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Inverlochy’s Chris gears up for endurance challenge
Chris Findlay FORT William fire-fighter Chris Findlay is set to tackle a unique endurance challenge to raise money for charity, along with Inverness fireman Ricky Dibble. Find out what challenge they...
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Oban man to face Friday 13th challenge for charity
Friday the 13th of September 2013 is a day that David ‘Skinny’ MacInnes, Oban, is not going to forget in a hurry as he attempts to do something completely, uniquely challenging – and probably...
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Bankers to work for Oban charity shop
Three Oban bankers will give up two days of work to volunteer in the town’s Mary’s Meals charity shop – and raise money for the charity at the same time. Read all about it in The Oban Times, August 22...
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Highland firefighters hand over thousands of pounds
Highland firefighters Chris Findlay and Ricky Dibble have handed over thousands of pounds to charities Help for Heroes and Scottish Burned Children’s Club following an incredible fundraising feat of...
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Oban sisters’ Peruvian adventure trail
Oban sisters Carol Harris and Susan MacAskill have returned from the trip of a lifetime – volunteering with a children’s project in Peru before heading out on the Inca Trail. Read their story in The...
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St Kilda to Portree rowers complete record journey
A group of novice rowers has completed a gruelling 100-mile row from St Kilda to their hometown of Portree, raising almost £16,000 for charity. Read the full story in The Oban Times, June 6 2014. Also...
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Parkinson’s sufferer tackles disease head-on
A Lochaber man diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at jusy 39 years of age has run a half marathon, raising £4,000 for charity and crossing the finish line in just under two hours. Barry Moran, 40, from...
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Rock band create a buzz in Lochaber
Scottish rock band Twin Atlantic took time out of a world tour to visit Lochaber teenagers as part of a local charity’s aim to boost self-esteem in vulnerable young people. The four Glasgow musicians...
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Fort man to set sail on gruelling charity rowing challenge
A Fort William man is set to row across the Atlantic Ocean in less than 50 days to raise thousands of pounds for charity. Liam Browning, 30, and three friends, will complete the 3,000-mile challenge in...
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From humble origins, Dalmally charity feeds one million children
A Dalmally charity is set to record a remarkable milestone when it feeds one million of the world’s poorest children. Mary’s Meals, founded from a tin hut in Dalmally, says it is now feeding almost one...
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Lochaber comes together for cancer run
Fundraisers braved wind and rain for the fifth Lochaber Together fun run in aid of cancer research UK. Despite the poor weather, 187 people took part in the event, with many more watching and cheering...
View ArticleHuskies take over Fort High Street
Shoppers on Fort William high street were wondering who let the dogs out when 40 huskies and malamutes paraded through the town. The animals and their owners were taking part in the final stretch of...
View ArticleThe shed in Dalmally that fed one million children
Dalmally-based charity Mary’s Meals has reached the remarkable milestone of feeding one million of the world’s poorest children every day. Mary’s Meals, which began in Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow’s tin...
View ArticleMacQueen Brothers Charitable Trust
Click to view slideshow. OBAN based MacQueen Bros. Charitable Trust is well-known locally and across Argyll for its ongoing generosity towards a wide range of deserving groups and projects. Over the...
View ArticleArgyll charities receive share of £1m
FOUR Argyll based charities have received a share of £14,960 from Lloyds TSB foundation for Scotland, writes David McPhee, reporter. The charities: Home-Start Lorn, Mid Argyll Youth Development...
View ArticleLoch Fyne team reach dizzy heights in support of Pink Ladies
A TEAM from the renowned Argyll-based seafood producer Loch Fyne Oysters took on the three highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales in the National Three Peaks Challenge in order to raise funds...
View ArticleCalMac boss to sleep rough
Martin Dorchester. CALMAC boss Martin Dorchester will be sleeping rough in Edinburgh this month. The ferry firm’s chief executive will join 100 business leaders in the capital to raise money for the...
View ArticleToy sale will have bargains galore
MacQueen Bros Charitable Trust is hosting a toy sale at MacQueen’s warehouse on Glengallan Road, Oban, tomorrow (Thursday December 1), from 8.30am to 5pm. All the toys are new and still boxed and the...
View ArticleFundraising is the height of fashion
Manager Lorraine MacCormick, third from the right, with some of Hope Kitchen’s volunteers. Hope Kitchen is holding a fashion show on Friday December 2 at M&Co in Oban. Lorraine McCormick, manager...
View ArticlePhilanthropy programme helps students
Margaret Boyd, representing both Rotary and Voluntary Action Lochaber, Ian Innes of SSE and some of the winning students. A COMPETITION celebrating creativity and passion culminated last month. The...
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