Press and Radio Coverage

Today Mary and I went up to Carlisle to have a live interview on BBC Radio Cumbria - particularly, of course, about Mary's driving challenge, but it gave us an opportunity to speak about the Street Kids and the Hostel as well - and to advertise this Blog!

We got home to find a phone message from the Sunday Post -"A colourful, upbeat paper with a particularly Scottish flavour" and 900,000 readers - a reporter wanted to speak to Mary, but when we phoned back he was out. Hopefully this will lead to a story being published there - maybe some of those 900,000 readers will want to donate large sums of money to the Kasese Street Kids! (As I was writing this he phoned and we had a long chat!)

The local papers have also given good coverage - the Cumberland News, a weekly which covers Carlisle and North Cumbria, had a half-page story with several pictures, calling Mary "Supergran"! (That was what the Sunday Post reporter had seen.)

More publicity on a smaller scale - we have several engagements to speak to groups, including two schools in Barrow-in-Furness, who will also have a fund-raising "non-uniform day" for us.

(Here is another of Mary's vehicles - a Foden Steam lorry!)