Entries by Jilly Guild

Would you like to join a social group to meet new friends?

Do you like to knit and natter and/or meet up with new friends? Come along to our Knit N Natter / Social Group at The Gate Centre, 2 Ludgate, ALLOA. Every Wednesday, 2pm – 4pm. Don’t worry if your cannot knit, we can teach you and there are also other social activities to get involved […]

BSC Glasgow supports The Gate

ALLOA-BASED BSC Glasgow will donate the admission takings from their upcoming SFA South Challenge Cup match against Edusport Academy to The Gate Charity. BSC have been ground-sharing with Alloa Athletic for the last two seasons and the club have also given away 50 free tickets to the match for service users at The Gate to […]

School Uniform Bank 2018

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated school uniforms and equipment to support our Annual School Uniform Bank 2018! We have been overwhelmed by the support, especially from a gentleman who spent £135 on new school bags and Tesco customers who donated new clothing to support vulnerable children within […]

Gate Catering Services Now Available

Do you require catering for an event? We provide indoor and outdoor catering for events such as AGMs, Project Launches, Training Events and/or fun days. We provide nutritious food at affordable prices. Please telephone The Gate for prices and further information 01259 218766.

Prize Bingo Fundraising Success

We would like to thank everyone who recently attended our fundraising event. Last Thursday we held a prize bingo evening and raised £404 to help operate our projects. Everyone who came along thoroughly enjoyed the evening and our crazy bingo caller Mr Alan Faulds made the night even more fun with his humour and dedication. […]

Annual School Uniform Bank to Return July 2018

We are now collecting donations of school uniforms and equipment until the 18th July 2018 to operate our Annual School Uniform Bank. The purpose of the project is to provide vulnerable children with uniforms and equipment to return to school with dignity and pride. We could not operate this project without the wonderful support we […]

Thank You Dollar Academy

We would like to say a huge thank you to Carol Fitzpatrick [musical director] and pupils from Dollar Academy who recently held a concert to raise much needed funds for our charity.  On the night, over £1000 was raised and the evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all.  Pupils played a variety of instruments and choirs […]

Thank You Coop Funeralcare

We would like to thank Alloa’s Coop Funeralcare for their recent donation of Easter eggs and soft toys which were distributed out in family food parcels supporting the most vulnerable children living within Clackmannanshire.

SDS supports our Boiler Room Refurbishments

Recently we secured funding to purchased an urgently needed new boiler.  However, our boiler room was really run down.  The ceiling was full of holes, the walls were desperately needing painted and the whole room generally needed some much needed TLC.  However, with no funds we were struggling to complete the works.  We warmly welcomed […]