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    Network Rail action forces Children's Respite Care Centre to remain closed
    • Mar 31, 2021

    Network Rail action forces Children's Respite Care Centre to remain closed

    During the repair of the railway the Network Rail corporation decided to increase the capacity of an old culvert which had been designed...
    NetWork Rail Trashes Orchid meadow
    • Sep 30, 2020

    NetWork Rail Trashes Orchid meadow

    It was with utter dismay that the large rare wild orchid meadow that has existed for hundreds if not thousands of years and home to many...
    Devastation at Kirsty's Kids
    • Jun 26, 2020

    Devastation at Kirsty's Kids

    In the middle of a global disaster, we’ve had our own, personal disaster. Yesterday, 25th June 2020, we were hit with a flash flood,...
    • Mar 9, 2020

    A Word from the Chairman

    John Bryden is the Chair of The Kirsty Bryden Memorial Trust. 9 March 2020 Dear All. We would like to thank everyone who stopped at our...
    • Sep 27, 2017

    28th Sep 2017

    Dear All. Time for a wee chairman's ramble. I have dried out and warmed up after a very long wet cold trip yesterday. Thanks for all...
    • Sep 21, 2017

    22 September 2017

    Our Chairman's thought on day 21 of the Africa Challenge. The first trip Kirsty's round Britain challenge 8053miles in 4 weeks 3 weeks in...
    • Jun 3, 2017

    4th June 2017

    Our Chairman's thought at this time. Ban the bomb and invest in our children's futures. Every school should twin with one from another...
    • Apr 6, 2017

    7th April 2017

    What started off as a bit of a dream has come closer to reality this evening. Almost 5 years ago, Chairman John Bryden decided that the...
    • Mar 5, 2017

    5th March 2017

    Thinking of kids today re visiting Trust House in my head. OK, hydrotherapy in place, lots of things to do, craft sheds, that's sorted....
    • Dec 15, 2016

    15th December 2016

    Our Christmas message. We would like to thank all those incredible people who without we would be unable to operate. From the volunteer...
    • Dec 4, 2016

    4th December 2016

    December is always a busy time of the year. Towns and cities are starting to sparkle with Christmas lighting. Radio stations begin...
    • Sep 21, 2016

    22nd September 2016

    Just to let everyone know we are still working hard at Trust House. The new wet room is almost complete, with wet room wheel chair...
    • Aug 29, 2016

    30th August 2016

    What a fabulous phone call this morning. We are overwhelmed by the generosity of the staff and residents of Pembroke Care Home near...
    • Aug 2, 2016

    3rd August 2016

    A wee Chairman's ramble. I have been asked so many times about the Africa Challenge 2017. When I will as an able-bodied man take on the...
    17th June 2016
    • Jun 16, 2016

    17th June 2016

    What a fantastic effort from team Alltec. They have done an amazing job, yet again raising such a huge sum of cash - £1,496.25p for the...
    • Apr 2, 2016

    3rd April 2016

    A wee ramble from the Chairman of Kirsty's Kids. I am absolutely humbled by the fact that as a no overheads children's charity we have...
    • Mar 23, 2016

    23rd March 2016

    A wee ramble from the Chairman of Kirsty's Kids. We are delighted to be collecting our next respite care family tomorrow for the Easter...
    • Mar 7, 2016

    7 March 2016

    Hi everyone. We are still beaming from the incredible response of the bike clubs at Ingliston. Club members having whip rounds and...
    • Jan 1, 2016

    1st January 2016

    Happy New year. Our first major fun fundraising event, of 2016, will be at the MCN Scottish Motor Cycle Show, in Ingliston. We are...
    • Nov 11, 2015

    11th November 2015

    We continue to work as a no overheads charity, we have no paid admin staff or outside admin volunteers, this makes for quite a challenge...
    • Nov 6, 2015

    6th November 2015

    As we head towards the end of 2015. We wish to thank our most active sponsor this year Alltec Network. The firm has been active all year...
    • Aug 20, 2015

