Glitter Beach Ball

Fundraising Ball in aid of Glitter Beach Holiday Respite House for Ostomates, and trademission to raise awareness. Grand Central Hotel Glasgow Saturday 20th August 2011, drinks reception commences 6.30pm. Dancing till the wee sma hours,cabaret,mystery celebrity,goody bags,dinner,drinks reception, auction & raffle. Nominate your favourite stoma nurse,GP,Colo Rectal Surgeon, and Patient Of The Year Award, to be presented on the night. Tickets £60 Tables of 10 £600, Black Tie. Join us in supporting this spectaculor event and good cause, with your help we hope to open the respite house by the end of 2012. The house will comprise of  5 x 3 bedroom/3 bathroom ensuite flats on the seafront on the beautiful island of Millport Isle Of Cumbrae, and will be available to  ostomy patients of all ages, referred either by a GP,Consultant, Stoma nurse or Glitter Beach customer, who will automatically be elegible for a week at the respite house with their family, the house will be open 52 weeks of the year, with childrens apartment Jenny's Cove, named after the inspirational and beautiful young Jenny Cook, and available for use of children with Ostomies. Profits from Glitter Beach are being re invested into the annual running costs of the respite house. Please give us your support and let us make dreams come true. Auction & Raffle Prize donations gratefully recieved. To order tickets email us at glitterbeach@btinternet.com. Thanks folks, now lets really make the famous Millport Crockodile Rock, really rock at The Glitter Beach Ball. 

Victoria Lee, who suffered multiple organ failure as a result of Crohn's disease, has launched her own business selling beachwear specifically designed for people with colostomy bags.

Now the mum-of-one has scooped first prize in the Bright Business Idea competition.

Victoria beat stiff competition from almost 200 other new-start business owners to walk away with the grand prize of £30,000 worth of business support, which includes £5,000 in cash.

The 54-year-old Lochwinnoch woman said: 

“I can’t believe I’ve won. Winning the Bright Business Idea competition will really help me launch my business with a bang.

“When I was given less than a month to live, I knew I had two options – I could either give up or keep on fighting."

“I don’t know how to lie down and play dead, so I decided to find a way to positively channel my energy."

“After recovering from serious surgery, I decided to launch my own firm, Glitter Beach.”

Read more at Paisley Daily Express