The Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation has launched a campaign to raise funds to create a statue of Nelson Mandela.
The campaign will celebrate the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth in 2018 which is also the 25th anniversary of his visit to Glasgow in 1993 to collect the Freedoms of nine UK cities.
The target has been set at £250,000. Click for more details | Donate online or by text
Nelson Mandela Centenary Gala Dinner Friday 24 August 2018
The Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation is holding a fundraising gala dinner to celebrate the life and legacy of Nelson ...
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Billy Connolly joins campaign to raise money for Nelson Mandela statue
Sir Billy Connolly, a Freeman of the City of Glasgow, is backing the charity campaign to raise public money for ...
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Funds needed for pilot school course on apartheid
The Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation is commissioning WOSDEC (West of Scotland Development Education Centre www.wosdec.org.uk) to write and pilot ...
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New Mandela Scottish Memorial Campaign video
This short video covers the launch of the campaign, clips of Nelson Mandela and where to donate. It is designed ...
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Video: ‘Glasgow declared us to be free’
Nelson Mandela came to Glasgow on 9 October 1993 to receive his award of Freeman of the City of Glasgow ...
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Campaign launch: Sir Alex Ferguson praises Mandela as example for world to follow
Sir Alex Ferguson CBE today praised Nelson Mandela as a special man who was an example for the world to ...
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The Glasgow Mandela Story
This book describes and analyses the connections between Glasgow and South Africa historically and more recently in the ultimately successful ...
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Download a campaign brochure
You can now download a brochure with more details about the campaign including:-
- Brian Filling outlines plans for a ...
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Nelson Mandela: Glasgow’s love for anti-apartheid hero
STV news website: Peter Cassidy on the links between Glasgow and Mandela that go back decades ...
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