Once Upon a Time Auction!

Most you of are probably aware that With Kids' ambassador, Robert Carlyle stars in the hit American fantasy-drama, Once Upon A Time. 

The TV show has a great following and online fan base who became aware of With Kids through Robert Carlyle.

The show's fans have been great supporters of our work and in the past have ran online charity auctions. They have already kindly donated over £3,000 and they're kindness doesn't stop there. 

Our friends at Once Upon A Time Australia are running a charity auction as a way for the fan group to pass on the community spirit and love that has been portrayed by the cast of Once Upon a Time and our charity's ambassador, Robert Carlyle.

They will be running the online auction on Sunday 30th November. They have began to collect pieces for the auction, which include items from the TV series and Once Upon A Time themed items. Watch out for some very special items which they will be announcing soon!

If anyone would like to donate any items, please do not hesitate to PM the fan group by clicking HERE.

Please click HERE when the auction goes live to bid for the items!

Take a look at the auction items below...

For more information about the auction, please follow With Kids on Facebook and Twitter.

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Lisa's Great Scottish Run!

In just under three weeks, our fantastic fundraiser, Lisa will be barrelling the streets of Glasgow with thousands of others in the Great Scottish Run!

In this blog post, Lisa tells her story of why she has decided to take part in the race and kindly donate some of the proceeds to With Kids.

Read Lisa's story below...

As a lone parent, back in Canada, organisations like With Kids really helped me. Now, I'd like to help give something back.

I've not set a goal, as I believe that every donation counts and I will be proud to donate any amount.

I will be running the Glasgow 10k in just under three weeks and so far the training is going well, with not too many hiccups along the way.

In just under three weeks I’ll be barrelling through the streets of Glasgow with thousands of others in the Great Scottish Run.

I’ll be doing the 10k event, and though not a feat for some, for me this was a huge undertaking to get my fitness up to snuff and not to mention I genuinely detest running.

As a complete non-runner at the start, I have set myself a goal of completion time of 70 minutes.

I had a slight set back in training with a sprained ankle followed on with a flu, which took three weeks out of my training time last month. So now I am training six out of seven days and it's tough going, but worth it.

On top of the physical training I have been on a pretty strict diet and can count on one hand the number of Alcoholic drinks I've consumed over the past three months!

On my journey I've dropped two dress sizes and lost nearly two stone,  pretty pleased with that so far!

Anyhow, if anyone would care to make a donation to either of the charities I am running in support of, it would be most welcome.

Please click HERE to visit Lisa's Just Give page to donate to With Kids!

If you'd like to find out more about how you can help to raise vital funds for With Kids please click HERE.

You can contact us on Facebook or Twitter or call us on 0141 550 5770.

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Dance the Tango and raise money for With Kids!

Tango Tipica, run by Catherine and Wim, have been dancing Argentinean Tango for more than 15 years and teaching for more than 8 years, both in Glasgow and abroad.

They're renowned for combining stylistic precision with musical interpretation and for keeping the authentic tradition alive.

Their dance style is shaped by the authentic tango of dancers such as Pepito and Suzuki Avellaneda, Antonio Todaro and Juan Carlos Copes.

The dancing duo are pleased to announce they will be supporting With Kids this year with all proceeds from their Tango activities being kindly donated to us!

If you are interested in taking part, having fun, and keeping fit, make sure you get involved:

• Series: The series consists of an (optional) free taster on 20th September and eight classes on Fridays 6.15pm-7.15pm, starting on Friday 4th October. 
• Location: Glasgow West End, in Turnbull Hall, 13-15 Southpark Terrace, Glasgow G12 8LG.
• Total fee for the series: Early Bird discount (before 13th September): £52 per person; after 13th September: £57 per person. All our proceeds go to With Kids.
• Pay: You can pay via their JustGiving page by clicking HERE.
• Dance partners: You need to enrol with a dance partner.

Let us know if you or any of your friends would be interested in taking part by leaving a comment either on our blog, Facebook or Twitter.

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Help pick the #WKMemories winner...!

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported and took part in the #WKMemories photo competition!

For those who don't know, we launched an online photo competition aimed at encouraging the public to reminisce and share their favourite childhood memory a couple of weeks ago.

We caught up with David Eustace over the weekend in order to choose the lucky winner.

Unfortunately, he picked a member of the With Kids team as the winner! Obviously, it would not be fair for them to win, so David has picked his next top five favourite photos and we are leaving the difficult task of choosing a winner down to you!

Below are David's top five favourite photos! The photo which gets the most combined 'Likes' on our Facebook page will win the overnight's stay for 2 at the CitizenM Hotel Glasgow.

As a massive thank you to everyone who entered, David has also kindly donated an exclusive print from his Highland Heart NYC show back in May 2013, which will be gifted to the person who gets the second most amount of 'Likes' on their photo.

This print was only available to guests who attended the opening night of David's show in May 2013, which was opened by Alex Salmond, the First Minister of Scotland, and this print cannot be purchased.

