Scottish Filipino Charity

Our climber volunteers had a fantastic experience climbing Mt. Taal and Mt. Arayat.  Check out the photographs.

Date: Saturday, 19th December 2009
Time: 7:00pm till 12:00am
Place: Park View House Hotel, 14 Hermitage Place, Leith Links, Edinburgh

Admission

£10 (Adult & Teens aged 12 and above)
£5 (Children aged 6 to 11 years old)
Free (Children 5 years old and under)

Party Information

• Entrance tickets are available for purchase on the night at the venue.

• Traditional Philippine Food Served (7 main dishes excluding desserts)

• Fun, Games, and Santa will be at the Christmas party. Plus an exciting Prize Raffle where there are lots of prizes to be won like vouchers, electrical goods etc.

For Information or Queries Contact

Phone/Mobile: Rey (0131-476 6927; 07595957241)
Freda (0131-337 2914; 07954359143)
Email: info@scottishfilipinocharity.org
Web: www.scottishfilipinocharity.org

In addition to the £968.58 collected during the street collection:

• Nolan Fernandez raised £264 (Special thanks to RIE orthopaedic wards and to Greenfield Park Care Home).
• Also thanks to Angela Stocks and Inverkeithing Parish Church for raising £67.30.
• Elvie Alcoseba raised £230 and Freda Allan’s father in law raised £20.

Thank you for your continued support.

Congratulations to our vice chairperson Anna Publico-Ong for being elected as Speaker of the Ethnic Minority Civic Congress (EMCC).  The vote was held at the 10th EMCC meeting (4 Nov 2009)  in the Scottish Parliament building in Holyrood, Edinburgh. As EMCC Speaker, Anna will provide overall leadership of the EMCC and facilitate debates and manage the entire business of the EMCC.

The EMCC is a representative, democratic and structured platform designed to facilitate civic engagement and participation and promote a collective, coordinated and ordered voice for the ethnic minority population of Scotland regardless of background, religion, age, disability, education, gender or sexual orientation. The Scottish Filipino Charity is a member of the EMCC.

Anna delivering her speech at the 10th EMCC meeting.

The total amount the charity collected for the Philippine Flood Disaster Fund are as follows:

Street Collection (16-17 October 2009): £968.58

Street Collection (16-17 October 2009) Miscellaneous Currencies:

• 13 Euros
• 50 Australian Cents
• 50 Pence (Isle of Man)
• 10 Cents South African Rand
• 1 Cent USA

A very big THANK YOU to all those who participated during the street collections around Edinburgh’s City Centre last  Friday and Saturday (16-17 October 2009).

Our volunteers last Friday and Saturday were:

David, Reina, Johnny, Niki, Aida, Adrian, Tess, Freda, Jenny, Elvie, Chris, Marley, Karyl, Anna, Peach, Bong, David Jr., Kat and Andrew

A special THANK YOU to Heather, Megan, Nicholas and Glenn who were our best collectors (Yay!).

THANK YOU to Elvie for collecting on behalf of the charity and The Elephant House for sponsoring the buckets and t-shirts and providing tea/coffee/soup for the volunteers.

Do check out the photos of the street collection in our gallery.

The Philippines suffered terrible flooding in the past week, causing hundreds of deaths and displacing many tens of thousands of people.

The Scottish Filipino Charity today (1 October 2009) donated £1,000.00 from its funds to the Philippine Red Cross.

We are also looking for volunteers for street collections at Edinburgh City Centre on the following dates and times:

Friday,   16 October 2009 (Time to be confirmed)
Saturday, 17 October 2009 (Time to be confirmed)

Let us all help in any way we can to make the suffering in the Philippines at this time a little easier for the people most greatly affected by this disaster.

Please give your time volunteering or help with a small donation via Scottish Filipino Charity Justgiving Donation page.

Feel free to contact David on 07912 308404 for more info.

(Additional info on Justgiving: Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way as the Scottish Filipino Charity gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.  Every pound will count, no matter how little or how much – every bit is appreciated.)