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PICTURES: Friends from Culduthel Mains Gardens in Inverness raise more than £600 by organising jumble sale for Ukraine


By Ian Duncan

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Halle Cran, Holly Stephen, Ruby Cowie, Lucy Aberenthy and Martha MacDonald at the fundraising jumble sale for Ukraine in Culduthel Mains Gardens in Inverness.
Halle Cran, Holly Stephen, Ruby Cowie, Lucy Aberenthy and Martha MacDonald at the fundraising jumble sale for Ukraine in Culduthel Mains Gardens in Inverness.

Four Inverness youngsters who were concerned with events in Ukraine decided to hold a jumble sale to raise more than £600 to help.

The four friends from Culduthel Mains Gardens set out a table in a green area in their street and sold a variety of items.

Some of the parents who helped out at the fundraising jumble sale for Ukraine in Culduthel Mains Gardens in Inverness.
Some of the parents who helped out at the fundraising jumble sale for Ukraine in Culduthel Mains Gardens in Inverness.

It was organised by Lucy Abernethy, Martha Macdonald, and Hollie Stephen, who all go to Lochardil Primary School, and their friend Halle Cran who attends the Gaelic school.

Items which were for sale included crafts, pictures, baked goods, headbands and they also held a raffle on Saturday.

Euan MacDonald with Slothie the sloth at the fundraising jumble sale for Ukraine in Culduthel Mains Gardens in Inverness.
Euan MacDonald with Slothie the sloth at the fundraising jumble sale for Ukraine in Culduthel Mains Gardens in Inverness.

Lucy’s dad Keith said he was pleased with what his daughter and her friends had achieved, adding: “Between the four of them they came up with this idea. It was their idea and they pushed it.”

He said he was “taken aback” by his daughter’s reaction to the news. He said: “As parents we thought it was a good idea and a good thing to do.”

The fundraising jumble sale for Ukraine in Culduthel Mains Gardens in Inverness.
The fundraising jumble sale for Ukraine in Culduthel Mains Gardens in Inverness.

After the event was publicised through the street’s Facebook page people came from the wider area to support the cause.

Mr Abernethy said they raised well over £600 and the money was donated to the Ukraine appeal at the local post office.

Holly Stephen and Halle Cran at the fundraising jumble sale for Ukraine in Culduthel Mains Gardens in Inverness.
Holly Stephen and Halle Cran at the fundraising jumble sale for Ukraine in Culduthel Mains Gardens in Inverness.
Eve and Maria Hamilton at the fundraising jumble sale for Ukraine in Culduthel Mains Gardens in Inverness.
Eve and Maria Hamilton at the fundraising jumble sale for Ukraine in Culduthel Mains Gardens in Inverness.

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