Back in March of this year John and Christine had the pleasure of attending a meeting of the Buckie Barnardos Helpers Group. After a fine lunch and a talk about the work of Busega Scotland, the group’s president, Anne McKay, distributed Smartie tubes on our behalf. This is a simple and excellent way for fundraising. When tubes are filled with 20p pieces a full tube delivers over £11.

The fantastic news is that Anne brought us £285, that we will use on educational matters at Mayega. Well done to the ladies at Buckie.

Postscript: John has known Anne for many years, when she worked as a social worker and more recently as a Moray councillor. Christine also has something in common with Anne – they are both Queen’s Guides. How they enjoyed reminiscing!