Kirkcaldy business adds over £1200 to Christmas appeal for disadvantaged families

Staff from window and door designer, manufacturer and installer CMS Group have raised more than £1200 in a year-long fundraising campaign for the The Cottage Family Centre Christmas Appeal.
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Every December the charity undertakes a mammoth operation to mobilise a team of volunteers to deliver crates containing food, children’s toys and clothing to over 1300 children and their families throughout the Kirkcaldy area.

This festive support helps parents to provide for their families over the Christmas period and ensures vulnerable children receive presents from ‘Santa’ and do not go hungry.

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Members of the CMS team, led by contracts manager John Deacon, volunteer every year to provide hands-on support for this exercise, including the use of its vans for deliveries and a facility at the company’s Hayfield site for storage and distribution.

A fraction of the toys and food collected for the Cottage's Christmas Appeal.A fraction of the toys and food collected for the Cottage's Christmas Appeal.
A fraction of the toys and food collected for the Cottage's Christmas Appeal.

This year the team went the extra mile by raising money over the past 12 months to enable the Cottage Family Centre to purchase more items its crates.

The centre’s delivery day took place last Wednesday with volunteers giving crates to over 1300 children and their families.

The space provided by CMS Group at its Hayfield Industrial Estate facility gave the charity a hub for the operation.

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Billy Semple, account director at CMS Group said: “The Cottage Centre’s work is so important in helping families who are facing some very challenging circumstances, which is why we are dedicated to providing assistance throughout the year and, in particular, for their Christmas appeal.

"Well done to John and his colleagues for saving a little bit every week to add to the overall fund.”

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