A few examples of past fundraising events:

19th March 2011: John Fitzpatrick ran the Mighty Deerstalker 2011 and raised £324.91

November 2010:  Janette Stewart ran the 2010 New York Marathon and raised over £1000 for us!

 

 

Bounce Skate Rock, Roll is our most successful fundraising event to date raising a phenomenal £6000.00 with over 500 revelers in sparkly 80's gear, 12 top DJs, 4 visual artists, 25 volunteers, a bespoke light installation, a WWF style roller rink, quality sound vibrations, hundreds of original roller boots and flash blades. With sincere thanks to Tennents, Gamers Cider, Cameron Presentations, Eagle Couriers, In-house, Radar and ACD Ferguson, our many volunteers, artists and DJs without whom this event would not have been possible. The money raised went towards equipping an arts workshop for children and adults with disabilities and mental health issues.

Spread a little Love, the valentines raffle at The Parsonage choir’s ‘Rodeo & Juliet’ gig raised nearly £300 in aid of our Big Move Appeal.

Our benefit gig with Alasdair Roberts, Early Songs and The Pastels dj set was a massive success raising over £2000.00, which is well over our original target. The event would never have been possible without the support of so many artists, volunteers, suppliers, sponsors and fellow arts organisations; you know who you are. We really do appreciate your help.

And big thank you to Mono and Monorail for our longstanding relationship! It has become a tradition now to exhibit Project Ability artists in Mono for Christmas, bringing their art to a new audience. These events are always a great occasion to party and receive generous donations from the audience.

 

Thank you to our fabulous fundraisers!

 

Project Ability would like to thank the fabulous fundraisers who ran, cycled, abseiled, organised parties, raffles and other discos in order to support our work. We are very grateful, and really appreciate your help!

Abseil

 

Kerr Matheson, Max and Sam McIlmunn, Gerry Clark, Nicola Ferrior, Louise, Martyn Shannon, Adam Cameron, Chris and Ian Norman successfully abseiled from the Forth Rail Bridge.

Walks and Runs

     

Graeme Ferguson ran the Great Northern Run.

Tutors Iona Grey, John Fitzpatrick and Iain Piercy ran the 10K and tutor Louise White ran the Great Scottish Run half marathon. So did Jenny Mcleod, who also climbed Ben Nevis.

Janie Nichol ran the 5K and the Women’s 10K. Tutor Louise White, Ailsa Bannerman and Carol Fraser also ran the Women's 10k; Carol said "My sister enjoys the workshops and interacting with the group.. Project Ability provides a great service to my sister, and lots of others!"

Project Ability staff Kara Szifris, Iain Piercy and John Fitzpatrick ran The Co-operative Jog Scotland 5K.

Alex Wilde and Dougie Morland ran the Great Scottish Run 10K.

Colin Jarvie completed ‘Eddies’ half marathon.

Ross Bannerman ran the Amsterdam Marathon.

Participants and friends Theresa Morrison, Rene Hetherington, Gerard Brown, Edward Henry, Tommy Mason, John McDermott and Sandra Brown all took part in the Glasgow Green sponsored walk.

Celine McIlmunn and Gerry Clark embarked on a long 100 mile walk north and an Arran Adventure.

David Melville walked Speyside Way from Buckie to Aviemore.

Jemma Gilchrist attends our art classes, and with her support workers from Community Lifestyles she walked 5 miles of the West Highland Way.

Janette Stewart ran the 2010 New York Marathon.

John Fitzpatrick ran the Mighty Deer Stalker 2011.

Cycles

Ian Mitchell took on two challenging bike rides: Pedal for Scotland and the 82 mile Etape Caledonian, which tutor Allan McKeown also completed.

Other

Mhari MacDonald made and sold her own bags.

Rosemary Breslin, sister of participant John held an Abba fundraising night in her pub.

Daniel Campbell organised a coffee morning at Kibble School.

Derrick Berrie held a Christmas raffle and club night.

Joanna Morrison’s cousin attends one of our art classes and she organised a Christmas Panto at her University.

Disco Divas Billy & Andy held a 60’s, 70’s & 80’s disco and did two sponsored walks in Arran.