The Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund News & Info Blog

Jon Fratelli will be Back

03/10/2012 22:34:00

Jon and his Band were amazing last year at For the Love of Eilidh. Prepare to be amazed again this year June 15th, For the Love of Eilidh 2012. Tickets will be on sale soon. Watch this space for more information.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok_Df23yIac&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Back to Scotland

03/09/2012 07:45:00

A beautiful look at Scotland video has been made by Karen Hodges, a supporter of Eilidh. She has asked for donations and it is going great. Please check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgaHG6dQx04 Thanks Karen xx

a MASSIVE step closer for Eilidh.

02/10/2012 10:09:00

Some fantastic news and HUGE thanks

Well everyone, it's been all go behind the scenes and we have some amazing news for you.....

The Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund has been overwhelmed by the generosity of people and we are delighted to announce that we now have land to build on, plans to work from and a team of electricians to help us.

This massive step forward has been made possible by the following people:

Vicky & William Ferguson and their family for the kind donation of the land in Thornhill. The land is a corner of a field with stunning views all round.

Bobby Halliday and family for drawing up the plans for the cottage.
We can't wait to see them and we know they will design an amazing home.

Alex Brewsters Electrical for their pledge to take care of the all of the electrical work for the cottage.

We would like to thank the Fergusons, Hallidays & Brewsters from the bottom of our hearts. Their donations are above and beyond anything we expected and this now means that we are even closer to making Eilidh's dream come true.

Nicole, Gordon, Hannah & Lewis.

Guess who's returning to the MacRobert Stage?????

02/05/2012 18:12:00

'For the Love of Eilidh 2012'

Well, we know you are all waiting on some more news about
'For the Love of Eilidh 2012' so.....

We are delighted to announce that, returning to perform for the 2nd year, are our wonderful charity patrons:

Billy Boyd, Jon Fratelli and Tom Urie.

'Rehearsals at last year's concert'

The support from these guys has been amazing and we are so pleased to have them all back again this year.
As you all know, the 2010 concert was a HUGE success and raised over £15,000, let's make this year bigger & better!!!!

We hope you are all as excited as we are to have Billy, Jon & Tom on board again.
If it's not already in your diaries.... get it in there, this will be one of Stirling's biggest nights of the year!!!

15th June 2012 @ The MacRobert Arts Centre.

Keep your eyes peeled as we will be releasing more info regarding tickets sales & acts etc over the coming weeks.

P.S - check out the guys websites to get you even more excited:

Tom Urie Billy Boyd & The Beecakes Jon Fratelli

Pledge your help for the Build

02/01/2012 19:01:00

As some of you may have seen, we made front page news of The Stirling Observer today!
Unfortunately, there is not a link to the story online (that we can find!) but the article focused on the fact we have raised £100,000 already.
Also mentioned was our need for local businesses & trades people to pledge their support to help us with the build.
With a potential site, and drawings kindly being drawn up for us, we are already well on our way to making Eilidh's dream become a reality but this is where we need to ask for more than monetary support.

If you are a local or national business who would be willing to pledge their help, be it with time, supplies, equipment or manpower, we want to hear from you.

The groundwork is the first huge job which carries with it a huge expense so to get some people on board who could lighten the load of this stage would be amazing.

Please be in touch with us for more information as we would be happy to meet to discuss the build in more detail.

info@eilidhbrown.co.uk

Your continued support, as always, is hugely appreciated.

Please keep a look out for more news over the coming weeks.

Thanks

"For the Love of Eilidh 2012" - It's a date! x

01/27/2012 12:46:00

"For the Love of Eilidh 2012"

Well, here's the 2nd of our BIG announcements this week as promised!

We have confirmed a date for "For the Love of Eilidh Concert 2012".

Friday 15th June 2012

MacRobert Arts Centre

Stirling

Last year's concert was a huge success, with some great celebrities both in attendance and performing.

This year see's the return of a few familiar faces but also some additional names on the bill so....
get the date in your diary folks, it's going to be AMAZING.

We will be releasing more information about the line up and ticket sales over the next couple of weeks so please keep an eye here, on facebook and on twitter for further details.

Thanks again for the continued support and we hope to see you on the 15th June!

P.S
Here's a wee clip of the lovely Billy Boyd performing at last year's event! x

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Eilidh Brown Memorial Concert - Billy Boyd & Beecake, Clip 1

Copyright of the Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund. We thank Billy Boyd and his Beecake band mates for their wonderful performance and help with fundraising for the Eilidh Brown Memorial Concert.Visi...

A big week for The Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund

01/25/2012 20:19:00

With Gordon on his way to Thailand to film his Hollywood Blockbuster and a couple of articles already printed in the local and national press, it's been quite a week so far for the Brown family.

But, we promised two BIG announcements this week and here's the first:

The Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund has raised £100,000

We would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every person that contributed and helped achieve this amazing amount.
The support, love and dedication that has gone into the fundraising efforts has been overwhelming and we appreciate every single penny.

But this is just the beginning.....

We need your support, now more than ever, as we look to the future, the start of the build and look to make Eilidh's dream of the Respite Cottage become a reality.

Next stop? £200,000. Let's make it happen.

Please be in touch if you are planning any fundraising activities or you require further information: info@eilidhbrown.co.uk

Once again, thank you for making this possible, and keep an eye here for another announcement on Friday!

Lots of news & developments for The Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund

01/13/2012 12:21:00

So, The Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund is taking a step forward with the launch of our new website, news & info blog and the campaign to get the respite cottage build started!

The Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund is also delighted to have three fantastic charity patrons in Jon Fratelli, Billy Boyd and Tom Urie.

We will keep you up to date here on the news blog, on facebook and on twitter so get following us if you don't already.

We have a few big announcements to make over the next couple of weeks including news about the fundraising efforts so far and a date for your diaries for the next "For the Love of Eilidh" concert.

Look out for our first feature article of the year in the Mail on Sunday this weekend!

We would like to thank each and every one of you for your ongoing support, it is very much appreciated.

Here's a wee video to remind you of what a fantastic night was had at last years "For the Love of Eilidh" concert!

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Eilidh Brown Memorial Concert - Jon Fratelli, Chelsea Dagger!

The crowd were on up on their feet dancing and singing along! We thank Jon Fratelli for flying in from the USA to play at the memorial concert with his band. The Eilidh Brown Appeal was originally...