A BIG-HEARTED group of Forfar friends are set to make a major difference to the lives of those suffering from AIDS in Tanzania.

The group of teenagers, led by Sean O’Rourke, held a bands night in the town’s Reid Hall on Friday to raise money for the Humara Hospital Project.

Sean, who organised a similar event last year and persuaded top Scots band Speedway to take part, explained the background to the latest event.

“At the school Christmas service last term, one of the teachers told us all about the project and said her brother and sister-in-law are out there working on a two-year programme,” he said.

The One Night Stand concert featured a host of local bands including Not Your Saviour, Kicking Buckets, Hollowmind, Sonnet 65, Hoppus and Ante Faith.

The concert was a huge success, with an audience of 150 gathering in the Reid Hall to see all the bands.

Sean said he had been delighted with the turnout.

“It went really well—they all came and supported either the one band they follow or all the bands which was great,” he said.

Sean said the success of the event will have a big impact on the project.

“I do know that we made enough money to send 12 children to the school for a whole year,” he said.

“It’s pretty surreal—it still doesn’t feel like it has happened!”

The other organisers of the event were Carlyn Thomson, Callum Mollison, Grant Russell, Stephanie Porter, Jon McKnight, Amy Wilson, Ashley Shepherd, Ashley McKean, Ryan Dewar, Eamonn Walsh and Mark Cowie.