Guinness World Record Attempt
Bake Sale
29 February 2016
THANK YOU
in aid of
Thank you to all involved
Central Area
We would like to thank everyone who has
given up their time freely to bake, ice and
slice to take part in the Big Leap’s world
record bake sale attempt.
The support and enthusiasm all the way
across the University has been incredible.
We hope you’ve enjoyed banding together
to raise funds for important causes.
Record breakers
The final tally for cakes sold in 8 hour period
on Leap Day 2016 is:
18,195
Fiona Carmichael
50 George Square
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic and
The Brain Tumour Charity
691 cakes sold / £345.50 raised
Including donations, we raised:
£9,226.12
And supported:
37 causes
A special thank you in particular to our Team
Leaders who organised their respective bake
sales and encouraged colleagues and friends
to get involved.
Vicky Watters
55 George Square
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic and
Macmillan Cancer Support
579 cakes sold / £289.50 raised
We are also very grateful to Glenn Cosby for
his baking wisdom and enthusiasm during
the cake crawl.
in aid of
Gail Davies
7 George Square, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and
Cognitive Epidemiology
AgeUK
403 cakes sold / £201.50 raised
Lindsey Murrie
Appleton Tower, Deaconess Common Room
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
40 cakes sold / £20 raised
Shannon McLauchlan
Appleton Tower, Ground Floor
All4Paws at the Vet School and Edinburgh Cancer
Research Centre
90 cakes sold / £45.00 raised
Pauline Ward
Argyle House, EDINA Offices
Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease
Research
325 cakes sold / £162.50 raised
in aid of
Izzy Cunningham
Business School
Children 1st
576 cakes sold / £288.00 raised
Marjorie Drysdale
Chrystal Macmillan Building
The Edinburgh Fund
158 cakes sold / £79.00 raised
Geoffrey Baines
Chaplaincy
Salvation Army
33 cakes sold / £16.50 raised
Lesley Forrest
Charles Stewart House
Children in Need
804 cakes sold / £402.00 raised
Jen Middleton
Communications and Marketing
The Grassmarket Community Project
229 cakes sold / £114.50 raised
in aid of
Sharon Pringle
Edinburgh College of Art
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
218 cakes sold / £109.00 raised
Lorna Brain
Festivals Office
RDSVS Clinic for Homeless Peoples’ Pets
275 cakes sold / £137.50 raised
Vicki Scott
Hugh Robson Building
Anatomy@Edinburgh, Euan MacDonald Centre,
Muir Maxwell Centre, and Patrick Wild Centre
705 cakes sold / £352.50 raised
Taryn Elms
Informatics Forum
Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease
Research
413 cakes sold / £206.50 raised
Alison McNaughton
International Office / SRA
Research to Understand Stroke due to Haemorrhage
105 cakes sold / £52.50 raised
in aid of
Angus Walls
Lauriston Building
Ben Walton Trust
255 cakes sold / £125.00 raised
Danielle Howarth
Main Library
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic and
Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society
733 cakes sold / £366.50 raised
Kasey McCall-Smith
Old College
Home-Start Edinburgh West and South West
261 cakes sold / £130.50 raised
Saida Gadylshina
Old College, Postgraduate Hub
AdVita
194 cakes sold / £97.00 raised
Gillian Talbot
Main Library
Macmillan
217 cakes sold / £108.50 raised
Sarah Thomas
Main Library, Careers Service
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
340 cakes sold / £170.00 raised
Sheena Jenkins
Old College, Student Administration Staff Room
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic and
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
630 cakes sold / £315.00 raised
in aid of
Holt Hauser
Old Medical School, Near Doorway 7
Hope Park Counselling Service
284 cakes sold / £142.00 raised
Sarah Rhynas
Old Medical School, School of Health in Social
Science
Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre and Trussell Trust 244 cakes sold / £122.00 raised
Jennifer Lambert
Pollock Halls, Main Reception
Big Leap Spotlight Centres
400 cakes sold / £200.00 raised
Lauren Delahunty
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre, MindRoom and Sick
Kids
727 cakes sold / £363.50 raised
Lorna Aitken
School of Economics
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
133 cakes sold / £66.50 raised
Jen Durkin
Pleasance Gym - Bake Sale HQ
University of Edinburgh Sports Clubs
953 cakes sold / £476.50 raised
in aid of
Easter Bush
Heather Thomson
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
All4Paws @ RDSVS and Mary’s Meals
960 cakes sold / £480.00 raised
Holyrood
Valerie Gordon
Charteris Land
Hope Park Counselling Service
120 cakes sold / £60.00 raised
Dawn Holmes
Dalhousie Land
Railway Children
221 cakes sold / £110.50 raised
Eleanor Gaunt
The Roslin Institute
British Blind Sport
761 cakes sold / £378.50 raised
Eva Setz
Holyrood North Residence Hall
Anne Forrest Fund for Oesophageal Cancer Research
114 cakes sold / £57.00 raised
in aid of
Lesley Pert Paterson’s Land
Free Cakes for Kids
Andrew MacLaren
Crew Building
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
97 cakes sold / £48.50 raised
605 cakes sold / £302.50 raised
King’s Buildings
Siobhan MacInnes
James Clerk Maxwell Building
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
226 cakes sold / £113.00 raised
Karen Rafferty
Ashworth Laboratories
Euan MacDonald Centre for MND Research and
Research into Pancreatic Cancer at Edinburgh
University
630 cakes sold / £315.00 raised
Linda Burns
Joseph Black Building
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
145 cakes sold / £72.50 raised
in aid of
Little France
Andrea Schulz
Roger Land Building
Euan MacDonald Centre for MND Research and
Research into Pancreatic Cancer
744 cakes sold / £372.00 raised
Sophie Gardner
Scottish Microelectronics Centre
Interburns
272 cakes sold / £136.00 raised
Kimberley Moore
Chancellor’s Building
Simpson’s Special Care Babies and Tommy’s
500 cakes sold / £250.00 raised
Pablo Hurtado
Queen’s Medical Research Institute
Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion and Tommy’s
803 cakes sold / £401.50 raised
Western General Hospital
Kate Saunders
The Grant Institute
GeoSciences Undergraduate Field Work Fund
320 cakes sold / £160.00 raised
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336
The University of Edinburgh Development Trust is a charitable
body, registered in Scotland, with registration number
SC004307
Jilly Hope
Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine
Muir Maxwell Epilepsy
679 cakes sold / £339.50 raised
in aid of