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Calums Cabin and Calums Cabin cottage are holiday homes on the Isle of Bute for children suffering from cancer and cancer related diseases. We started up the project in 2009 - it was our son Calum's idea. After all, he and his family lived in a beautiful part of the world. Wouldn’t it be great to have children suffering from cancer come to Bute and make special irreplaceable memories? Calum handled his own diagnosis and treatment with great courage, dignity and humour for someone so young. He lives on in Calums Cabin and he has left us all with his drive and determination to make Calums Cabin what he would want it to be. At first, setting up Calums Cabin was tough, but with the help of local people we managed to get round all the hurdles. The holiday home must be completely accessible to children with limited mobility. Plus, it needs to be kept warm and cosy all year round. This means a lot of careful planning and fundraising. Luckily, ours is a really close knit community and everyone chipped in their help when we built the first cabin. Our local electrician donated his time to wiring up Calums Cabin. Lots of other people helped out by donating materials, time or gifts of money. Our special trips to Bute are now in so much demand that we have built a second holiday home, Calums Cabin cottage. Since 2009, we've helped 700 families. Not only do the families stay in a safe and warm place, Calums Cabin also pays for the ferry to Bute and makes it possible for them to take part in activities whist they are here. We want everyone to be able to make special, lasting memories. With your support, we can continue welcoming families to our beautiful island. Thank you!

Scottish Huntington’s Association (SHA) is a Scottish charity that was established by families living with Huntington’s disease (HD) in the late 1980s. Experiencing directly the dearth of services available to them, the organisation pursued the goal of setting up specialist family support services and this ultimately blossomed into the development of an extensive network of specialist services. Scottish Huntington’s Association Youth Service provides support to children and young people living in HD families. The aim of the residential is to provide a one night respite opportunity for children aged 8-12 who are living in families affected by the devastating neurological disorder Huntington’s disease. Children often find living with Huntington’s disease socially isolating and are bereft of age appropriate information. By providing young people with the opportunity to meet other young people in similar situations they develop strong friendships with others who are facing the same challenges, whilst giving them a break from their caring role. Additionally it provides SHAYP staff the opportunity to educate and support the children in a relaxed and informal environment ensuring they have enhanced coping strategies when they return home. The residential will take the form of a two day, one night break away from home with a range of structured group work sessions looking at HD and fun social activities such as sailing and climbing. Please help us 'make some noise' on social media for the duration of this campaign to help us win a grant of either £500 or £1000... Facebook - post about the campign, cheer us on and make sure to hashtag #redcupcheer and 'tag' us Scottish Huntington's Association in every post. Also Like, comment, share our posts about the campaign. Twitter - tweet and retweet about our #redcupcheer campaign making sure to use the hastag and our twitter handle @hdscotland Neighbourly: Simply 'follow' our campaign https://www.neighbourly.com/project/564303288f60fd0ffcca55fd