    21st August 2015

    We arrived back at Trust House Respite Care Centre in the Scottish Highlands this evening feeling overwhelmed by the generosity of the...
    • Aug 18, 2015

    19th August 2015

    Time for a wee Chairman's ramble. This week alone around 100 wonderful written comments have been received from the residents of Maybole...
    • May 3, 2015

    4th May 2015

    We would like to extend our thanks to the Blue Knights around the world who support our children. Without these guys we would not be in...
    • Mar 11, 2015

    11th March 2015

    To all our fundraiser's and sponsors we would like to thank you for your incredible efforts. You can be proud to know that you have been...
    • Mar 3, 2015

    3rd March 2015

    My time as chairman to Kirsty's kids has been a journey and a half. From the inception of the Children’s charity trying to work within...
    • Feb 7, 2015

    7th February 2015

    This week as Kirsty's Kids' turns up a gear we are thinking about the all important funding. A constant need for us to be able continue...
    • Jan 29, 2015

    29th January 2015

    It is with huge thanks to our MSP Dave Thompson Scottish Parliament. To Lochaber News, To The Oban Times, Sunday Post Raw Deal, and Press...
    24th December 2014
    • Dec 24, 2014

    24th December 2014

    We are looking forward to seeing volunteer Kyle Walker during the festive season and discussing some exciting developments, more on that...
    • Dec 21, 2014

    21st December 2014

    A wee ramble from the Chairman. As we head towards Christmas and into a New Year we continue to work with other charities in the UK to...
    • Sep 12, 2014

    13th September 2014

    A quick Chairman's ramble........ We are having an awesome time this weekend. We will be firing up the BBQ tonight once everyone has had...
    • Aug 17, 2014

    18th August 2014

    MotoScotland Inveraray weekend has been such an overwhelming success this year making over £820.00s for Kirsty's Kids. We are so grateful...
    7th July 2014
    • Jul 6, 2014

    7th July 2014

    As Kirsty's life work continues to inspire people across the Commonwealth we are racing ahead. With so many fun fundraiser's getting...
    28th June 2014
    • Jun 27, 2014

    28th June 2014

    When these challenges are undertaken none of the volunteers ever claims expenses or travelling costs. Each has done so at their own...
    • Jun 13, 2014

    14 June 2014

    We are overwhelmed by the hard work put in by Mark Taylor over these last months preparing for such a gruelling challenge. Often we hear...
    • Apr 19, 2014

    20th April 2014

    What an incredibly busy time at KirstysKkids. So many events are planned this year, so we hope to continue raising the cash required to...
    • Apr 5, 2014

    6th April 2014

    After an early start, I arrived at a breakfast meeting in Glasgow. The main topic was to discuss Paul Gallagher's mammoth charity attempt...
    • Mar 17, 2014

    17th March 2014

    We would like to thank Hunting Tower Lodge B&B for continuing to provide a collecting flask in their entrance and to all their guests who...
    12th January 2014
    • Jan 12, 2014

    12th January 2014

    Wishing everyone a belated very happy New Year and looking forward to the fun times ahead for Kirsty's kids. Two weeks in already. I have...
    • Dec 21, 2013

    21st December 2013

    A Christmas message from www.kirstyskids.org Chairman. We have been busy having an amazing wonderful time with Kirstyskids.org this year....
    • Oct 19, 2013

    20th October 2013

    It is a wonderful feeling to know that we now have what must possibly be the best team in the country, who will be joining me and will be...
    • Sep 30, 2013

    1st October 2013

    Thanks to BBC for arranging to document the work of our volunteers and benefits to the children which are only possible because of...
    • Aug 24, 2013

    25th August 2013

    While working at the West highland Agricultural show yesterday I was astonished by the number of people who stopped for a chat. It was...
    • Aug 10, 2013

    11th August 2013

    I have been reading the paper this morning, the Times, which has been reviewing the major charities and showing the multi million pound...
    • Jun 21, 2013

    22nd June 2013

    The team at CMYK are the best hardest working polite group of souls I have ever had the pleasure to work with, in both my RAF and Police...
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