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Written by on 20 July 2021

Wednesday 21 July 9.00am – 6.00pm

This Wednesday we’ll be live all day interviewing some of the key people who work with children and young people across Skye & Lochalsh to kick off our fundraising for this year’s Cram The Van Toy Appeal for 2021.

With another difficult year for families across Skye & Lochalsh, Radio Skye’s Cram The Van Toy Appeal makes sure Christmas is taken care of. In 2020, we had a record number of children and young people we supported with gifts, toys and vouchers. The pandemic has meant more families have struggled to make ends meet and with an uncertain winter ahead, Radio Skye has started it’s fundraising early to give more people time to donate.We’ll be doing another amazing give-away too so tune in!

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THE LINE UP>

9.00am – 10.00am
Shirley Taylor from Skye Health Visitors will be chatting to Suzy about how they are supporting new mums plus their great new initiative, buggy walks plus Caroline Langdon from HM Coast Guard Portree will be chatting about sea safety during the summer season when children and young people are more likely to head to the beach.
10.00am – 11.00am
Tracy Keenan from Corry Capers will be talking to Simon about all the fantastic work they do with children and young people in the Broadford area.
11.00am – 1.00pm
Sam will be speaking with Councillor John Finlayson about Highland Council’s Summer of Hope programme and Grant Mackay from Skye & Lochalsh Young Carers about all the work they’ve been doing this year.
1.00-2.00pm
Morag Hannah will be chatting to Donna about all the work they do at Skye and Lochalsh Citizens Advice Bureau to support families in Skye & Lochalsh.
2.00pm -3.00pm
Cllr John Gordon will be speaking to Suzy about the impact of Cram The Van and what it means to the community.
3.00pm – 4.00pm
Roddy Macleod from Skye Youth Development will be talking to Marty about all the work they do to support young people.
5.00-6.00pm
Ainslie Roddick from ATLAS Arts will be talking about their youth programme over the next year with Catriona.

 

More to come…

In September we’ll be doing another 24 Hour Live, 24 hours of live shows to  highlight and raise funds for Cram The Van. In November, the station will be gathering new toys and gifts for local children (from babies to teens) via the various donation points around their listening area and literally cramming the Radio Skye van with all contributions to then distribute to the local children and families who will appreciate it most this Christmas.

In 2020, an incredible £3600 was donated by the community which bought gifts, gift vouchers and food vouchers in addition to the toys collected in the red toy bins. Over the last two years, Cram The Van has supported more and more young people in teenage years and Radio Skye wants to make sure they too have a great Christmas so they are asking for more donations this year to make sure this age group doesn’t miss out on a good Christmas.

 


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