Local Fundraising Events
Help Maggie’s Fife provide a unique programme of information, practical and emotional support to people with cancer and their loved ones.
For details and ideas of how you can get involved, please contact Tu Edwards, Community Fundraiser at Maggie's Fife, by email on Tumong.Edwards@maggiescentres.org or call 01592 643355 (extension 8868), or 07825 056386.
We've also produced some new packs for those looking to fundraise. There are loads of great ideas from organising your own tea party, music event or food event.
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ACA Sports and Raith Rovers Football Club
ACA Sports and Raith Rovers have teamed up to support Maggie's! £2 from every Rovers away shirt sold will be donated to Maggie’s from ACA Sports.
You can buy the away strip from ACA Sports' website and their High Street store in Kirkcaldy.
We are also looking for eight volunteers to help with collection at the match between Raith and Ayr United on Saturday 12 November. If you have a winning smile, bubbly personality and want to help Maggie’s raise funds and awareness get in touch with Tu.The Best of Fife - Best of Business evening
Tuesday 28 February 2012
Join The Best of Fife for an evening of the Best of Business. Mark Garland, owner of The Best of Fife, a local marketing company with a national reach, has invited three of West Fife’s most successful businesses to share their business journey with you on Tuesday 28 February 2012 from 6pm at Garvock House Hotel, Dunfermline. Marks’ guests are:-
Adam Winski – Retailer and Jeweller who recently said “There was never a recession in our shop”
Jerry Alexander – Liberty Business Centres who opened a second Business Centre in Dec 2009 when the market was at its lowest and now is at 95% capacity
Pete Wood – D&G Autocare who, from their startup, in 2004 has experienced unprecedented growth
Just what made these businesses stand out? Join Mark and his guests for a coffee on 28th February at Garvock House Hotel, St John’s Drive, Dunfermline, KY12 7TU 6pm – 8pm and find out more. There will be plenty time for Networking too!
To book your placea dn to get more information please visit Eventbrite.
The Best of Fife supports Maggie’s Fife’s High-5 campaign, they will be asking for your support on the night with a fun prize draw.Fife Diamond Garden Festival, supporting Scotland's Gardens Scheme
Friday 18 - Sunday 20 May 2012
Fife Branch of Scotland’s Gardens is planning a garden festival, the Fife Diamond Garden Festival, in honour of Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Friday 18 to Sunday 20 May 2012, shortly before the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Included is a variety of special gardens, some old favourites and some open for the first time, across Fife. The weekend will raise funds for SGS charities which include Maggie’s and also for AICR (the Association for International Cancer Research).
Come along for what promises to be a memorable weekend and excellent fund-raiser for these worthwhile charities. Tickets are limited and will be pre-sold. A ticket will be the passport to a weekend of garden delight: it might make an interesting and unusual Christmas present to give to a friend. For more info email s.a.lorimore@dundee.ac.uk.
Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres are one of Scotland's Garden Scheme's main beneficiaries please visit as many gardens as you can that are opening for SGS and by doing so supporting Maggie's Centres. To see a list of open gardens go to www.gardensofscotland.org.
Catherine Erskine is looking for new gardens to open for the Gardens Scheme in mid and west Fife - either single large gardens, or a group of smaller village or town gardens.If you are interested, contact Catherine Erskine on 01333 450313 or catherine@camboestate.com.Mark Ritchie's Rust to Rome Challenge
2012
A huge thank you to Mark Ritchie for raising £677 from his Rust to Rome Challenge so far, this is due to take place next July so he will certainly have more to come in! If you would like to take part in this adventure of a lifetime visit http://rust2rome.com/index.html and take part in aid of Maggie’s too. On Rust to Rome It’s you and your car taking to the road on a three thousand mile journey through Europe. Sound easy? It’s not. You’re doing it in a car that cost less than £500 in foreign countries on challenging roads.
