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Amber Majeed she is 10 years old. She attends Inverurie Market Place Primary School in Inverurie.
Amber won the Echt Factor on the 13th July and the prize was a professional recording session at the Mill Studio in Banchory.
She has decided that she would like to sell her CD and donate all money to Kidney Research Uk.
The reason for this is that on eof my very close friends Martin Downie (who lives in Edinburgh) is in need of a kidney transplant and has been on dialysis 3 times a week for a long time. Her mother and Amber were discussing him the other day and how there are not enough people donating kidneys to help people like Martin (she offered her kdiney!!).
She is planning to add more songs to her CD every month to build up and entire collection songs. At the moment the CD has two tracks on it - "Part of that World" from Disneys Little Mermaid and "Me and You" form Disneys High School Musical The Cd canbe purchased for £5 please contact
elizabethmcguinness@kidneyresearchuk.org

Ace European Group Insurance in Glasgow raised £350 through their Christmas raffle. The company asked Liz Mcguiness to come along and accept the cheque along with Bill Blenman (taking the photograph), and to also have the opportunity to speak to the staff and explain what the charity does and to highlight the exciting events that they could endeavour to take part in. In particular the forthcoming White Water Rafting event on the weekend 15/16 March 2008. We know at present that the ACE staff have 4 boats and by all indication there should be a few more.
Also Paula Lang is training to do the Glasgow 10K run in aid of Kidney Research UK and has hopes of maybe stepping up to the bigger events.

What a weekend this was, from those who took part on the Saturday to those who took part on the Sunday this was a fantastic weekend. The weather was kind and the enthusiasm was evident. I don't think there was many who said they would not do it again. A very big thank you again to the guys from SPLASH who looked after the rafters with ultimate professionalism, we are certainly looking forward to October for the next one.

This event was to me and Kathleen quite a moving experience as it was organized to thank all those families who had lost loved ones who had donated their organs so as others could live and enjoy a better quality of life. The speakers included Nicola Sturgeon MSP and our very own Liz McGuinness. The Love seat is an amazing piece of work and a fitting tribute to those who in their passing gave life to others.

Many thanks have to go to Bobby Singh (Left) and his brother Satay (Right) and of course especially to the girl in the middle Heather Manson from Kidney Research UK. This was a major fundraising event and well supported from the sporting and business world of Glasgow. Bobby is a patient himself, dialysing three times a week but his energy and enthusiasm along with Heathers showed as the night was a success. This was a black Tie event and ladies the frocks on show were magnificent. This was the first but it will not be the last SAVING LIVES BALL,

The Guys from Pegasus Ray, Elaine and Emma, Have come on board to support Kidney Research UK and are the engine room of the team relay that includes our very own Liz McGiunness They recently raised £1300 , Elaine dropped a line to sayThe event we did was 20th August 07 it was 1 hour run along the forth & clyde canal followed by 1 hour indoor cycle, it was at Next Generation, Glasgow.
It was organised by Pegasus Training with support from the members of the club who participate in the indoor cycle calsses run weekly by Ray.
well Liz will be in good hands as she takes on the last leg of the relay on the 25th May.
Below are some photo's to she the effort that went in to raising that amount

Ace came up ace again with a super amount of £3300 after taking part in the raft race in March this year. With our two dear friends Paula and Lorraine handing over the cheque and possible thinking of the next event . Ben Nevis maybe?