Musicians thanked for fundraising help
Scottish music legends The Fratellis helped a family fundraise to open a holiday respite home in memory of their teenage daughter.
The band, featuring drummer Mince Fratelli from Paisley, have been a big support to The Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund.
It was set up by Gordon and Nicole Brown, after their daughter Eilidh passed away from cancer in March 2010, aged 15.
It was Eilidh’s dream to build a holiday home for children living with cancer so they could spend quality time with their family.
And thanks to fundraising shows and income from The Fratellis’ cover of the Scotland anthem, Yes Sir, I can Boogie, as well as tireless fundraising bythe family and their supporters, the respite home has now opened.
Eilidh’s mum Nicole said: “The Fratellis, what can I say, the help and unwavering support they gave us was massive. I always say to them that we built this house on rock and roll having them supporting usand giving us the platform to reach outto the public and enable us get our story across was in my mind the real reason we got there.
“They are so humble and so cool, they always say they did not do much but just them having our backs meant a lot to us personally as most of the time fundraising is just us sitting at home thinking ‘what more can we do?’. Then we would get another message from them saying ‘we are in for whatever’– that really lifted usand we totally adore them all.”
Also present at the launch were Eilidh’s aunt, actress Simone Lahbib, and Paisley songwriter and actor Tom Urie, who have both been key supporters of the home, built on the outskirts of Stirling.
Go to www.eilidhbrown.co.uk for more.