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Cross Trust Covid Recovery Fund

For Scots’ born residents in Perth & Kinross Council, who may be struggling financially with their courses or projects because of Covid-19 restrictions, your attention is drawn to the Cross Trust Covid Recovery Fund.

There is a Cross Trust Covid Recovery Fund set up from a grant from the Gannochy Trust Covid-19 Recovery & Renewal Grant, a generous initiative set up to help charities working in the Perth & Kinross area. 

The Cross Trust proposes to provide financial support to young people living in the area towards the cost of University or College courses or other studies.  Many young folk have been unable to obtain part-time work because of the Coronavirus restrictions and had been planning to manage their finances by part-time earnings. 

Funds are limited and applications for an award will only be considered if applicants can demonstrate they are of outstanding merit and that their financial circumstances have been affected by Covid-19.

Applications can be made for the attention of Paul R McGregor, McCash & Hunter LLP, Secretaries to the Cross Trust, 25 South Methven Street, Perth PH1 5PE via the Cross Trust website (www.thecrosstrust.org.uk).

DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR COVID-19 RECOVERY & RENEWAL FUND!

There are still some funds available and the deadline for applications has been extended to 26 February 2021 !

Youth Philanthropy Initiative

Posted by Joanne Robertson on Thursday, 17 October 2019

Thanks to four young friends who took part in the Youth Philanthropy Initiative at school this term, each group chose a charity that they would like to support and put together a presentation to try and win £3000 for their chosen charity – the Perth and Kinross Music Foundation.

Proud mum, Joanne Robertson, said, “The four kids put together this video to explain what music means to them and most importantly recognised how privileged they are at their school. This presentation wasn’t about them, it was genuine and close to their hearts.”

“Although they made it through to the finals, they didn’t win BUT have come away thinking about how they can help in the future.”

On behalf of the Perth and Kinross Music Foundation, Mr Gordon Murch, thanked the youngsters for speaking up on behalf of the charity.

“Their efforts have gone far to demonstrate the wide public support for our work and to prove the huge values to be uncovered from learning to play a musical instrument.”

Credit to their young composer and his pal on guitar!.

Tutors go “Gung Ho” for PKMF Funds

Press Release by Perth & Kinross Music Foundation

Instrumental Music Tutors go “Gung Ho” for Perth & Kinross Music Foundation

A team of 13 PKC Instrumental Music Instructors, Music Foundation Trustees, and their families took part in the Edinburgh Gung Ho 5k Challenge on Saturday 11 May 2019.  Their aim was to raise £2,000 for the Foundation.  By the time all the sponsorship money had been collected the final total raised considerably overshot the target coming in at £2,300. 

The challenge consisted of having to run round The Meadows in Edinburgh over a 5k course – but it was filled with inflatable obstacles so wasn’t  simply a Saturday morning jog in the park, as they had to climb up and over, or through some very challenging inflatables. 

The weather smiled kindly on the race participants, some of whom had been in serious training for around 3 months, and all finished the course in less than 50 minutes.  Thankfully, the PKC/PKMF team were allocated a mid morning start timeslot when the obstacles were still quite dry, as later competitors reported that by late morning and early afternoon some of the inflatables had become very slippery, and therefore more of a challenge to get over safely.

After the event, the participants and their supporters spent some time in the capital city enjoying the chance to recall and discuss how they had coped with the build up to the race day, and the race itself.  There were some interesting tales of how some of the obstacles were dealt with!  All agreed that it had been great fun and for a very worthwhile cause.

The Foundation Trustees want to thank all who took part, and those family members and friends who supported them both morally on the day and financially through their generous donations, helping the team to smash through their target figure. 

The next fundraising event by the Music Foundation will be a Quiz night on Tuesday 17 September 2019 at 7.30 in the Civil Service Club in St Leonard’s Bank, Perth.  More details and arrangements on how to book your team in, will be available on the website nearer the time – www.pkmf.org.uk