College smashes foodbank funds target
Probe by cops after assault near bar
GLASGOW Clyde College has donated £6591 to foodbanks across the city after it was the first college in Scotland to join national fundraising initiative “FE Foodbank Friday”.
The fundraiser received a generous donation of £165 from seven-year-old Fiamma, daughter of a college English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) lecturer.
Fiamma’s mum said: “Fiamma has been saving pennies since the age of three in her charity piggybank.
“Recently, she set up a homemade lemonade stall outside our home and raised £60 to add to her charity collection.
“When I spoke to her about her rapidly growing funds, she agreed to donate the whole amount to our FE Foodbank Friday campaign; she liked the idea that her donation would provide food to local hungry children.”
Other fundraising efforts included events management students working with Spring Events to host an online quiz in May.
The college was aiming to raise £1500, but beat this target within two hours.
College principal Jon Vincent said: “I’d like to thank college staff and students, as well as the general public, for their generosity.
“This has been a challenging time for everybody, and donations like Fiamma’s remind us that we can all be doing a little more to help those in need.”
POLICE have launched a probe after a man was assaulted outside a bar in East Kilbride.
The force said the 25-year-old sustained injuries which are not life-threatening.
It happened in Rockhampton Avenue in the South Lanarkshire town on Monday night.
The Westwood Bar, situated nearby, told customers on Facebook that staff were assisting police.
A spokesman for Police Scotland said: “Police attended Rockhampton Avenue, East Kilbride around 5.55pm on Monday, July 6, following the report of an assault.