Category: Just Giving

For each of our Events since 2015 we have chosen one or two Charities to benefit from the funds raised during the evening. So far we have donated to Alzheimer Scotland, Dementia UK, Alzheimer’s Research UK and Alzheimer’s Society. In total, just under £6,000.

For our next event in Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford, Suffolk, we have a chosen a smaller, local organisation and will be supporting The Debenham Project. The aim of the project is to support carers and those living with dementia in Debenham and surrounding villages. They are a registered Charity (Number 1133501) which started out in 2009 and has become recognised as an example of innovation and best practice across Suffolk and beyond.

The money raised during the evening, from ticket sales, raffles and other surprises, as well as our Just Giving page will be handed over to The Debenham Project just as soon after the event as possible.

In Public for the First Time!

24 February 2020

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Here they are in all their glory, our 2020 Memory Fest posters and flyers, ready for release within the next few weeks!

If you can help us with displaying or distributing these, or if you know a local business that can put a poster up, please get in touch.

Did you know it is only 81 days until the event? You didn’t? Well you do now! Have you secured your tickets yet? Don’t forget you can only get them via CRBO, click on the link, phone their number (01726 879500), or you can even use one of those fancy QR Code scanners, if you know how!

Come along and help us to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Society while making The Lugger Inn absolutely Rock on May 16!

Just Giving

5 December 2019

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We realise that not everyone will be able to get along to our Live Music Event on 16 May 2020, and so we have set up our Just Giving page for our chosen Charity, Alzheimer’s Society for anyone that may like to leave a donation.

We are grateful for every and any donation, no matter how large or small, and every last penny will go directly to support Alzheimer’s Society and the work they carry out.

Have You Seen Us … ?

29 April 2017

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Well if you have read this week’s Kirkintilloch Herald you will have done.

It was lovely for Cathy to receive a phone text from one of her friends and a good supporter of ours to say that we were in the paper!

Here is a photo, but please go out and buy a copy of your own to read it in full.

We can’t see it online yet, but if we spot it we will be sharing it too!

The Posters Are Here

26 March 2017

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The new posters arrived on Friday night and we will be distributing them for display as soon as possible.

We have a few locations for them already sorted out, however if you can display one for us, then please get in touch and we will drop one off for you.

Remember the more people that see the posters, the bigger the audience we could have at Club Bliss and the more money we can raise for Alzheimer Scotland!

Two great bands giving up their time, free of charge, for Memory Fest ’17 and performing for us on 30 April 2017 – it is going to be another great night!

Memory Fest ’17

18 March 2017

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Welcome to the Memory Fest ’17 website … well yes, it’s the same one as last year, I know that, but now we are going to share all of the information about the forthcoming event taking place on 30 April 2017.

This year we are just supporting the one Charity, Alzheimer Scotland – last year we found that most of our supporters preferred the local charity and so we made the decision to drop our support for Dementia UK for this event. We will keep our Just Giving page open for Dementia UK just in case anyone does want to donate to them too, they are still a very worth cause!

We considered other venues for this year’s event, however have decided to go back to Club Bliss in Kirkintilloch who looked after us so well last year.

Over the coming weeks we will be updating our posts here to let you know what is going on, who is supporting us and where you can buy tickets from. Posters and physical tickets are now at the printers and we hope to have these available very soon. If you can display one of our posters, please get in touch and we will make sure we drop one or two off for you.

A Massive Thanks!

2 May 2016

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Yes, we mean it, a massive thanks to each and everyone of you that support the first Memory Fest gig last night at Club Bliss.

We said we wanted to raise awareness and funds through Classic Rock for Dementia UK and Alzheimer Scotland and that’s just what we did!

The Bands were just great, The Amused Owls opening the show followed by two sets from R.is.E.

The raffle took a little (OK, a lot) longer than we expected, but we got there in end and I know everyone was very pleased with their prizes.

We even found out, through winner John Rodger, that Monkey was called George! John very kindly donated the prize money and Monkey, sorry, George, back to Memory Fest and so we had to find someone else willing to give him a home (that’s George not John!). This we did before, the end of the night, and lucky George went home with Ruth who gave us a lovely donation for the pleasure.

The winning bid in the auction for the Wedding Video was one that we had received on line and we have been in touch with the lady who made that bid today to let her know that she has been successful. We are just waiting for her to confirm her full details and then we can make the necessary arrangements.

At the opening of the event we only had one victim, sorry, volunteer for the waxing however when we announced it was taking place, Claire and Claire ended up with a queue of people wanting to join in. Thanks to all those involved for being game and joining in.

