Apologies for absence yesterday, the day got away from me. The blog would have said something like, “really pleased Celtic pushed back so vocally against the illiberal and ill-conceived Offensive Behaviour Act”, but with less brevity.
Shortly before Christmas we launched the campaign to fund the construction of a school kitchen in Malawi through Mary’s Meals to mark the 10th anniversary of Celtic Quick News. The project would cost £7000 and to get us there we scheduled a St Patrick’s Day dinner dance for next Friday, 14 March.
8 days out I am delighted to inform you the target money has been raised, Mary’s Meals already have £7000 in their bank, the project is officially funded and construction plans are underway.
That the money was raised ahead of the event was a surprise, although after 10 years of watching Celtic fans go about their business in this manner, it shouldn’t have been.
We received a remarkable donation from Patrick Foley’s Irish Bar & Restaurant in Gent, and Barney Vallely’s Irish Pub in Cologne, who between them raised €2600.
You don’t think of Gent and Cologne as being big ‘Celtic towns’. I’m sure they are not, but there enough Celtic fans in each city to form a proper community. Their work has been incredible and a real inspiration. Thank you to Patrick, Charlie and their patrons. Special thanks to Kolncelt, who orgainsed the entire effort, but has had to cancel his trip to Glasgow next week.
This gave us a problem, of course, The Show is going ahead next week, but the kitchen at the Kholoni Primary School is already paid for, what will be our focus next week. Here is a remind of what that £7000 is going to achieve:
Mary’s Meals feed 822,142 kids each day across some of the most impoverished areas of the world. The global average annual cost per child is £10.70, and is only £7 in Malawi, where the Kholoni Primary School is.
Kitchens are brick constructed and fully stocked with stoves, pots, serving utensils, mugs and cutlery. They also have a wall-mounted blackboard, so the room can be used as a classroom outside of meal times.
The charity started in 2002 when founder Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow met a mother dying of AIDS, and her child, whose only ambition was to have enough food to eat.
93% of money raised goes directly to the needy and, where possible, the 65,000 volunteers who keep the project running are drawn from parents and relatives of the children being fed.
The impact in Malawi, 17th poorest country by UN measures, is significant. Mary’s Meals provide a daily meal to 20% of the countries primary school aged children. The impact is more than just feeding the hungry, two years after a Mary’s Meals project in Malawi starts, school enrolment is up an average of 30%, leading to higher educational achievements, and a better chance in life.
I’m open to ideas on what to focus on next week but my instinct is to get back onto Mary’s Meals and ask where they next need a kitchen.
A couple of pairs of tickets have become available for Friday’s CQteN St Patrick’s Day at the Kerrydale Suite, Celtic Park. £50 per ticket, dinner, dancing, two acts, Irish dancers; it is shaping up to be quite an event. Email Tony if you want to be there, cqnbooks@gmail.com
We have a donations page for CQN Mary’s Meals’ projects, if you would like to help out, you can do so here.
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Tet,
I think we all could guess she’s got an amazing sense of humour ;)
Well done the pairra ye.
FGF
ill be on soft drinks….
Bourne
What position is Apathy? :-)
Auldheid
20:48 on
There is nothing stopping Celtic putting the standing area in place now as Bristol City have already done I believe.
As long as the seats are there then they fulfil all the requirerments of the current legislation re seating.
Why haven’t Celtic already made plans for a standing area to be in place for next season? Even if GCC refuse to allow it the seats still conform to current safety standards and GCC could not refuse a license. If those that are allocated those seats choose to stand well all they will be doing is what half the fans at football grounds already do and anyone trying to make an issue of it would be opening a can of worms for every club in Scotland.
Morrissey the 23rd Viva Resolution 12!
21:25 on
6 March, 2014
I suspect dialogue between JP and the GB to take place again this week that hopefully will result in steps towards the return of the GB to CP. REF: The Celtic Trust meeting I attended on Tuesday.
That is welcome news, keep up the good work. See you next week.
HT
He’s an all rounder
Morrissey the 23rd Viva Resolution 12!
21:25 on
6 March, 2014
Skype Now
the spirit of arthur lee
No way :-))
blantyretim
No way :-))
blantyretim is praying for the knox family
21:37 on 6 March, 2014
FGF
ill be on soft drinks….
……..where I came from that meant Sol or Corona!!
HH jamesgang
Eddie
Will a standing area lead to an increase in capacity?
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
Leave the Kid alone
The Wanderers CSC
Gct
Talk about mouthing off …cheap sound bites …..you would know all about that
Your pathetic carry on on this blog ..consistent tho it’s been regardless of what moniker you use is cringeworthy
I’ll take no lectures from you …
With too few exceptions, Neil has been reluctant to play youngsters and found one excuse after another to justify this. With the League won and Nir Biton out injured, surely the opportunity exists to play John Herron or Liam Henderson regularly for the rest of this season. Will Neil rise to such a challenge?
