Congratulations to Charlotte Balaam for raising £1,830 for VTT from a Ball that she organised near Cambridge in April. There were around 150 guests, with live music, good food, and of course dancing!

The Bangladesh Association of Glasgow (BAG) had a very successful ‘Nobo Borsho’ (Bengali New Year) event at the prestigious Burrell Museum Glasgow on 30th May. 200 guests including 10 VTT supporters attended the event. BAG is a recently reformed organisation under the chairmanship of VTT member Sarwar Hassan.

Attendees included Local [...]

Graeme Whitty has written an engaging article about how to Spring Clean and support VTT at the same time. See what you think.

Charity Fair on 25th April 2015

VTT had a stall among 10 charities at St.John’s Renfield Church, Glasgow. We had the usual baking goodies and Elizabeth Arthur organised a ‘Silent Auction’ sponsored by some local businesses. Ross Gallacher parted with his Teddy Bear in a ‘Name the Teddy Bear’ offering which raised over £30 ! [...]

Iain Whitty will be raising money for VTT by running the Northumberland Coastal Marathon on 28th February 2015.

Please support him if you can!

Dr. Bryan Whitty writes: the re-formed Bangladesh Association of Glasgow held an event on the 2nd August in the Clyde Suite – Marriott Hotel to commemorate the Bangladesh Commonwealth Games athletes competing in Glasgow. The Army and RAF were represented at the event. The other main item was a short video presentation of the work [...]

The Bangladesh Association Glasgow has organised a celebration on Saturday 2 August 2014 to honour Bangladeshi and Scottish athletes and to inspire younger generations towards sporting activities. The distinguished guests include Valerie Taylor and Nicola Sturgeon (Deputy First Minister of Scotland). The Bangladesh community in Glasgow will be giving Valerie a lifetime award for her [...]

After a presentation by Valerie Taylor in Coombe Bissett Village Hall on 21 May, giving an update on recent developments at CRP, people gave donations totalling over £2,500 (including Gift Aid)!

The Community of restaurants collected nearly £8,000 in one appeal night in 2013 and decided that these donations should be sent to CRP through the Valerie Taylor Trust. The donations were coordinated by Saddak Miah.

On 15 May, Valerie was able to receive the cheque at a well attended meeting of sponsors [...]