The Scottish Transaid Dinner, held on 12 September at the Macdonald Inchyra Hotel & Spa near Grangemouth, raised £100,681 to support the international development organisation’s projects.
More than 300 executives from the transport and logistics industry attended and supported the fund-raising efforts by means of ticket sales, sponsorships and a unique charity auction.
Organisation of the event was led by led by Lynsey Craik from John Mitchell Haulage and Warehousing with support from Transaid Chair and former Scottish Traffic Commissioner Joan Aitken, and Nicola Robertson of The Malcolm Group.
Transaid’s aim is to transform lives through safe, available, and sustainable transport throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
Ms Aitken says: “We’ve been blown away by the scale of support for Transaid. To see the industry come together like this demonstrates, once again, that this is a very special organisation which many people hold dear to their heart. It reaffirms all of the hard work put in by Transaid and its partners.”
The first edition of the dinner took place in October 2022 and organisers now hope to make it a two-yearly fixture, with plans for a bigger celebration in September 2026.
