Brian’s Good News 2 August 2019

Peterhead Scottish Week is celebrating 58 years and it’s bigger and better than ever. It was in 1961 when the call went out for all Scottish Towns to do a Scottish Week and Peterhead is the only town to have kept it going. The Peterhead Scottish Week is all about bringing the community together, bringing tourism and most importantly, Scottish Week is about bringing all the different aspects of the towns heritage together. To find out more, visit  http://www.peterheadscottishweek.org/

A Rosehearty lady Nancy Collie who lost her mum and many family members to cancers has been given a National Award for her unstinting 30 years of work at the Cancer Research shop in Fraserburgh. Cancer Research named her an Honorary Fellow for all her fund raising efforts. Nancy and family members who are female had tested positive for the BRCA1 gene which makes them more susceptible to cancer. Nancy has had several scans and remains cancer free.

An accomplished NE runner will be running in the Great Aberdeen Run wearing the number 1495, the year Aberdeen University was founded as her way of giving thanks. She is hoping to break her 10K Personal Best of 40 minutes 52 seconds set a few years ago.  

Charlie House is once more in the news.   Charlie House is based in Aberdeen and is a charity  supporting children and young people with complex disabilities and life limiting conditions. They are welcoming new volunteers and have held a pilot training programme for the new recruits. Anyone interested in volunteering should contact  volunteer@charliehouse.org.uk or call 01224 313333.