Donations

Although we have charitable status in Scotland, we've never believed in going out with a begging bowl to seek donations - we belong to that 'let's stand on our own two feet' school.

However, of late we've been approached by individuals who, when they learnt that we were a charity, were very quick to offer a donation to support all our work in 'Preserving the past . . . and . . . Promoting the Future.'

Which is of course, exactly what we do. There is no other organisation in Scotland tasked with researching and preserving the history of tartan and Highland dress. Despite that, although we do receive some government funding now and again for special projects, we have to raise sufficient funds on our own to maintain our headquarters in Crieff.

It's to there that individuals and businesses from around the globe trek by foot, phone, letter and e-mail to seek advice: film studios, television programmers, re-enactors, journalists, educationalists, historians . . . and kids . . . brimful of curiosity and eagerness to learn about their past and how to import it into their future.

Our final objective is to establish The Scottish Textile Centre which would embrace the whole gamut of textiles world-wide - tartan, tweeds, Harris tweed, Paisley pattern, Fair Isle knitting, Ayrshire lace, cashmere, Jute, Linen . . . the whole caboodle! That centre would be a magnet for historians, weavers, kiltmakers, sporran makers, jewellers, spinners, dyers and most of all . . . for children because they're the ones to carry forward that knowledge of the past and keep it alive for their children's children.

So . . . if you would like to help us in any way, we would love to hear from you and chat about what we could offer to make your donation a meaningful contribution to our preservation of the past and promotion of the future.