The Winter and Virtual Talks Series comprised 15 fantastic talks on a wider range of activities and adventures. This year we videoed nearly all of them and got used to using Zoom to keep them going during lock-down. The Talks Series completed with a Virtual Zoom based Quiz on what we found out from the speakers and general knowledge on science and Covid-19 related themes. Hats doffed to Peter Cain who put up his charity pots of £1000 for the quizzers to win by working together to correctly answer his sometime devious questions. A mid-quiz challenge filled living rooms with towers of shoes nearly as tall as some wee folk.
In the end, correct answers won £865 that was split 4 ways to each of the charities that the Talks series donated to. A rough calculation of what the club and its supporters raised is here totaling nearly £4500 before adding Gift Aide to those eligible.
Winter | Virtual | Quiz | Total | ||
SAMH | 250 | 60 | 216 | 526 | |
MSF | 600 | 80 | 216 | 896 | |
Strathcarron Hospice | 250 | 50 | 216 | 516 | |
Maggies | 664 | 1637 | 216 | 2517 | |
£4455 | |||||
Gift Aid | £890 | Excl MSF | |||
Total | £5345 |
If you missed the talks, there are some absolute crackers to inspire you here and still time to donate if you haven’t.
Mark Hartree