Last night (Thursday) was the final Ceilidh of the year at the Royal British Legion and it went down a treat as usual with locals and visitors alike. The highlight of the night was when Liz presented cheques on the behalf of Nairn Ceilidh Group to deserving local causes. MC Donald Wilson explains the ceilidh groups philosophy and modus operandi in the video.
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The Nairn Ceilidh Group for many years have done a fantastic job raising money for local organizations charities etc etc but it beggars belief how they decided to donate monies to Nairn Saint Ninian Football Club & Nairn County FC Juniors when there are more deserving causes in need of funds than a bunch of lads kicking a football, its definitely a red card this time for The Ceilidh Group Committee.
ReplyDeleteThe continuing existence of the town's two football clubs have many benefits. Listen to the video and you might get an idea of why they were chosen for a donation.
ReplyDeleteThe full list of Donations seems to be spread evenly across the town.
Thank you for your second comment Foul Mood however,we have decided not to publish.
ReplyDeleteWe do our best Foul Mood. In the last 12 years alone the Ceilidh Group has supported 62 different organisations in Nairn and I’ll make no further comment. Chairman NCG Donald Wilson.
ReplyDeleteDonald Wilson & the ceilidh group committee do a grand job for the locals & tourists & i am the first to take my hat off to them for their very entertaining evenings at the legion & this is by know means a dig at them but as i am a bit of a nosey women how does the committee choose who to donate to
ReplyDeleteevery year,or do you send an application letter asking to be considered for a donation, many thanks. hope this goes ok as not very good on my daughter laptop.
Thanks Elsie for your query and it’s a very reasonable question. I wasn’t going to comment further but feel your query deserves a response. Re foul Mood’s comments, the people who decide on how to disburse the money are individuals (many not in their first flush of youth I might add) who have given great commitment, not just every Thursday throughout the summer, but also planning before and after. The reality is we don’t specifically invite applications because we could be inundated and we have a very limited amount to disburse annually.
ReplyDeleteSome of the causes are put forward by people who support our ceilidhs. We also receive some requests for financial assistance and we welcome these requests. If Foul Mood is interested we would be delighted for them to roll up their sleeves and help clearing up the hall after the ceilidhs. But don’t expect to get home before midnight! By the way, this is the first time we have given any money to Saint Ninian and the Nairn County Under 15s. I think any right minded individudal would agree they are more than worthy of our support. Donald.