Kids from The Place in Alness take steps to boost charities
BIG-hearted children involved with an Alness group have been rewarded for using their initiative with a £600 boost for three charities.
The Place youth services group of Sophie Hynd, Iona Murphy, Luci Haig, Abbie Cochran and Anna Mackenzie came up with the idea of a winter walk.
They contacted Badaguish Speyside Trust which is where The Place had held its summer residentials for the past 16 years. On hearing that The Place had lost its meeting place in Alness, the Trust offered its services free of charge in light of the long-standing partnership.
Mike Dunthorne, who owns In Your Element, the outside provider, offered to kit the youngsters out and accompany them with his wife to offer qualified cover, again free of charge. Having roped in some friends, the girls group and seven other youngsters and youth workers walked from almost the top car park to Aviemore.
In the process, they raised more than £600 which will be shared between Children In Need, Cash for Kids and The Place.
The youngsters and The Place staff and management committee which they said was a true example of partnership working.
The Place girls’ group have come up with a number of projects they have been working when some well-deserving local children will be getting to meet Santa in his grotto.
The group lost the premises it had occupied for more than 32 years back in October in contentious circumstances which angered many grateful for its efforts.
