Floral Exhibits
Home Produce
Home Baking
Other fundraising events have followed including a Two-Day sale of bric-a-brac, which raised £800, plus other tea days & coffee mornings.
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A Photographic Exhibition was held for two days, and created a wide interest over a large area, notably MP, Charles Kennedy, with his family, also The Glencoe Primary school pupils viewed pictures from the past, which is part of the local heritage. The event raised £600.
When one of Glencoe‘s oldest residents, Mrs Mary MacArthur, celebrated her 90th birthday, a small group of family & friends attended a get-together.
Mrs MacArthur asked that instead of receiving gifts, donations should be made to the GHT, and £225 was raised towards the appeal.
Alexander McDonald, son of the GHT founder, spent months in all weathers, recording the gravestone inscriptions on Eilean Munde, the burial island, with the publication of ‘Tombstone Inscriptions on Eilean Munde, the Burial Isle’, with all sales going towards the appeal.
Calendars of pictures of ‘Old Glencoe’ were sold in 2008 & 2009 which raised much needed revenue.
Clan Henderson members visited Glencoe in 2009, and held a ceilidh in the village hall, a collection of £100 was raised for the GHT.
A cookbook, which was the idea of Kathie M Shepherd, from Punxsutawney, PA, USA finally, came to fruition, in December 2009, with the publication; ‘A Taste of Glencoe’ The 50-page book has recipes from Glencoe, USA & Speyside, with some stunning old pictures of the area.
Priced at £4.50, plus £1 postage, UK and £1.50 overseas.
