150th anniversary gala marks heritage and supports key charities
SCOTTISH wholesaler JW Filshill has achieved its target £150,000 fundraising goal for its six chosen charity groups.
The firm celebrated 150 years of the business at a the firm’s 150th Gala Dinner evening at the Doubletree Hilton in Glasgow on 9 October, highlighting its strong connection to its staff members and local communities in the process.
As part of the celebrations, Filshill welcomed its six chosen charities to the stage to each accept a cheque for £25,000.
Chosen by Filshill staff, the six charities that benefitted were:
• Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS)
• Dementia Scotland
• Cancer Research UK
• MND Scotland
• Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA)
• GroceryAid
Attendees had the chance to contribute to these six charities across the night through a Raffle, Silent Auction as well as a Charity Auction, with attractive prizes ranging from a new iPhone 16 to tickets to the Winter Olympics next year in Milan.
Members of the Filshill team have also actively contributed towards this goal across 2025 by taking part in different fundraising efforts. This saw the team take part in the Glasgow Kiltwalk in April and hold various fundraising events across the year, including a family day out for its staff members to Finlaystone Country Park.
Speaking on the evening, Simon Hannah, chief executive officer at JW Filshill, said: “This is an incredible amount of money and we have had the pleasure of spending time with representatives from across these charities to understand the impact and support the money raised will have for so many people across Scotland.
“It’s quite humbling, everyone here tonight has, in some form, a connection to the charities represented here and it gives us great pleasure collectively, for the Filshill family, our suppliers, our customers, our staff and our community, to be able to donate a huge amount of money for these charities.”