David has said that "You're all winners for leaving memories and moments which are special. I love some of the images and they remind us of a moment in time, even if it's just a tiny photo as in the case of Laurie Hancocks image of her father and sister on the last day of the streetcars running in LA."

Click HERE to vote for the photo you think should win and remember to share the photo with your friends so they can help pick a winner too! Please note that you must 'LIKE' the With Kids Facebook page as well as the photo in order for your vote to be counted!

Good luck everyone! The voting competition will run until Monday 9th September until 12 noon and we will announce the winner and runner up at 3pm that day.

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Alan Rough Celebrity AM - 2013

Are you a golf fan? Why don't you join us for the Alan Rough Celebrity AM golf tournament at the impressive Mar Hall near Glasgow. It's guaranteed to be a fun day out while raising vital funds for With Kids!

Mar Hall is a luxury five-star golf & spa resort located 10 minutes from Glasgow International Airport. Set within a tranquil 240 acre woodland estate it is perfect for both UK luxury hotel breaks and for business travel in Glasgow - with a little extra class.

The event takes place on Friday 11th October and teams of players, including celebrities, will compete on the day for both individual and team prizes.

The cost of entering a team is £600 for a team of 4 or 3, plus a celebrity from the list in the graphic below. The price of the team also includes golf and a 3 course dinner.

If you would like to book a team please either email events@fatbuzz.com or call Fiona on 0141 427 0727.

You can also contact fatBuzz on Facebook or Twitter.

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Ross is living his dream!

One of the With Kids ambassadors, Ross Morrison, who is a very talented athlete and was a Coca Cola Flames torch bearer in the Olympic Torch Relay has been living his dream.

Find out in this blog post how Ross has overcame his own personal struggles to become a professional basketball player and believes that all children deserve a chance to fulfil their dreams...

Recently there has been a lot happening with our young ambassador. His parents moved to be closer to him but he's left the country!

He got the opportunity to go to Dallas for a few days to meet up with his cousins and to give him a much needed break from the hectic year he'd just had. 

By chance while he was on holiday, he got spotted!

He has been asked to go back for 3 months and to train and play for TX Bluechips in the Summer Tournaments in Los Angeles and Las Vegas which has been an absolutely amazing opportunity for him!

He also met one of the former Glasgow Rocks players Rob Yanders whose team Ross was playing against.

So much for the guy who joined a basketball club over here and was told he would never play and remain a printer.

The young star has said that no matter how often someone says you can't try for your dream, if it's within reach, then go for it! 

Sometimes it just happens when you are not expecting it - so never give up!

After everything Ross has been through trying to become a basketball player it's taken a world class coach and a chance meeting to spot his true potential.

We hope you enjoy the photos of Ross going all out and living his dream!

We are currently running a competition on the With Kids Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the #WKMemories where you could win an overnight's stay for two at the CitizenM Hotel in Glasgow.

You can choose to upload an old photo, or you can take one of a place which you remember fondly from your childhood - it's completely up to you! To find out more about the competition please click HERE.

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Picture Perfect Competition from With Kids

At With Kids, we’re lucky to have some of Scotland’s most influential people as our ambassadors.

And one of our ambassadors, photographer, David Eustace, has agreed to help raise awareness of the work we do by putting his name to a photograph competition we’ve launched.

Launched at the beginning of this week, the online competition is aimed at encouraging the public to reminisce and share their favourite childhood memory.

Photographs are a great way of capturing memories, and with award-winning photographer growing up in the east end of Glasgow, which is seeing a huge transformation at the moment for the Glasgow 2014 games, he liked the idea of remembering the great times he had in a landscape which is quickly changing.

Nothing stays the same for forever. We all have memories of a time or place which can’t be revisited. Our competition is designed to help everyone remember a fond moment in their life, a moment that would bring a smile to their face.

Eustace said: “I jumped at the chance to judge this competition. Coming from the east end, I felt a real importance to be a part of this project. I take my role at With Kids really seriously, and anything which will benefit the charity, the work it does, and the children who use it is great.

“I think this is a great competition as it gives kids the opportunity to find out about what it was like to grow up in Glasgow when their parents were young. Not only that, it encourages them to learn more about photography, which you know is close to my heart too.”

Running for two weeks, the competition is dead easy to enter. It’s all done online, either on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, it’s up to you. Just remember, whatever social media platform you use though, you have to use the hashtag, #WKmemories.

Once the competition has closed, Eustace has agreed to go through all the entries and judge which one he thinks should be our winning image.

And thanks to the great people at the CitizenM Hotel, our winner will receive an overnight stay for two, in plush Glasgow boutique hotel.

If you’d like to take part in the competition, you can find the terms and conditions here.

For more information about the competition, just click here. In addition, you can watch the video below, where David speaks about the competition and one of his memories.

Good luck to all of you who enter, we’re looking forward to seeing your entries.

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