Concert is set to benefit local foodbank
Foodbank charity Start Up Stirling looks set to cash in on Runrig’s farewell concert.
A benefactor has donated two much sought after tickets for the Friday August 17 gig.
Also thrown in is a two course meal for two plus bottle of wine at Brea Restaurant in the city centre at 3pm on the day of the concert.
Start Up Stirling organisers decided to hold an online auction for the tickets, with the highest bid as of last Friday sitting at over £320.
The auction is running until this Friday at noon (August 10) and email bids can be sent to intern@startupstirling.org.uk. The winner will be announced on the Start Up Stirling facebook page at 1pm. The charity’s funding and communications manager Laura Kearney said: “This is a special and incredibly generous gift, donated by Brea, to help raise funds for Start Up.
“We decided to auction off the package, with the funds going towards helping local people in hardship. This is an amazing prize so please give generously!”
Start Up Stirling is also continuing its attempt to beat the Guinness World Record of the longest row of cans of food.
To beat the record and gather in their target of 45,000 cans the charity needs one can from every second person in the Stirling area.
Public donation stations have been set up across the area including at the Stirling Observer offices at 34 Upper Craigs. Forth Valley College in Drip Road, Our Place Cafe in Murray Place,Youth Hostel headquarters at 7 Glebe Crescent, StirlingYouth Hostel in St Johns Street, and libaries across Stirlingshire.
Local employers who have set up a collection point for their own staff include Debenhams, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Scottish Environment Protection Agency and Babes in the Wood (Unit 32 Stirling Enterprise Park).
Start Up is continuing to appeal to groups businesses and individuals across the Stirling area to help them reach their goal.
The cans will be over and above the donations the charity already needs to help feed local people in need over the next few months, but will be distributed once the world record event has taken place.
The big count will take place duringYoung People CAN at Forth Valley College in Raploch from October 19 until October 22, from 9am-9pm.
If your group, sports team, office or family are interested in lending a hand with donating your time, cans or vehicle, contact Start Up Stirling directly on 01786 561027 or email intern@startupstirling.org.uk to receive our info pack with further details of the event.
The charity is also holding a food collection day in Morrisons Stirling this Friday, August 10. Items particularly needed include: tinned vegetables, cereal bars, long life milk, tinned fish, tinned spaghetti, cup of soups, jam, cleaning spray, tampons, and disposable razors for men and women.