The road transport industry in Scotland has confirmed plans to hold a second Scottish Transaid Dinner, which will take place on the evening of 12 September 2024 at the Macdonald Inchyra Hotel & Spa near Grangemouth.
It follows the inaugural dinner in September 2022 which was attended by more than 200 people and raised over £100,000 – marking the largest sum of money ever collected for Transaid on a single night, through ticket sales, sponsorships and a charity auction.
Lynsey Craik (nee Mitchell), Business Support Manager at John Mitchell Haulage & Warehousing, is once again leading organisation of the event, with support from Nicola Robertson (nee Malcolm), Corporate Events Manager at Malcolm Group. Lynsey says: “We were so grateful to everyone who supported our first event, and we’re hoping this year’s dinner will be even bigger and better.”
Joan Aitken, former Scottish Traffic Commissioner, and now Chair of Transaid, says: “The first Scottish Transaid Dinner demonstrated a phenomenal show of support towards those in sub-Saharan Africa who do not have the benefits of safe, available, and sustainable transport. Lynsey and Nicola set the bar incredibly high in 2022, and we are so grateful they are doing this for Transaid again!”
Entertainment already confirmed for the evening includes award-winning Scottish comedian Ray Bradshaw – who will be performing a daily show at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Tickets for the dinner are priced at £100 per person, with tables of 10 available. For ticket sales and sponsorship enquiries please contact Lynsey, via ScottishTransaidDinner@hotmail.com.
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Note to Editor:
About Transaid
Transaid transforms lives through safe, available, and sustainable transport. Founded by Save the Children, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), and its Patron, HRH The Princess Royal, the international development organisation works with communities, partners, and governments to solve transport challenges throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Transaid works in two core areas, road safety and access to health, to solve two of the biggest transport challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. Transaid’s road safety work focuses on influencing safe driver behaviour with long term programmes in Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, responding to local needs for improved training for drivers and riders of trucks, buses, motorcycles and forklift trucks. On the access to health side, Transaid is working with local partners and communities to strengthen access to health services, primarily in rural areas. They are also working to strengthen health supply chains in collaboration with local partners and governments.
Transaid enjoys strong backing from the transport and logistics industry and the active involvement of its patron, HRH The Princess Royal.
For further press information:
Maddy Matheson at Transaid: +44 (0)20 7387 8136 / maddy@transaid.org
Natalie Ganshert or James Keeler at Garnett Keeler PR: +44 (0)20 8647 4467, or by email to natalie.ganshert@garnettkeeler.com / james.keeler@garnettkeeler.com
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