Eilidh’s last-ditch plea to sell tickets for ceilidh

A CUPAR schoolgirl has issued an SOS to help save her fundraiser.

Eilidh Strachan, a 17-year-old pupil at Bell Baxter High School, is pinning her hopes on a ceilidh and curry night to raise funds for a charity trip.

However, ticket sales have been very slow and Eilidh fears she may have to pull the plug on the event, scheduled to take place on Saturday May 27.

The ceilidh, to be held in Cupar’s Corn Exchange and featuring the Ragin’ Ceilidh Band, is her final major fundraiser in aid of a year of volunteering in India with Project Trust.

She needs to raise £6,200 by July to work in an underprivileged community, and is more than halfway to her target.

Eilidh has raised money by saving from her part-time job, running beetle drives and bake sales and also selling vintage clothing donated by her 100-yearold great-great-aunt.

“I am making a point of only holding fundraisers which are good fun for the participants, not asking people to donate for no return,” she said.

But Eilidh, who is the only pupil at Bell Baxter going abroad to volunteer for a year, is worried that she has sold very few tickets.

She is frantically advertising the ceilidh and curry night and has been writing to Cupar businesses and organisations.

“There’s a real risk that I will have to cancel it,” she said, adding she had to ensure the event would be viable.

Eilidh Strachan