Auldheid
Patience of a saint. Decorum of a diplomat.
Gonna fix Ukraine versus Russia before CQN10 kicks off.
If anyone can….
UNbutNoBlueBeretsCSC
HH jamesgang
Auldheid
And
PF Ayr
I check in on cqn and tbh not often enough to follow debates.
Auldheid, PFAyr posts are about where I feel just now, and we the support Just want the custodians/ plc to align themselves with the Celtic support. You want the same, but there are some serious gaps between the cash cow Celts and the plc share custodians who run the club.
I realise I’m rambling now so I’ll sign off with saying that I00% believe that your wishes for improved relations align with my own.
Ps I don’t apologise for spelling errors ;>)
And since I’ve been wakened since 1am and supping pain killers like a dear friend, I’ll bid you all good night .
HH
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
21:35 on
6 March, 2014
Big Packy
The route would have been Cumbernauld Rd (through Stepps, By Hogganfield loch and Alexandra park), over Duke st, down onto Millerston St to London Rd.
You sure the bus parked as far down as London Rd back then?
Don’t know if this helps.
As long as fifty years ago, a small number of buses parked off the London Road in coal ree which was pretty near the Stamford Bar.
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
Naw but their will be more people in the ground
If you catch my drift
Old Board
BIG-CUP-WINNERS memory plays funny tricks remember hogganfield loch and duke st cos my nephew was born in duke st hospital many thanks for the reply
Eddie
Bristol are planning on trialing it (might be in by now) but they are not allowed to used it for footy games.
Rugger only as it stands.
Pardon the pun :)
BIG-CUP-WINNERS
21:42 on
Not as far as I.m aware
PF Ayr
Well I was at the Supporters Forum where the issue was raised and one week later Celtic asked for an early review.
I was at the Open Meeting where same issues was raised but with no Celtic management present.
The questions raised were answered but it took the Forum set up by the SLO to get Celtic to act because of the fact the management team in full were present.
Maybe I was just lucky I tripped over the evidence.
In the absence of any you passed a judgement that I challenged because I of my involvement.
Why not get involved yourself?
Personally not in favour of a standing area retrograde step*s* and structurally very problematic. I think there is an internet demand but don’t see it bringing back the missing thousands, it’s a complex issue and would rather we filled the stadium as it was designed,
and we can’t do that.
There is no law in Scotland to prevent it though as we merely followed England and the Taylor report, without making all seated, a law.
SOAL,
I have not spoken to him in two years. Let me know when its okay for you ;-)
HH
Auldheid
I’m afraid my workload and geographical location make it all but impossible
Please understand I make no criticism of you or others like you …..
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo
I have not spoken to him in two years.
Ya lucky B
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo @ 21:39
The BIOS of my laptop is corrupt. Trying to remember my screen name and password to log on with this pc just now.
To a place that they call Paradise
Geordie Munro
21:45 on
The seats conform to current H&S legislation and are can be used at football games. The difference in the contruction of them is that there is a barrier that stops someone who standing from falling forward. It can also restrict views of those sitting on the seats.
Check out this from wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_standing
SOAL
You have to emigrate ;-)
HH
GM
Aye, she does, she married me after all >}
Thanks
HH
The standing area will be the corner where the GB stood. REF: JPT
The legislation that relates to all-seater accommodation at football grounds in England and Wales (the 1989 Football Spectators Act) does not apply in Scotland.[3] In 1998, the Scottish Premier League made it a condition of membership that clubs had to have an all-seater stadium. Many clubs outside Scotland’s top tier have standing sections in their stadiums; they can be used in the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Challenge Cup matches along with matches in the Scottish Football League Divisions 1, 2 and 3. On 19 December 2011, the Scottish Premier League announced that its all-seater requirement was being relaxed and that member clubs would be permitted to apply to pilot safe standing areas at their grounds.[46] Scottish TV reported that “The league’s chief executive, Neil Doncaster, says a particular form of safe standing currently used by eight top flight teams in Germany, known as rail seats, will be the permitted form of new-style terracing”.
Awe_Naw_No_Annoni_Oan_Anaw_Noo @ 21:39
I’m in but your not answering.
Eddie,
I’m not arguing they don’t conform to standards, I’m saying the league doesn’t allow them at prem and championship games. Also I don’t think city have them in yet. Stadium is being tarted up at the end of season and the plan is to put them in then I believe.
Morrissey the 23rd Viva Resolution 12!
Push Harder
Vhman
I understand how you feel but feelings are not always based on how things are but how we see them.
Swapping perceptions can change them and changed feelings follow.
John O Neill. @20 46.
Thanks for those answers .
Anywayssssss
I’m not against standing. It’s just I’ll no be doing it :)