Edinburgh port operators raise £2k for Cash for Kids

The company was scheduled to become a co-sponsor at this year’s Cash for Kids Sparkle ball, but the cancellation of the event due to Covid-19 restrictions, failed to stop team members from digging deep for young people in need of support.

The company has handed over a cheque for £2,000 to Charity Manager Victoria Hendry as a ‘pre-pledge’. Meanwhile, staff at Forth Ports bases in Leith, Rosyth and Grangemouth have already raised more than £400 through their own Just Giving page and are promising to raise even more and help as many children as possible throughout December.

Learning and Development Manager at Forth Ports Cathy Ilett said: “We take pride in our role within the community and our people fully embrace the opportunity to participate in fundraising throughout the year, but especially at Christmas.”

In addition to fundraising, staff members from Forth Ports have volunteered to assist with the herculean effort of collecting and sorting the thousands of gifts that have started arriving at Mission Christmas HQ in Edinburgh’s Gyle Shopping Centre.

Charity Manager at Radio Forth’s Cash for Kids Victoria Hendry said:

“ COVID-19 really hampered our fundraising drives throughout 2020 and we were worried Mission Christmas might not be able to go ahead.

“Thankfully, its all systems go, with a raft of additional safety measures in place. We wouldn’t be able to do any of this if it wasn’t for the support of volunteers and businesses like Forth Ports.We’re eternally grateful to them.”

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