Fife Free Press and Maggie’s have launched ‘High-5 Maggie’s’ to celebrate Maggie's Fife's 5th anniversary this year
Anyone from a toddler upwards can do a high-5 it's a celebratory gesture, it’s fun, it makes you smile... and it takes just seconds.
High-5 Maggie’s revolves around the number five and doing high fives - have a look at five fundraising ideas for that you can do to get involved!
You can:
Donate £5 by texting MAGG05 £XX to 70070 where the XX is the amount you wish to donate and the ‘0’ is a zero. It is free from most major networks and your donation will be added to your next bill.
Do a sponsored silence for 5 hours
or
Find out how to organise your own High-5 Maggie's Day.
For more information, to tell us what you are doing, or to share your photos please email high5@maggiescentres.org and ffpnews@fifetoday.co.uk The Free Press are happy to give you publicity. Find out more about the Fife Free Press on the Fife Today website.
You can get started now!Active Friends Christmas Card Sale
Wednesday 19, Wednesday 26 October; Wednesday 2, Wednesday 9 November 10am – 2pm
Victoria Hospital, Fife
Buy your Christmas cards on these dates near reception by the main entrance of the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy.
B Sharp For Charity
November 2011
B Sharp For Charity is a local brother and sister duo who, after losing both an uncle and a cousin last year, realised the crucial assistance and support that cancer charities provide and wanted to help by producing music CDs to raise funds. The music on the CDs is produced from an accordion and equipment and a female vocalist. It is then captured on a camcorder and transferred onto disc.
The CD set costs £10 and contains 2 CDs containing 40 tracks of mixed music for all ages. Only the cost of production is deducted. To purchase copies please contact Maggie's Fife or visit the B Sharp For Charity Facebook page.Secret Wardrobe does Diva Fashion Show
Beveridge Park Hotel, Kirkcaldy
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Tickets are only £5, come and enjoy a night of glitz and glamour watching divas strut their stuff on the cat walk. A great way to see outfits put together, you may even find something for your Christmas party. Get your tickets at Maggie’s Fife, Beveridge Park or Secret Wardrobe, Kirk Wynd.
Six volunteers are also needed to help at this event tasks include taking tickets, selling raffle tickets, manning the Maggie’s table and support on the night.Happy 5th Anniversary Maggie’s Fife Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
3 November 2011, 1pm - 4pm
Celebrate Maggie’s Fife’s 5th Anniversary. Join us for some tea and cake and we will also be holding some taster sessions on the benefits of nutrition, art therapy, and creative writing.
This will give us an opportunity to see friends of Maggie’s old and new who has been part of what has been an amazing five years at the centre. Together, we have achieved so much and look forward to sharing this special occasion with you all.
To help with our fundraising we are looking for prizes for our raffle and tombola stalls. If you can help donate towards this please get in touch.Christmas Fair by Virgin Media in aid of Maggie's Fife
Saturday 26 November 2011, 10pm – 2pm
Festive stalls, cake bake, raffle, quiz, free Santa’s grotto, and much more. Only 50p to enter. See Maggie’s Fife transformed into Santa’s Grotto!
Maggie's Pudding Club
We're looking for people to organise a Maggie’s Pudding Club and raise money for Maggie’s at the same time. You could do this in any way you want… perhaps you'll approach a local restaurant and get them to donate some delicious puddings and then charge your friends to come along and taste them. Or maybe you'll hold a pudding competition, charging people to enter their pudding with the winner receiving a fabulous prize?
To find out more go to the Pudding Club page of our site. You can also join our Maggie’s Pudding Club facebook group. Or for further information email me, Tumong.Edwards@maggiescentres.org, or call me on 01592 643355 (extension 8868), or 07825 056386.A HUGE thank you from Maggie's!
We would like to thank everyone who has helped us to raise money for Maggie's Fife.
