Festival Round Up

This year's Edinburgh Festival was a fantastic success for Waverley Care and we estimate that we will have raised over £65,000. 

Our bucketshakers did amazingly well at the Pleasance and The Stand Comedy Club raising almost £30,000 at the Pleasance and over £800 at The Stand.  Our collectors were joined one afternoon by Iain Gray MSP (leader of the Scottish Labour party) and Sarah Boyack MSP.  

Two fantastic fundraising nights of comedy were the The Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit at the Pleasance, and the Comedy Gala at the Festival Theatre which between them we expect raised £26,000. 

The comedy fundraising continued with Mark Watson's 24 hour show on 18th August and the New Town Bar's Sunday FUNdraisers which ran for the 4 Sundays of the Fringe. 

Fundraising through theatre and music happened in the wonderful venue of Greyfriars Kirk where on 12th August The Luvvie's performed 'Squeaking Cleopatras' and Loud & Proud raised funds on 29th August with a wonderful a capella programme of music at their concert 'Loud & Proud on the Fringe'. 

Christopher Bell conducted a massed chorus of over 300 singers in The Armed Man, a Waverley Care come and sing, which raised over £4,500 and finally we ended the month with a bang at our Festival Fireworks dinner at the Apex hotel. 

Phew - its been a busy month but all at Waverley Care are delighted for the support we've received and the funds will be directly channelled into supporting children and adults living with HIV and hepatitis C in Scotland.    

Thank you to everyone involved!