Here is our 2024 annual reports and accounts as submitted to OSCR the Scottish Charity Regulator.

​It was great to meet so many people at the Dundee Mountain Film Festival over the weekend. We had a really enjoyable time talking to everyone.

Thank you especially to those of you who made a small donation; we raised £58.05 which will fund a space on one of 1-day winter skills courses this season.
Our Bag-A-Hill with Mountain Aid game made a return - this time in the Glencoe and Lochaber area. Given the weather outside, it was definitely the best way to be bagging hills this weekend.

Our Munro Passports continued to be popular with people of that persuasion and that's stocks almost depleted now. Which is good because we need to get them updated with our new (SCIO) charity number. Watch this space for their replacement.

Mountain Aid buffs must have been the bargain of the show. Yours for a donation of just £5 whilst our "competitors" were selling theirs for twice and even three times this amount! Upset our lovely friends from the MBA over this one.

And of course, despite us living in the digital age, everyone still needs a pen (even if just to fill out the nominate your favourite film form) and we had a good supply of Mountain Aid pens to hand out for people to take away with them.
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Looking forward to next year's event.

Despite overcast skies, there was a heartwarming turnout of family and friends for the unveiling of David McLellan’s memorial at the foot of Tinto Hill.

Following a short poetry reading and a piece of music, David's sister did the honors and removed the wraps from the memorial. After which, David's legacy was celebrated with anecdotes that brought smiles and laughter, painting a picture of his vibrant life on and off the hill.

Mountain Aid were delighted to be involved in the installation of this memorial to David, a former trustee of Mountain Aid and committee member of its predecessor Boots Across Scotland.
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As you make your way up Tinto, we invite you to honor David’s memory by removing any litter you encounter — a simple yet powerful act that continues his commitment to preserving our cherished landscapes.

Mountain Aid trustees are delighted to be involved with erecting a memorial to the late Davy McLellan, a previous trustee of both Mountain Aid and its predecessor Boots Across Scotland.

A group of 6 Mountain Aid trustees and supporters got together to install a small memorial (funded by Davy's friends) at the foot of Davy's favourite hill, Tinto. Located just outside the car park, we will be unveiling the memorial this weekend. Davy's family and friends will be joining us for this occasion and we would like to invite anyone else who knew Dave to come along.

Davy had a long association with Tinto Hill (a 712m Graham in South Lanarkshire). Walking up the hill every Tuesday morning he combined his walks with regular litter picks on the hill.

The unveiling of the memorial and plaque will take place on Sunday 16th June at approximately 10.30am. The memorial is located just outside the Fallburn car park alongside the path up the hill next to an existing memorial bench approximate grid reference NS 963 373.   

Our volunteers spent a couple of days in Dundee manning a Mountain Aid stand at the annual Dundee Mountain Film Festival.
As well as all the usual promotional type stuff this year we included our very own hill-bagging board game. Using an 8-sided die (N,S,E,W,NE,SE,NW,SW) participants moved around on OS sheet no 25 bagging hills by landing on squares containing them.  Different numbers of points for different categories of hills (munro, corbett, graham, marilyn) added to the interest. Our highest scorer achieved 57 points over 10 throws of the die. All participants were given a Mountain Aid pen as a souvenir!
And of course we had donation buckets available on the table. The Mountain Aid trustees would like to thank those attenders who were kind enough to make a wee donation. We raised £57.51 for Mountain Aid funds - enough to pay for a place on one of our free 1-day courses.

Some new dates for our popular skills training courses.

First Steps  with Navigation 
Sunday 1st October
Saturday 7th October
Friday 13th October

Next Steps with Navigation
Saturday 21st October
Saturday 28th October
Saturday 11th November

First Steps in Winter (1-day)
21st January
24th February
25th February

First Steps Plus in Winter (2-days)
3rd/4th February
10th/11th February
2nd/3rd march