Archive for the ‘Fund Raising’ Category
Posted on November 18, 2011 - by benmullay
Children in Need 2011
Tune into Radio Shetland’s coverage of Children in Need tonight where you can bid for a 30-minute Ben Mullay Photography portrait sitting including a 10×8″ print from the session.
Good luck!
-Ben
Posted on July 24, 2011 - by benmullay
Sylvia Priest’s Charity Fundraiser
Pictured below are images from Sylvia Priest’s charity fundraiser on Saturday in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the Fishermen’s Mission. I spoke to Sylvia at 6.30pm on Saturday evening and she had already raised over £600 – a fantastic effort.
UPDATE 25/7/11 – Latest total raised by Sylvia currently stands at over £1200!!
Posted on February 8, 2011 - by benmullay
SMUHA Race Night Fundraiser
I am delighted to announce that Ben Mullay Photography is sponsoring one of the races at next Saturday’s South Mainland Up Helly Aa (SMUHA) Race Night. The event is a fund raiser for the second SMUHA which takes place on the 11th March with Brydon Robertson as this year’s Guizer Jarl.
Dale Smith from the SMUHA committee explains what the race night will entail:
SMUHA RACE NIGHT
Every voluntary organisation needs funds to operate and SMUHA are no different. The Festival, which involves the entire South Mainland of Shetland, will be holding their second Up Helly Aa on March 11th.
A fund-raising Supper/Race NIght is planned for Bigton Hall on February 12th.
Race Nights are surprisingly popular in Shetland given that the nearest race course is hundreds of miles away in Perth.
Knowledge of horses and racing is absolutely NOT required at these events. Races are shown on a large screen and tickets for the horses are purchased before the race DVD is even chosen. There’s no form, draw, going, trainers or jockeys to worry about, you simply buy a ticket or tickets for the number between 1 and 8 you hope will win. If you win you will be paid out depending on how many tickets you hold.
It’s a fun-filled night as the “punters” usually get more animated as the night wears on, roaring home their favourites.
There are nine races in total. The first seven have have owners which have been sold before the event.
The horse owners in the eighth race are chosen from the losing tickets. If you’re unlucky in any of the first seven races you write your name on the back of your losing ticket(s) and put them in the “loser’s” bucket. Eight owners will be drawn for the 8th race and the winner receives £20.00.
The ninth, and final race is an auction race. Individuals, or more commonly tables of punters bid against each other to become horse owners. There’s usually enough money raised at auction to pay out to the first three horses home.
This race is definitely the highlight of the night as a good result can see you leaving the event with a profit.
Entry is pay at the door, £3.00, from 7:30pm with racing starting at 8:00pm.
Dale Smith
So, if you fancy a bit of fun on Saturday 12th February, head to the Bigton Hall.
-Ben
Posted on May 10, 2009 - by benmullay
St Magnus Church Raffle – WIN a trip to Bergen!
I was recently commissioned by Elma Johnson of Island Trails to take a photograph at Sumburgh Airport to promote a forthcoming raffle in aid of the St Magnus Church. Elma has done extremely well to secure a first prize of a trip to Bergen kindly donated by Loganair. The second prize is a weekend at Busta House Hotel.
Pictured below (from left) is Sharon Lawrence (Loganair), Elma Johnson (Island Trails) and Keith Henshall (Rector).
Tickets are available at local shops from Unst to Sumburgh. The draw will take place at St Magnus Church Hall on Saturday 13th June at a luncheon party.
Full information on the raffle below which was sent by Elma:
Over many years the ladies of St Magnus Church have been a great support to my company ‘Island Trails’.
One of my walks was at the sooth-end of Lerwick, where St Magnus is situated. On that tour I asked our summer visitors to step back in time to the days of smuggling and press gangs during the 18th Century. About 10 years ago, Aileen Robertson asked if I would include the church in my walk. I was very willing to agree to this. For me this meant researching St Magnus. So my tour culminated in a visit to St Magnus Church, a B listed building, telling its history of how the Cameron family of Bressay provided the Church for Lerwick. Not only the Church, but also the ‘House of Charity’ (now Glen Orchy Hotel), where the occupants (three Nuns) went out into the town caring and helping the poor. The building was completed in 1864 and contains stained glass windows by Sir Ninian Comper. These windows have been described as ‘the best ecclesiastical collection of stained glass in Shetland’ and ‘extremely valuable as a Scottish resource.’ These windows were partly the reason that St Magnus have had offers of grants from Historic Scotland and the Lottery Heritage Fund.
From the Church we move into the Church hall where the ladies of the Church provide us with refreshments and home bakes, all for just a donation. This became an excellent thing for ‘Island Trails’ making the Sooth-End walk very popular. I feel that the congregation of St Magnus have worked tirelessly towards the repair of this building over many years and it would be dreadful if they were unable to raise the final sum of £50,090 needed to save a piece of Shetland’s history.
‘Island Trails’ has organised a grand raffle to help this cause which many firms throughout Shetland have kindly gifted some marvellous prizes. Our first prize being a Trip to Bergen from Loganair and 2nd prize a weekend at Busta House Hotel. The draw will take place at St Magnus Church Hall on Saturday 13th June at a luncheon party.