Cathy, Lisa, Sammi and Carl worked brilliantly together looking after the raffle tickets, the Monkey card, and the silent auctions. We had Suhail, from Home Instead Senior Care, on the door taking your tickets or selling you some if you didn’t already have one. Bernie, of Sweeney’s Shutter fame was amazing taking photos all night and of course, Richard from BLG Video and Audio productions, who set up and operated three video cameras throughout the event. What a great team of people pulling together!

Thanks to sponsors, Home Instead Senior Care and Aon. Thanks to all of the individuals and companies that donated prizes for our raffle. Especially thanks to our wonderful audience who came along, dug deep in to their pockets and helped us to raise £1,494.53 so far (there are still some funds to come in that we haven’t included yet). We are truly grateful to everyone, thank you , thank you, thank you!

Today’s The Day!

1 May 2016

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After all the preparation and planning it has finally arrived, today is the day the first Memory Fest Gig will take place, raising funds and awareness through Classic Rock for Alzheimer Scotland and Dementia UK.

If you haven’t heard anything about this yet, where have you been since January?

Its taking place this evening between 7 pm and 11 pm at Club Bliss in Kirkintilloch, Scotland.

We have two bands playing live on stage, first of all The Amused Owls and then, headlining for us, R.is.E, both bands playing some brilliant Classic Rock tracks!

We have been knocked out with the prizes and auction items that have been donated, thanks to everyone for these. There will be some happy people going home after the event this evening.

Still looking for a couple of hairy men for the Waxing, if we don’t get any volunteers this evening (and our Claire’s team will be quite persuasive) then we will have to cancel this activity, which will be shame.

Remember doors will be open at 7 pm with The Amused Owls onstage at 7.30 pm so please don’t be late (I have seen their set list, you really don’t want to miss it).

If you can’t make it to the event tonight you can still make a donation on our Just Giving page, which allows you to choose which of the two charities your donation goes to. Thank you so much to the people that have already donated in this way, it is really appreciated.

Hopefully see you tonight for a great party!

Old Rocker?

25 April 2016

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Don’t worry, his words, not mine!

Who is he, some of you might be asking? Well his name is Andrew (or Andy) Tunnicliffe and he is currently the CEO of Aon Risk Solutions in the UK. By day he leads 1400 colleagues across 17 offices, but apart from that, Andy is a very keen and experienced musician. He has played bass for over 30 years and plays double bass and fretless bass too!

He is currently in an eight piece band playing jazz funk and soul hits as well as current chart hits (although previously has also played some classic rock and still loves it!). The band, The Velvet Underwriters, have played together for 10 years in the London area winning the prestigious Insurance Battle of the Bands in 2009.

More recently they were the headline act at the 2014 Mistletoe Ball, held at the Dorchester Hotel on Park Lane and played in front of a 2,500 crowd at the Yately Gig on the Green music festival in 2015.

Unfortunately, Andy is unable to attend our own Memory Fest ’16 so I was hoping he could perhaps donate a CD of their music that we could auction or raffle …. can you believe they haven’t actually produced one yet? I think that might have to be added to a to do list somewhere!

Still wanting to help, however, Andy has made a great offer to give someone a lesson for a couple of hours covering all bass techniques, including plectrum playing, pizzicato finger technique and slap bass. This will probably take place somewhere close to Glasgow the next time he is in the area (within the next few months) so the lucky winner will have to be a bit flexible.

Come on then, how much are you willing to offer for this opportunity? We will run the auction on the night, however if you are unable to attend and interested in having a lesson with the bass player from The Velvet Underwriters just get in touch with us and let us know what you would pay for the privilege. I’m told it could also be offered for a group of up to 4 people if this would be better for anyone.

This Time Next Week …

24 April 2016

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This time next week it will be all over, R.is.E will have just finished their second set, the winners of the silent auctions will have been announced, everyone will have their raffle prizes and there should be at least a couple of the males in the audience that are super smooooth (and I don’t mean with their chat up lines!). Hey, we will even know Monkey’s name and he will have a new home!

Those of you that are able will be able to party on into the early hours at Club Bliss, but the Memory Fest part of the evening will have wound up. The cameras will have stopped rolling and the bands will have packed away … until next year? Well, lets wait and see how successful it will have been. Wouldn’t it be great to see Memory Fest become an annual event on the calendar, raising awareness and funds through Classic Rock for Alzheimer Scotland and Dementia UK?

Remember if you are unable to make it next week, you can always leave a donation on our Just Giving page, if you are able. Every penny is appreciated.

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