Project Stedfast
We can do it, with your help, we will do it
With the 125th anniversary of The Boys' Brigade approaching in 2008, the 51st and 3 other local companies, 5th Livingston, 56th Edinburgh and 1st Loanhead companies, to celebrate the event by undertaking a international project that reached outward.
The project is to help the Boys’ and Girls’ Brigade Companies at Kerarapon Parish Church, Kenya to establish a school. The initial target of the project was £33,629.00 or 4,250,000 ksh (Kenya Shillings), however due to the incredible fundraising success we have added an extension to the project to have a facility for disabled children to be taught within mainstream education.
Further information can be found within the updates listed below.
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Video covering the official opening of St Andrews School - 15th Feb 2009
published : 04 Apr 2009
Photos of the trip
published : 03 Mar 2009
we counted 44 out and 44 back!
published : 03 Mar 2009
Project Stedfast December Update!
published : 15 Dec 2008BB Capers was a great success fun, laughter and of course money for good causes over 1,500 pounds! Project Stedfast will benefit from this - thank you for coming along, sending your boy along, cleaning the white shirts and of course to the cast and crew for staging the show... you know who you are!
At the show an update video was shown - you can view it below:
Archive of older news and articles >>>
Project Stedfast February 2008 Update Video
Project Stedfast Promotional Video
The Edinburgh Playhouse has very kindly agreed to allow the project have a bucket collection before and after perfomances of the fantastic show Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The dates we have been offered are : Sunday 16th December - Saturday 22nd December. Watch this space for announcements of details.Livingston Football Club have stepped in to help, boys and officers will be doing a bucket collection on 2nd Jan at the home game against Dunfermline, again details of transport will be announced shortly.
In May 2007 Paul Thomson and Iain Anderson along with friends from the 77 fitness club walked the West Highland Way one of the oldest and longest walk ways in Scotland. The raised £300 for the project.Report and Pictures >>>