More than 300 people gathered recently at a glittering evening at The Crowne Plaza Hotel to raise funds for the St Margaret of Scotland Hospice in Clydebank. Sponsored by the Anderson Maguire Foundation Programme and hosted by football legend and Clyde 1 DJ, Gina McKie, the event raised more than £8,500 for this truly inspiring cause. Since their doors opened in 1950, St Margaret of Scotland Hospice has touched the lives of thousands of patients with advanced life-limiting illness and older people with complex medical and nursing needs, their families and friends.
Paul Webb, Managing Director of Anderson Maguire Funeral Directors, said:
“Given the nature of our business, we are very much involved in the communities we work in. Through the Anderson Maguire Foundation Programme, we are committed to supporting everything which is good about this very generous city. We were very proud to support the St Margaret of Scotland Hospice which does such tremendous work for families at their time of need.
Bernadette Wills, Detective Sergeant Greater Glasgow CID and organiser of the event, commented:
“Every year Detectives from Greater Glasgow CID take part in various fundraising events to raise cash for charities close to their hearts. This year we decided to host a charity ball to support St Margaret of Scotland Hospice based in Clydebank. This is the first time we’ve hosted an event of this size. With the support of some fantastic sponsors, we raised £8500 for St Margaret of Scotland Hospice and I would like to thank Anderson Maguire, who without doubt, helped make the event such a great success.”
ENDS July 2016
Media Information:
Tricia Ward, TWPR. Tel: 07968 842792 Email: tricia@twardpr.com
Notes to Editors:
- Anderson Maguire was founded by Dom Maguire in 1982.
- It is one of the top three independent family run funeral directors in Scotland
- Dom Maguire has held the position of PR officer for the National Association of Funeral Directors since 1999
- Dom Maguire was the inaugural President in Scotland of the Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF). He has also served on the Cross-party Parliamentary Group on Funerals and Bereavement at Holyrood
- Anderson Maguire has achieved Investor in People
- Anderson Maguire is registered to the Funeral Planning Authority
- Funeral Planning Services recognised Anderson Maguire’s commitment to its customers by awarding them the accolade of “Outstanding Customer Care” in 2011
- There are currently eleven branches of Anderson Maguire throughout Glasgow with plans for more in the near future
