2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00

Mother and son team up in memory of “Grama Nosh”

A beloved grandmother is the driving force behind a mother and son’s fundraising race almost a year to the day after she passed away.

Lisa McIntosh and her 10-year-old son Jai are raising money for Friends of Roxburghe House Grampian in memory of “Grama Nosh”, Lisa’s grandmother Ellen Adam (pictured with Jai).

They are taking part in the Cancer Research UK Aberdeen 5k on Sunday 2 July along the beach esplanade.

The unusual name came from Ellen’s husband Norman being known as “Nosh”. As the family found names for all the different grandparents, Norman was known as “Granda Nosh” and Ellen became “Grama Nosh”.

“Grama made us promise we would do the race for life so here we are, me and Jai will be doing the Race for Life in July,” said Lisa, who is a secretary at Woodend Hospital.

“We are raising money for Roxburghe House, as all the staff went above and beyond for Grama and the family, for which we will be forever grateful.

“So in return we would love to raise some money for them.”

The twosome have already smashed their original total but are hoping to raise lots more cash in the next couple of months. If you’d like to give some encouragement to the mother and son team, you can donate here.

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