5th Anniversary Dinner - Maggie's Fife
3 November 2011
A huge thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to Maggie’s Fife’s 5th Anniversary Dinner. A special thanks to our guests of honour Gordon and Sarah Brown, our host Cathy MacDonald, the dinner committee Tanya Scoon, Pamela Caira and Marilyn Livingstone, Adam Smith College, Fife Free Press and all our sponsors. The event was a great success raising nearly £17,000! We were able to raise such a fantastic amount from the generosity of local businesses donating their services or prizes and the kindness of those who attended on the night.
Libby Cahir and Gina Easson
A massive thank you to Libby Cahir, Gina Easson and everyone who supported them to raise an incredible £915. A big well done for completing the Moray Half Marathon too!
Trevor Shanahan
September 2011
A huge thank you to Trevor Shanahan, his family and friends for raising £970 in aid of Maggie’s Fife in loving memory of his late wife Linda. Trevor specifically asked for this to be donated to The Fife Free Press' High-5 campaign for Maggie’s and would like to thank all those who contributed. He was overwhelmed by the support he has received from family and friends. More money was raised and donated to the local Hospice.
Alun and Susan Thomas
September 2011
Thank you to Alun and Susan Thomas and all their family and friends for raising £270 for Maggie’s Fife in celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary. It is so kind of them to collect donations in lieu of gifts and use this special occasion to help others.
Scottie in the Rockies
Summer 2011
This summer H&S Advisor (Ian “Scottie” Scott) reached a significant birthday (he’s not telling … it’s a secret!).
He decided to try and climb Longs Peak in Colorado USA (14,259 ft of it!) in aid of Maggie’s Fife. Ian started his challenge but by the time he got to the final ascent section of Longs Peak he found it was closed to non-technical climbers due to snow and ice on the narrow ledges! Ian quickly had to come up with a plan B for his sponsors back home and set two new targets.
1. Climb a total ascent equivalent to the height of Longs Peak and …
2. Hike 100 miles during the 11 day stay.
Ian managed both targets and more, achieving 21,072 ft of ascent and exactly 100 miles of hiking and smashing his original £500 target by raising a staggering £1,030!! A huge thank you and massive well done from everyone at Maggie’s Fife. What a mammoth achievement!
Ian could not have completed this challenge without Hikemasters of the YMCA of the Rockies near Estes Park, Colorado and all the wonderful people who sponsored him. A heartfelt thank you from Maggie’s to everyone who supported Ian on this incredible challenge.Fashion Show
July 2011
Huge thanks to Sula Powell who organised a fashion show in aid of Maggie’s and CHAS, she made a donation of £877 to each of the charities.
Jane Izatt's charity night for Maggie's Fife
July 2011
Thank you to Jane Izatt for raising £516 for Maggie’s Fife from her charity night with family and friends. This will go a long way to helping make a difference to her local Maggie’s Centre.
Mr Alex Penman and all his family and friends
A huge thank you to Mr Alex Penman and all his family and friends for donating £4,620 in lieu of gifts for his 60th birthday. Many thanks for your generosity.
Cupar Round Table
A massive thank you to the Cupar Round Table for raising an incredible £2,250 for Maggie’s from their Top Gear Challenge – well done for completing this.
North Queensferry Boat Club
Thank you to the North Queensferry Boat Club for their £100 donation to Maggie’s Fife.
Order of St John
January 2011
Lawson Rennie Fife Area Chairman, Lesley Macdonald Fife Treasurer and Mary Gilmour Chairman of the North East Fife Branch of the Order of St John visited Maggie’s Fife and made a huge donation of £1,000. A big thank you to all the members for this generous gift.
Amanda Smith Zumba Classes
January 2011
Amanda Smith donated £1,000 to Maggie’s Fife. She donated her fees from all her classes over the course of a few weeks. A massive thank you to Amanda and to everyone who took the classes.
Maggie's Fife Fundraising Photo Gallery
Why not have a look on the Maggie's Fife photo gallery? It might give you some ideas!Maggie's Welcome Events
Every Thursday - 5.30 - 6.30pm
Visit Maggie’s and learn about why Maggie’s is such a special place. This is a one hour session, please phone to book. Open to anyone who is interested.
