To allow us to support our community, we carry out many fund raising events during the year, recently these have included:
BBQ / Fund Raising stalls at many local galas and events
Lions BBQ
The Feein’ Market
The Feein’ Market
The Folk Festival Sessions Bar
Folk Festival Sessions Bar
Lions will be running their BBQ at this event
www.facebook.com/groups/382799281742933/permalink/2017796891576489/Tonight at 9pm the monument will Glow gold to mark the start of September Glow Gold children's cancer awareness month.
This is the 3rd year the monument will Glow gold. Feel free to come up for a walk or have a look from the comfort of your home.
A lot of comments on Facebook asking why we cancelled the Harbour Festival, this certainly was not the decision our team wished to make after many months of meeting and 100’s of man (and lady) hours spent preparing for the event, but one which was taken after reviewing all the data available to us.
The weather forecast showed (and still shows) rain, throughout the day, with gust of wind up to 25 mph from the south.
The following points were considered:
** Would people attend in the usual numbers? / Would they enjoy themselves? – Appreciate many folks would wrap up, but in the real world most will stay at home, or only stay for a short period.
** Could we put on all the demonstrations and activities we had planned safely? – Simple answer is no; Too windy for bouncy castles etc.; Would folks be building Sandcastles or taking part in Family Yoga in the rain?; The skiff rowing boat from Catterline is unable to attend due to the weather; Could Mearns FM safely operate their PA system in the rain (electric / water don’t mix). Thus even if folks did attend, the available demonstrations / activities for them to watch / tack part in would be greatly reduced.
** Would the stall holders (staffed by many local clubs / groups and businesses) be able to function? No, with the wind coming from the south and gusting up to 25 mpg, although our stalls can offer some protection from the elements, they won’t stop the rain being driven directly into the open front stalls. Making it unpleasant for stall holders to run their stalls all day; risk damaging their wares; and a greatly reduced number of people visiting their stalls.
Like all event organisers in Scotland, we do monitor the weather and take advise from professional in the run up to our event, and have to act on the forecast which is in front of us.
Rest assured our team are gutted about having to cancel the Harbour Festival, we fully appreciate the disappointment caused, but unfortunately this is part and parcel of running outdoor events in Scotland.
