Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Sisters raise funds for RNLI to mark 10 year anniversary of fatal Super Puma crash

Audrey Wood who with her annual Ladies Glamour Glitz and Bubbles afternoon has raised £200,000 to date for the RNLI.   
 
Picture by Kami Thomson    03-03-18
Audrey Wood who with her annual Ladies Glamour Glitz and Bubbles afternoon has raised £200,000 to date for the RNLI. Picture by Kami Thomson 03-03-18

The aunt of a man killed in a North Sea helicopter crash has more than £3,000 for charity by selling remembrance candles.

Stuart Wood and 15 others died when the Super Puma they were on crashed off the coast of Peterhead on April 1, 2009.

Flight 85N was heading back from the BP Miller platform when it suffered a catastrophic gearbox failure.

Ahead of the 10th anniversary, his aunt Karen Ritchie decided to make and sell candles as a tribute to the lives lost.

She has shipped 300 candles to people all over the UK, raising vital cash for the RNLI.

We are overwhelmed by the amount of orders we have received for our RNLI Remembrance Candle. We have received well over…

Posted by Aroma K Candles on Wednesday, 30 January 2019

Mrs Ritchie, from Portknockie, said: “I thought we would maybe sell 100, but the response in just a few days has been phenomenal. We have already sold 300, and will probably make more.

“My sister Audrey has been campaigning and fundraising for a number of years and has raised an amazing amount of money.

“But I just wanted to do something that I enjoy doing – I didn’t think they would be this popular – I thought it would just be local folk buying them.

The 16 people on board when a helicopter crashed into the North Sea

“I’m honoured to have been able to help the charity in this way – we have had orders from as far afield as Liverpool.”

Since the disaster, Mr Wood’s mother Audrey Wood has led a major fundraising campaign for the lifeboat charity.


>> Keep up to date with the latest news with The P&J newsletter


On March 23, she will host the annual sold-out ladies day at the Douglas Hotel.

Margaret Farquhar, chairwoman of the Aberdeen branch of the RNLI, said: “Audrey Wood – indeed her entire family – have become fund-raising legends for the RNLI in North East Scotland.

“They have already raised over £200,000 to help the RNLI – the charity that saves lives at sea – to pay for lifeboats, equipment and training for crews at local lifeboat stations.”

All of the cash raised from the Aroma K candle sales will go towards the charity, and orders will be taken until the ladies’ day. To order one, e-mail aromakcandles@gmail.com

The victims of the April 1 tragedy were: Brian Barkley, 30; James Costello, 24; Alex Dallas, 62; and Vernon Elrick, 41, all of Aberdeen; Mr Wood, 27, of Newmachar; Warren Mitchell, 38, of Oldmeldrum; Leslie Taylor, 41, of Kintore; and Paul Burnham, 31, of Methlick.

Also killed were Raymond Doyle, 57, of Cumbernauld; James Edwards, 33, of Liverpool; Nairn Ferrier, 40, of Dundee; Nolan Goble, 34, of Norwich; Gareth Hughes, 53, of Angus; David Rae, 63, of Dumfries; Richard Menzies, 24, of Droitwich Spa and Mihails Zuravskis, 39, of Latvia.