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Joe Ednie, 1938 – 2008
Highland Cross is saddened to acknowledge the death of one of its
support community.
Joe Ednie will be known to many participants as the “Traffic Warden”
at the end of the bridge just after the Changeover Point as the
cycle route joins the public road at the top of Strathglass.
Joe had been doing this job for so many years we could not work out
quite when he started! Joe came to support the Cross through
his huge love of and great involvement with Scouting. Many of
the support folk in the Affric Quarry have a connection with
Scouting and when The Scout Fellowship started to help at the
quarry, Joe offered his services and eventually claimed the “Traffic
Warden’s” job as his. Joe had skills and talents way beyond
the humble role he discharged at Affric and he applied them
masterfully to his task. He brought considerable charm to defusing
situations with motorists who set off up peaceful Glen Affric to
find it not only taken over by hundreds of brightly clad folk,
helicopters and cycles but he then managed to “sugar the pill” when
they found out that they were going to be “locked into” Affric for
the remainder of the day!
He was content to sit in lonely splendour, irrespective of the
weather and the midges, linked to the remainder of the event only by
a radio and a regular supply of bacon rolls brought down from the
Changeover Point. Not a man noted for personal athleticism he
greatly admired the efforts of those who took part and always had an
encouraging word for all the passing participants. On the
Adventure Show television coverage of the Cross this year Joe can be
heard, out of shot, offering support to passing folk as they leave
the bridge.
Two weeks after the Cross he phoned the Organisers with his list of
observations for the Event Debrief. Meticulous and insightful
he had a concise list of items for consideration. Unknown to
us, just days before, Joe had received the crushing diagnosis of his
condition. Ever supportive of others he was keen to complete his
task and make his report irrespective of the cruel hand that fate
had dealt to him.
Highland Cross could not take place without the wonderful community
of folk that come together to actually make it happen. The
successful delivery of the Cross is their achievement, Joe was a
valued part of that community and he will be sorely missed by all
who knew him.
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HIGHLAND CROSS 2008
- £174,213 raised in 2008, another new
fundraising record!
Since 1983, Highland Cross has now raised over
£2.5 million!
The 4 main charities to benefit were:
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Children 1st received £34,000 to
complete their family centre at Killen on the Black Isle.
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New Start Highland - Tenant Support
Scheme received a vehicle to allow them to move trainees and
materials.
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Shopmobility Dingwall received a specially adapted minibus to
transport clients wheelchairs.
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Shopmobility Lochaber received a specially adapted vehicle to
allow them to extend their service into the remote and rural parts of
Lochaber.
14 other charities are currently being issued
with cheques for smaller amounts, totalling over £37,000.
The organisers wish to thank all those who
helped in any way to achieve this record figure.
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£173,806 raised by participants this year!
An all time record for Highland Cross!
The participants in Highland Cross 2007 have
done an outstanding fundraising job and broken the previous fundraising
record by over £30,000!
The main charities who all received vehicles to
support their work are:
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Visual Impairment Services Highland
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Inverness Handyperson’s Scheme
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Highland Hospice
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Ballachulish Abbeyfield Society
The National Trust for Scotland are also
receiving 8 specialist powered scooters to allow disabled people to access
NTS properties in the North of Scotland.
As well as the vehicles and scooters, over
£40,000 is being distributed in smaller grants to various charities across
the North of Scotland.
The organisers once again wish to thank
everyone involved with the event - the competitors, the sponsors and all the
volunteers who came together to make the event happen.
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Record fundraising year
for the Highland Cross!
Highland Cross
competitors have raised £141,240, a new record figure. This has
enabled the four principal charities for 2006 to benefit as follows:
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L'Arche Inverness has
received £33,000 to purchase specialist equipment for their new workshop
facilities.
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Disability Snowsport has received a
specially adapted minibus.
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Cameron House are receiving a specially
adapted minibus.
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Ross-shire Special
Needs Playscheme are receiving a specially adapted minibus.
In addition to the
primary causes, the participants' success will allow a range of other
causes to benefit with donations of smaller sums.
The Organisers wish to
thank everyone involved in making this happen - the competitors, all
those individuals and companies who sponsored them, the volunteers who
turn out each year to help with staging the event and all sponsors and
supporters of the Highland Cross.
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Highland Cross breaks the
£2 million barrier!
Over £134,000 raised again
by participants this year!
The participants in
Highland Cross 2005 have done an outstanding fundraising job and once
again raised a tremendous sum for Highland Charities.
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Eden Court Theatre
received £35,000 to enhance facilities for disabled patrons and
performers
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Chest Heart and Stroke received £40,000
to expand their Survivors of Stroke service across Highland including
providing a base in Lochaber
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Shopmobility Highland
received £36,000 to purchase specialist equipment for their outreach
activities.
In addition to the primary
causes, the following charities have also benefited through the donation
of smaller sums:
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Barnardos’ Springboard
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Caberfeidh
Horizons
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Family Mediation
Highland
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Highland Developmental Co-ordination
Disorder Group
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Highland Homeless Trust
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MS Therapy Centre
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Nairn Sports Medicine
Clinic
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Partnerships for
Wellbeing
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Highland Cross 2004 - Over £134,000 raised
by participants!
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Lochaber
Hydrotherapy Pool Appeal have received £45,000.
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Highland
Heartbeat Appeal have received £45,000.
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Seaforth
House Respite Centre Vehicle Appeal have received a specially
converted bus to allow the centre to transport patients to events.
In
addition to the primary causes, some of the other charities to benefit
are:
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Scottish
Society for Autism's Highland Office - £2,500 for audio visual aids for
their outreach work.
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Uphill
Ski Club - £5,000 to buy special ski sleds for disabled skiers.
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Age
Concern in Ross-shire - £2,500 to buy exercise equipment for mobility
classes for older people in Ross-shire.
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