2016 Fundraising

 

n Friday 19th August 2016, TACC held a World Cup 2018 Campaign Kick-Off event in the form of a Dinner Dance at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow.  An absolutely fantastic night was had by all, folks partied hard and danced their socks off whilst raising just under £4000 for TACC, amazing!

So many people contributed to the success of the night but special thanks to the following:
The staff at Grand Central Hotel for a brilliant meal and organisation
The Caledonian Brewery Pipe Band for their spine tingling piping
Sheelagh McLaren for being MC for the evening
Shaun Ward Photography
The fabulous Scotland Rocks for keeping the dance floor permanently bouncing!

Dougie Johnston for pre-dinner entertainment
Everyone who donated auction and raffle prizes
All the fantastic guests for their generous donations and contributing to an amazing atmosphere and one of our best nights yet!

 

 

In a football match that lasted a whopping 24 hours and raised £9000+ for TACC, two teams, the Lion Rampants and the Saltires, gave their all to raise money for disadvantaged children.  Tired legs battled against the pain to complete the challenge in aid of TACC.  They played from midday on Friday 29th to midday on Saturday 30th July at Ravenscraig Regional Sports Centre.  Over 30 players were involved over the 24 hours, averaging over 10 hours each and many players running over 26 miles.  On the final whistle the score was 500 - 406 to the Saltires.  Children were invited to join the fun, playing for free on another pitch. Amongst those taking part were Frame Footballers from Partick Thistle Charitable Trust coached by Scotland Cerebral Palsy player Deano Thornton, and Bonnyton Thistle 2004s and Dalziel Boys Club.  Junior players were put through their paces on Friday afternoon by Steve Farrell of Dumbarton FC with drills and ball skills, and lots of children playing Beat the Goalie & Crossbar Challenge.  Steve said "It's a pleasure to support TACC today.  It's important for football to be accessible to all children and it's always fun teaching kids new skills and encouraging them to work hard and enjoy the game."  The event was sponsored by Community Trade Union with support from the SFA

and Lidl, and was run by volunteers.

 

TACC would like to say a huge thank you to Graeme Richards who on Sunday 18th September 2016 completed the Edinburgh Kiltwalk.  This event saw Graeme completing his final challenge in memory of his son Connor.  In the past 14 months Graeme has pushed his body to the limit and has successfully completed 14 challenges ("Slik-14") to collect 14 medals resulting in an awesome £4,436.23 raised for TACC.  On behalf of us all at TACC we would like to say a massive thank you for your incredible effort.