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‘Hunted’ star and Scottish Government support £2 million fundraising campaign

Hollywood and Holyrood have come together to support a £2 million fundraising bid to establish a digital skills academy to be known as the ‘Heroes Centre’ in Helensburgh, the birthplace of John Logie Baird the founder of television.

A successful online crowdfunding campaign to raise £2,250 to secure two historic and very rare items related to John Logie Baird’s pioneering television days has resulted in their safe arrival in the place of his birth.

The two items, a copy of the world’s first commercial television catalogue dated 1928, and a spectacular 3 foot high glass cathode ray tube designed for the T5 television set are now in Helensburgh awaiting public display.

Helensburgh Heroes is delighted to announce, Monday 18th September 2012, that it has managed to save and procure for the Town of Helensburgh, two rare and valuable items associated with the life of John Logie Baird.

The two items, a T5 cathode ray tube and what is believed to be the world's only surviving complete copy of the first television sales catalogue (1928), were purchased by the Charity from a private collector for £2,250. The funding to acquire the items was obtained via a successful Crowd Funding campaign using the Bloom VC website.

Helensburgh charity offered world’s oldest known TV Sales Catalogue and T5 Cathode Ray Tube

Helensburgh Heroes is delighted to announce that it's Heroes Centre Plans was recently accepted as a qualifying project for the RBS Community Force Awards Scheme.

Launched in July, the programme will see 81 community groups receive a £6000 windfall. More than 1000 organisations from across Scotland have applied. Now, over the next four weeks, we are asking our friends and supporters to vote to decide who should benefit - and we would dearly love your vote!