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The Ladybird Development Group, Lossiemouth was Grigor & Young’s nominated charity for 2024. Quiz Night On Friday, 26 April 2024, we held a charity quiz night in the Williamson Hall, Duff Avenue, Elgin. The lead organiser for this event was our estate agency manager, Sharon Thomson, but there was a team of others from within …
As reported earlier this year, Grigor & Young LLP raised over £4,500 for Moray Foodbank through a Wills Promotion. Moray Foodbank provides food parcels to people who lack the means to feed themselves properly. With the support of the local community, its aim is to provide a minimum of three days’ food to people in …
In November 2017, Grigor & Young ran a promotion, agreeing to donate £100 from each fee for preparation of a Will to Moray Foodbank. In 2016, Moray Foodbank’s charitable work allowed them to help in excess of 2,000 people in Moray. This is an essential service in alleviating the effects of food poverty. The Foodbank …
As in previous years, Grigor & Young will be running a promotion in November 2017 designed to encourage you to make a Will and help charity at the same time. Would you be willing to support Moray Foodbank this November? We reported previously how Moray Foodbank is our current nominated charity. Aiming to reduce the …
According to one definition, food poverty occurs when individuals and households are unable to obtain an adequate, nutritious diet. This may be because they cannot afford to buy healthy food or because there is a lack of readily accessible shops. 13 Million people live in poverty in the UK. Every day, people are forced to …
Statistics quoted by the Institute of Fundraising indicate that, though 58% of the UK population give to charity during their lifetime, only 7% leave a bequest or legacy to charity in their will (mentioned in this pdf download, entitled “Legacies (in 60 minutes)”). The problem with considering leaving something to charity in our will probably stems …
Ashleigh MacGregor, who is from Moray and a law student in Edinburgh, recently spent a week on placement with us at Grigor & Young, as part of her course. Alongside this, she is an active member of the Speyfest committee. 2015 is a landmark year for Speyfest and we asked Ashleigh to write something about the …
Ann Cruickshank, resident partner in Grigor & Young’s Forres office, spent two weeks in Uganda in February as part of a team representing Uganda Aid – Person to Person (“UAPTP”). UAPTP is a Scottish-registered charity (SCO36939), started in 2006 by Marlyn Somers from Forres. Marlyn led the group which Ann joined. The charity’s efforts have …
